Flow Control and Fluid Transfer Reference Materials
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Application #2: Manual vs. Automatic Control of Steam Tracing Supply Using US/A or TV/SC-A Valves
From: ThermOmegaTech®Description: A winterizing steam tracing system in a plant located in Philadelphia, PA consumes about 500 pounds per hour of steam. This system was manually turned on when danger of freezing temperatures ...
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Application #3: Approximate Cv Required for Freeze Protection of Uninsulated Water Lines
From: ThermOmegaTech®Description: In a "Resupply System", a pressurized source replaces water. Freeze protection is provided by removing the colder water from the system, and allowing warmer resupply water to modulate the valve ...
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Application #5: Hat Valves vs. Conventional Steam Traps: Operating Cost Comparision
From: ThermOmegaTech®Description: The THERM-OMEGA-TECH® HAT valves provide substantial savings when compared to the cost of operating conventional steam traps. The HAT valves sense condensate temperature and open to allow flow ...
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Thermostatic Valves vs. Solenoid Valves
From: ThermOmegaTech®Description: Thermostatic valves modulate open or closed in proportion to fluid temperature without the need for an external temperature transducer and external power, whereas solenoid valves require a temperature ...
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Tube Time! Braid or Spiral Reinforcement?
Description: Let's examine the pros, cons, and key characteristics ...
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Fail-Safe Actuator Use in the Oil & Gas Industry
From: Indelac Controls, Inc.Description: If an emergency control system fails to control flow in a critical situation, it can have devastating consequences in oil and gas applications. Electric actuators require a constant power source in ...
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Selecting Pneumatic and Electrical Actuators: Part 2
From: Indelac Controls, Inc.Description: Today's sophisticated process-control systems require a deep understanding of the specifications of each element in the control package. Since each component will help ensure that your automated valve ...
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The Benefits of Using Automated Valves
From: Indelac Controls, Inc.Description: Automation helps with activities and processes without the need for personnel to physically engage in carrying them out. Automating valves is particularly valuable for controlling flow in piping ...
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Quantum Case Study
From: Red Lion Controls, Inc.Description: For this specific project, a municipality operates an 11-mile pipeline, which crosses two other cities to deliver water to a treatment facility. Four pump station RTU cabinets sit along the pipeline, ...
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Five Ways Your ANSI Pump and its Seals Can Fail
Description: According to Pump Life Cycle Costs: A Guide to LCC Analysis for Pumping Systems, created by the Hydraulic Institute, Europump and the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Industrial Technologies ...
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Topsflo Reach an Agreement with a 350 years Historical Germany Cooperation
Description: The visiting clients come from a German company; they also have a branch in France, who have a long history of 350 years. Their main business products are for health care products, so the products' ...
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Kitchen Boiler Hot water pump for American Hot Water Specialist
Description: Boiler Hot water pump Hot water circulation pump ...
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High Quality Facilitates cooperation between TOPSFLO and leading Ice Drink company in China
Description: FDA Ice Drink PUMP ...
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TOPSFLO Brushless DC Pump Main Features
Description: In the past year, Topsflo successfully developed many new pumps, especially Centrifugal Brushless DC Pump. It is our continuous pursuit to provide customers with more and more high quality pumps to ...
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TOPSFLO Warm Mattress Pump with Ultra Low Noise, Established Industry Standards & Barriers
Description: Recently, a well-known Korean manufacturer of water heating mattresses requested TOPSFLO to do detail noise contrast testing of their pumps. For the warm mattress industry has very high noise ...
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Pump Working Principle
Description: Centrifugal pump ,diaphragm pump,gear pump Working Principle ...
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What is Pressure?
From: Transcat, Inc.Description: Pressure is a very important parameter in the modern world. The measurement and control of pressure influences our everyday activities. Pressure is important in many applications such as automotive, ...
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Is Your Rubber Tubing Failing? Tips to Help You Succeed
Description: Whether you use tubing for seals, connections or liquid transport the last thing you need is for your tubing to fail. The safety of your employees and customers depends on it. And, not all tubing is ...
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How Does an Electric Actuator Work?
From: Indelac Controls, Inc.Description: Main Components of an Electric Actuator ...
