Great Pipe Marking Examples

To improve communication, safety and efficiency in workplaces that contain many pipes, using a pipe marking system can be very helpful. Standard pipe labels can quickly convey information about what’s inside a pipe and where it’s traveling. The industry consensus standard for pipe marking is ANSI/ASME A13.1, which offers guidelines for color schemes, sizes and locations of pipe labels. The color guidelines specify what colors should be used for six main types of pipe contents. …

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Kaizen Event Implementation – The Manual

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Kaizen Events and how to implement them Because Kaizen is usually an event in itself, discussing the meaning and implementation of kaizen in a business setting, this book is both aptly titled as well as targeted. Making the kaizen event even more “kaizen-like” in it’s makeup is the direction of this writing by Geoffrey L. Mika. The 292-page book begins with the history of kaizen, laying an impressive foundation and understanding of the roots of …

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Functions Of Pipe Label Markings

Whether you own a large manufacturing business, work at an industry or in a busy office, you have definitely in one way or the other seen or been in contact with a bunch of pipes that contain certain liquids or substances in them such as waste water, oil e.t.c. you might have seen a marking on the pipe especially if it contains substances that might be harmful to your health or destructive to the environment. …

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Using Labels and Signs to Send out Messages

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As much as we would want to shout to a fellow workmate to warn him/her of incoming dangers, they are very many other ways to act fast and warn them of incoming danger. Some of them include the use of Label Makers, wet floor signs, 5s red tags, 5s posters, 5s poster, aisle marking, floor marking, floor sign and spill kits safety signs among many others. Labels and signs are one of the most effective …

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