Ever heard of a bumper ring? This article is a great way to learn more. Oil and gas industry experts around the world understand the importance of protecting all types of drilling and transportation components, including pipe. There are a variety of pipe protectors available to safeguard pipe inventories, and employing those safeguards is critical to prevent damage. It’s quite obvious thread protection is important. However, not all organizations are taking advantage of another important protection tool – the bumper ring.
How Is a Bumper Ring Important?
When pipes come in contact at any point, there is a danger of pipe surface damage. Even a relatively small nick can create a situation leading to corrosion, which threatens the pipe’s long-term viability. Loosely-stacked pipes can also rub against adjoining pipe during transport, damaging the pipe’s surface in the process. A bumper ring prevents those types of contact and, in the process, prevents damage and the associated costs.
What Types of Pipe Benefit?
Chrome and high alloy types of piping are particularly sensitive to surface damage, which means the rings are especially beneficial for moving or storing those pipe grades. Even though the protection does not totally encase a pipe, bumper rings create an essential gap between pipes to prevent contact. The materials manufacturers use to make rings causes pipe movement to remain at a minimal during handling and shipping.
Are Bumper Rings Really Necessary?
With industry costs increasing and profits sagging, eliminating non-essential costs is crucial. Although there is a cost associated with using pipe rings, that cost is inconsequential when you compare potential damage prevention. That simple fact suggests that bumper rings should be an integral part of every company’s cost-control efforts.
Are There Other Protection Devices to Consider?
MSI Pipe Protection Technologies encourages client companies to explore additional strategies to minimize pipe damage. Pipe chocks and thread protectors, for example, are commonly employed to virtually eliminate pipe damage, reducing losses and downtime for companies.
MSI continues to be an industry leader in the prevention of damage to pipe products during shipping, storage, and installation. When you use rings with other products, the rings minimize damage prior to pipe installation. They also help to dramatically reduce long-term risks of leaks or other issues related to pipe damage.
Contact MSI for orders and information at 1-877-276-9208.
