What are skids?

[idtellyoubut]

I heard my friend talking about an upcoming job at a harbour working on skids? Anyone have any idea what they are? He says it will involve compex work ie. explosive atmospheres?

 

[Engineer54]

Basically a skid or skids are just transportation frames....

 

[mattmoo1974]

Yellow front Skid back, Its a way of telling which way around to put your Y-Fronts on!!

 

[johnboy6083]

it also helps you remember which way to wear them, for week 2, when its inside out time!! lol.

 

[Goody]

A picture is worth a thousand words!

 

[steve447]

ive worked on skids before, but these were for a power station. water treatment or chemical dosing equipment was all mounted on one frame, and lifetd into position, and we would install cables and contaiment to it, and the fitters would pipe it. theseself contained bits of equipment, and the frame were known as skids.

Similar worked on vapourised hydrogen peroxide units used to sanitise areas or machines in pharmacetical factory, the frame and the housing of the units were called skids.

have a look at this page
http://www.aberdeenfoundries.co.uk/ports.htm