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Steam, Gas, or Air Service, Pipe supported from below (on a flat surface) – Table 2

Steam, Gas, or Air Service, Pipe supported from below (on a flat surface) – Table 2

Pipe Size (inches)	For reference: ASME B31.1	Pipe Shields Model:
		Commercial		Light Industrial w/ Load Distribution Plate				Heavy Industrial on Slide Pad				Rated for Combined Lateral and Vertical Loads
		A1000 A2000	A3000 A4000	A5000 A6000	A7000	A7200	A7400	B1000 B2000 B3000 B4000 B5000 B6000	B1100 B2100 B3100 B4100 B5100 B6100	B1200 B2200 B3200 B4200 B5200 B6200	B1300 B2300 B3300 B4300 B5300 B6300	B7000 B8000	B7100 B8100	B7200 B8200	B7300 B8300
maximum hanger support spacing (feet)
1/2 3/4	8 9	11 12	12 13
1 1 1/2 2 2 1/2	9 12 13 14	14 17 18 15	15 19 20 16	. . . 20	. . . 25
3 3 1/2 4 5	15 16 17 19	15 16 17 17	17 18 19 20	21 21 23 22	26 25 26 25			40 40 40 40	50 50 50 50	60 60 60 60		40 40 40 40	50 50 50 50	60 60 60 60
6 8 10 12	21 24 26 30	16 12 10 9	18 14 10 9	20 17 13 15	22 19 17 26	40 35 31 37	. . 40 45	40 40 40 36	50 50 50 50	60 60 60 60	. . . 70	40 40 36 32	50 50 50 50	60 60 60 60	. . . 70
14 16 18 20	32 35 37 39	8 8	9 8	15 14 14 14	25 24 24 22	40 40 40 40	45 45 45 45	38 39 38 36	50 50 50 50	60 60 60 60	70 70 70 70	34 25 34 32	50 50 50 50	60 60 60 60	70 70 70 70
24 30 36 42	42 44 48 50			11 10 9	20 18 15 12	36 32 27 23	45 39	32 33 33 31	50 50 50 50	60 60 60 60	70 70 70 70	28 30 29 28	50 50 50 50	60 60 60 60	70 70 70 70