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Spotted: ifm display in a sewer cleaning vehicle
From: ifm electronic gmbhDescription: Thanks to the ifm display, the visualisation of the processes is simple and clear. One of these processes is the pumping of grease out of a grease trap. ...
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Braid Specifications
Description: Braid Specifications Options for your custom braiding project ...
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DANGERS OF ENTRAPPED AIR
Description: Assessing the ways air can enter a liquid piping system, and how to remove it. Water & Wastes Digest, August 2016. ...
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MINIMIZING PARTICLE AND METAL ION CONTAMINATION ON FLUID CONTROL COMPONENTS
Description: Original findings and report on efforts to improve mitigation of particle contamination in PVDF materials, resulting in the cleanest pressure regulators available. ...
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The Effects of Water Hammer And Pulsations
Description: By knowing how to avoid situations that will create water hammer or pulsations during the specification process, or while trouble shooting, you can eliminate a lot of problems, failed valves and ...
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How to Extend the Life of Your Wastewater Pumps
Description: Wastewater treatment plants use numerous pumps in a variety of types and sizes to move water through the process. Depending on plant configuration, they may pump influent, activated sludge, thickened ...
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IA-1 & IB-1 Deionized Water System Application Bulletin
Description: Pressure regulator provides constant feed pressure to booster pump. ...
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IA-3 Semiconductor Fabrication Application Bulletin
Description: Flow Control Valve and 3-Way Electrically Actuated Ball Valve provide proper flow to rinsing system. ...
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IA-4 Printed Circuit Board Fabrication Application Bulletin
Description: Relief Valve provide synchronous recirculation in washing system with deionized water. ...
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IA-5 Electronics Industry Applicaton Bulletin
Description: Check Valve provides positive seal on a vertical line in a reverse osmosis system. ...
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IA-6 Hospital/Lab Applications Bulletin
Description: Pressure regulators protect lab sinks from overpressure in 16 story building. ...
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Semiconductor Fabrication Application Bulletin
Description: Sight Glass and Gauge Guard provide visual verification of purity and pressure. ...
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How to Choose the Right Fuse for your Electric Actuator
From: Indelac Controls, Inc.Description: Although safeguards are implemented numerous times over while constructing electrically automated flow systems, overcurrent can still be crippling if fuses are inaccurately rated for the application. ...
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Troubleshooting Electric Actuators Motor Failure
From: Indelac Controls, Inc.Description: The likelihood of a motor failure without external causes is very rare. Motor failure rates from our experience are less than 1 in 10,000 motors. Based on the statistical likelihood of an actual ...
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What does SIL stand for in safety?
From: Indelac Controls, Inc.Description: Nowadays safety systems saturate the industrial substructure, spreading protective influence all the way to an industry's end result. Modern safety structures minimize risk with effective enhancements ...
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ARTICLE - Is a Butterfly Valve Just a Butterfly Valve?
From: CGISDescription: Are all butterfly valves created equal? Kevin Niebergall takes a look into comparing triple offset butterfly valves with your conventional butterfly valve. ...
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ARTICLE - Severe Service Valves (SSVs) in the Chemical Industry
From: CGISDescription: Our article on Severe Service Valves (SSVs) in the Chemical Industry takes an in depth look at what it really means to need a SSV for your application. Often times it is a lack of information ...
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ARTICLE | Severe Service Valves - From a Concept to a Realization
From: CGISDescription: In June of 2015, the first documented work towards defining Severe Service Valves (SSVs) began with an article published in Valve Word Americas. Since then, a growing and widening interest has arisen ...
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CASE STUDY - New ChemFlare System at RDNO Water Treatment Plant
From: CGISDescription: In water treatment plants all around the world, Sodium Hypochlorite decomposition is an issue. It often starts leaking from the joints of the PVC Piping and fittings used during construction of these ...
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Solving Flow Control One Valve at a Time...
Description: Throughout more than a century of working in the manufacturing industry, The Specialty Manufacturing Company has created custom valves that solve problems and bring the ideas of a diverse engineering ...
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You Might Need a Precision Regulator when...
From: ControlAirDescription: A discussion of "Accuracy" and how it relates to regulator resolution, repeatability and sensitivity. Also, how this may affect your application. ...
