Stauff now offers aluminium mounting hardware for pipe clamps for the ship construction industry. Stauff launched an aluminium alternative for all dimensions of mounting hardware such as cover plates and weld plates for pipe clamps in the Standard Series as per DIN 3015 (Part 1). These are designed for easy and secure fixing of metric or inch pipelines with outer diameters from 6mm to 102mm. Certain components and sizes for the Heavy Series as per DIN 3015 (Part 2) are also available in aluminium.
The dimensions and material thicknesses of the aluminium components correspond to the standard surface-treated designs generally made of steel or stainless steel and, therefore, facilitate the use of bolts of conventional types and lengths, using the usual recommended tightening torques. Due to the low tendency to corrosion when in contact with aluminium, the use of bolts with the standard Stauff zinc/nickel coating (material code W3) is no problem.
The retention forces of the tested pipe clamps in direction of the cover plates, which were tested and documented under controlled conditions at the Stauff in-house laboratories, clearly met the requirements.