Variable Spring Support

The Variable Support is a spring loaded device used for the support of piping and equipment where normal vertical movement is anticipated. Different mounting Types allow the user the widest selection of configurations to accommodate practically every hanger design.

Pipe lines constructed of steel will expand along its axis by an amount equal to its co-efficient of thermal expansion when carrying fluids. The pipe lines when suspended from Variable effort supports will allow this thermal expansion or contraction relative to structure and at the same time support the weight of the pipe to prevent sagging.

The variable effort support is a simple device such that a helical coil compression spring is pre-compressed in a casing. The spring will compress or expand by an amount equal to the thermal movement of pipe. Hence the load on the pipe will vary with movement and hence the name variable effort support as the supporting effort varies with movement.

M.S. INDUSTRIES offer a wide range of Variable effort supports right from 2.5 Kgs to 24835 Kgs spread across several travel, load & support configuration types.