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Top 20 Tubing and Hose Buying Tips 01-10
Description: The Top 20 Tubing & Hose Buying Tips were developed by NewAge Industries to help avoid the downtime, costs, and frustration involved with ordering the wrong tubing or hose. The tips highlight details ...
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Top 20 Tubing and Hose Buying Tips 11-20
Description: In Part 2 of the Top 20 Tubing & Hose Buying Tips, further considerations for tubing selection are examined. Topics such as flammability, corrosion resistance and indoor/outdoor use are reviewed. ...
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Liquid Waste Handling in Clinical Diagnostics and Laboratory Equipment
From: KNF Neuberger, Inc.Description: When determining how to transfer liquid waste within an analyzer, design engineers must examine many factors. Though several methods will work, only one provides optimized system performance and ...
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NPT Pipe Thread Sizes
From: Conax TechnologiesDescription: NPT Pipe Thread Sizes ...
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How to Select the Right Pump Drive for an Application
From: jbj Techniques LimitedDescription: Whether you're running an industrial plant, or simply looking for the right power take-offs for your heavy machinery, heavy plant, mobile applications, this guide is sure to help you select the right ...
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Selecting the Right Severe Service Valve for LNG Applications
From: CGISDescription: Shutdowns for valve maintenance or replacement are costly to plant capacity, and ultimately revenue. As end users strive to maximize their operating performance and efficiency, valve manufacturers are ...
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Severe Service Valve Specifications for Hydrometallurgy Applications
From: CGISDescription: More often than not, the valves being used in Hydrometallurgy applications are known as Severe Service Valves (SSVs) due to their ability to withstand the extreme conditions. ...
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Severe Service Valves in the Chemical Industry
From: CGISDescription: This paper focuses on metallurgical processes and applications for Severe Service Valves and offers examples to illustrate the successful and unsuccessful use of these valves. ...
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Accelerated Wear Testing of Water Pumps
From: SEEPEX Inc.Description: According to independent testing at the Russ College of Engineering and Technology at Ohio University, SEEPEX progressive cavity (PC) pumps with the Smart Conveying Technology (SCT) design outlast ...
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Global Clean Water Infrastructure
From: SEEPEX Inc.Description: SEEPEX continues to partner with Design Outreach DO to the benefit of those in need of clean water. As a result, SEEPEX has been featured in a new article titled, "Not a Drop to Drink" in the cover ...
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Progressive Cavity Pumping Solves a Florida Wastewater Treatment Plant's Biosolids Cake Conveyance Problem
From: SEEPEX Inc.Description: Conveyance of biosolids sludge cake from dewatering equipment to further processing or truck transport can be challenging, even under favorable design conditions. The South Florida city of Port St. ...
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Air Consumption in a Pressure Regulator
From: ControlAirDescription: Some of the more frequently asked questions to our applications department revolve around air pressure regulator exhaust, bleed, leakage and air consumption ...
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What is a Back Pressure Regulator?
From: ControlAirDescription: A blog discussing what a back pressure regulator is and how it works ...
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Top 10 Guidelines for Ordering Stainless Steel Tubing
Description: This guide walks you through what to know when ordering stainless steel tubing and related products. The right tubing can last the lifetime of your product. ...
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KC Royals Stadium
From: WattsDescription: Watts Stainless Steel ACV's Keep Iconic Fountain Running ...
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Product Development Process: Energy Absorbing Aerial Refueling Hose
Description: Aerial refueling of helicopters and fixed wing aircraft provides significantly increased mission range, duration, and potential. Refueling engagement maneuvers may sometimes result in large hose ...
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Product Development Process: Positive Pressure Relief Valve
Description: Readily available pressure relief valves did not meet NASA's stringent requirements for space flight and thus another approach was desired. ...
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Pump Life Cycle Costs
Description: A Guide To LCC Analysis for Pumping Systems ...
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Emergency Isolation for Pneumatic Actuated Control Valves
From: Assured AutomationDescription: Now any pneumatic control system can be designed to automatically shutdown in a local fi re or excess heat situation. The FireChek® can be installed on most fail-safe standard pneumatically ...
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Online Configurators Go Next Generation
From: Assured AutomationDescription: Increasingly, instrumentation engineers rely on suppliers such as Assured Automation (assuredautomation.com) and A. R. Wilfley & Sons (www.wilfley.com) to provide online configurators to automate the ...
