Piggy-back Clamp

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Spacer in a piggy-back system that is clamped to the supporting and supported pipe and does not allow relative movement of the supported pipe.

Source: API RP 17L2, Recommended Practice for Flexible Pipe Ancillary Equipment, First Edition, March 2013. Global Standards

Piggy-back clamps or guides are used at regular intervals along a pipe length to “piggy back” other lines such as umbilicals or flexible pipes.

Source: API RP 17L2, Recommended Practice for Flexible Pipe Ancillary Equipment, First Edition, March 2013. Global Standards

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