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Process Safety for Hazardous Chemicals
From: Assured AutomationDescription: Relatively inexpensive safety instrumented systems such as the FM FireSafe Thermal and Electro-Thermal Shutoff Valves sold by Assured Automation are used in many plant applications where flammable ...
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Pros and Cons of 3 Types of Emergency Shutdown and Emergency Isolation Valves
From: Assured AutomationDescription: The two most common methods used to trigger a thermal shutoff, eliciting a failure position in pneumatically operated Emergency Shut Down and Emergency Isolation Valves are: (1) Fusible Plugs, and (2) ...
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The Era of the Valve Configurator
From: Assured AutomationDescription: Today, you can go to a website, search for a valve for your application, add any variety of valve automation components, and see the quote and illustration for the configuration on your screen with ...
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Thermal Shutoff Valves - Then and Now
From: Assured AutomationDescription: With restrictions on space and cost, instrumentation engineers can now simplify their emergency shutoff using the thermally activated, pneumatic shutoff valve right on the pneumatic actuator. When a ...
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What an Executive Order for Improved Chemical Facility Safety Means for Emergency Valve & Actuator Applications
From: Assured AutomationDescription: The installation of emergency block valves (EBV) on process piping and equipment is a key component of the various layers of protection. EBVs are used to shut down the system in the event of an ...
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When to Select an Electric or Pneumatic Rotary Actuator with Quarter Turn Valves
From: Assured AutomationDescription: Pneumatic and Electric Actuators each have advantages and disadvantages. The criteria in determining which is the best actuator includes the power source, on/off or modulating control valve function, ...
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A Versatile Pump for Liquids and Solids
From: SEEPEX Inc.Description: The Progressive Cavity (PC) pump can offer a versatile tool in the food processing environment, providing a pumping solution that can handle a wide range of both liquid and solid food products. Food ...
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API 676 Compliance of Progressive Cavity Pumps
From: SEEPEX Inc.Description: Owing to their operating principle and their roots in wastewater treatment, PCPs come with typical deviations against petrochemical standard API 676. ...
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Award-Winning Wastewater Facility Pumps Up Technology With Innovative Processes
From: SEEPEX Inc.Description: An Indiana city finds a variety of uses for progressive cavity pumps for moving different wastewater treatment plant solids streams. ...
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Macerating Blades Keep Beets Moving
From: SEEPEX Inc.Description: Sanitary requirements are met-even for waste materials-in this New York facility. ...
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Saving Energy With Progressive Cavity Pumps
From: SEEPEX Inc.Description: Progressive cavity (PC) pumps are some of the most versatile pumps offered. They are well-accepted across numerous industries such as chemical production - especially inorganic chemicals due to their ...
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Pop-up Nozzles for Aircraft Washing
From: BETE Fog Nozzle, Inc.Description: A BETE customer had a special request for a pop-up nozzle holder, which was to be cast into concrete, so that when retracted it would be perfectly flush with the ground. These nozzles were to be part ...
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Milton Roy Reacts to the Challenge, Delivers Long-Term Reliability at Polyethylene Plant
From: Milton RoyDescription: Read about the customized metering pump Milton Roy designed for this plant. ...
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Positive Displacement Pumps Keep LPG Flowing
From: Milton RoyDescription: Learn about this unique application of the Milroyal C pumps to minimize refinery flaring and reduce operating costs. ...
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10 Considerations For Better Gate Valve Operation
From: Mueller CompanyDescription: Get guidance from valve experts on how to guarantee better gate valve operation from installation and beyond. ...
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Sealless Pumps Offer Reliable Service for Oil & Gas Production (PDF)
From: Wanner Engineering, Inc.Description: The technology offers a lower cost of ownership, reduced maintenance needs and a longer service life than some conventional plunger pumps. ...
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Sealless Pump Offers Reliable Service for Oil & Gas Production
From: Wanner Engineering, Inc.Description: The technology offers a lower cost of ownership, reduced maintenance needs and a longer service life than some conventional plunger pumps. ...
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Addressing Groundwater Flow with limited space in refineries
From: Smith & Loveless, Inc.Description: A large, Midwestern oil refinery installed two identical, 110' diameter S&L Model R OXIGEST® treatment systems to solve a groundwater treatment problem on-site. Each plant incorporates aeration, ...
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How Buffalo RiverWorks brewery solved its space constraints
From: SEEPEX Inc.Description: Building inside old grain silo forces Buffalo RiverWorks to get creative in moving spent grain. ...
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Learn About Temperature and Pressure (T&P) Relief Valves
From: WattsDescription: Learn more about the role of residential temperature and pressure relief valves and the causes of T&P valve discharge. ...
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How Thermostatic Mixing Valves Help With the Dangers of Hot Water
From: WattsDescription: This guide to thermostatic mixing valves details the dangers of hot water such as thermal shock, scalding and the growth of Legionella bacteria if water is not kept hot enough. It describes the role ...
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Learn about Water Pressure Reducing Valves
From: WattsDescription: This guide to Water Pressure Reducing Valves explains why water pressure reducing valves are used, how they work, the types available, installation configuration options and how to use performance ...
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Vortex Tube Short Course
From: VortecDescription: This informative paper details how vortex tubes, with no moving parts, create hot and cold air streams from a compressed air source ...
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Section 226600: Chemical-Waste Systems For Laboratory And Healthcare Facilities Spec
From: WattsDescription: Section includes single-wall piping, double-containment piping, field-fabrication containment piping, piping specialties. ...
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Section 224300: Healthcare Plumbing Fixtures Spec
From: WattsDescription: Section includes healthcare water closets, flushometer valves, toilet seats, patient care units and more. ...
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Section 221423: Storm Drainage Piping Specialties Spec
From: WattsDescription: Section includes Roof drains, miscellaneous storm drainage piping specialties, cleanouts, and backwater valves, etc. ...
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Section 221316: Sanitary Waste And Vent Piping Spec
From: WattsDescription: Section includes stainless-steel push fit drain piping and fittings, specialty pipe fittings, and encasement for underground metal piping. ...
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Section 221119: Domestic Water Piping Specialties Spec
From: WattsDescription: Section includes Vacuum breakers, backflow preventers, water pressure-reducing valves, balancing valves, temperature-actuated, water mixing valves, etc. ...
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Section 211100: Facility Fire-Suppression Water-Service Piping Spec
From: WattsDescription: Section includes fire-suppression water-service piping and related components outside the building [and service entrance piping through floor into the building] [and service entrance piping through ...
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3 Steps to Hose Safety and Lower Costs
From: Swagelok CompanyDescription: Hoses do not get the attention they deserve. Most facilities have specifications and policies concerning tubing, fittings, and valves on pressure-containing systems, but not usually for hose. ...
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How to Use a Regulator to Reduce Time Delay in an Analytical System
From: Swagelok CompanyDescription: Time delay is defined as the amount of time it takes for a new sample to reach the analyzer. One way to control time delay is with a regulator. Regulators control pressure, and pressure in an ...
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Bartow, WV - Rehab of Failed Corrugated Pipe
From: ISCO/Snap-TiteDescription: West Virginia DOT considered replacing deteriorated corrugated metal culverts. Many of these structures have reached the end of their useful life. This Field Report presents an existing application ...
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Denver, CO - Wetland Residential Area
From: ISCO/Snap-TiteDescription: The Southeast Metro Stormwater Authority (SEMSWA), located in the south metro Denver, Colorado area, is responsible for several culverts located throughout many residential neighborhoods. After ...
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The Basics of Compression Fittings
Description: Compression fittings are commonly used in a variety of applications. If you are considering using compression fittings in an application our white paper will help you with all the details you need to ...
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Liquid Blow Off using Air Nozzles
Description: Meech Air Nozzles can be used to move water from a product. The size and adjustability of the Nozzles also allow the excess water to be blown in a particular direction. ...
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The Ultimate Guide to Valve Rotor Types
From: ACS ValvesDescription: Take your pick, but first learn about what works best for your application What goes around comes around. Which means if you're treating your material right, you'll get the most out of it. This ...
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Bend Radius of Tubing
From: ZeusDescription: The question is often raised as to what the minimum bend radius is for a specific size of tubing. The bend radius is established primarily by three different factors: outside diameter (OD) of the ...
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Burst Pressure Calculation
From: ZeusDescription: Zeus has been supplying fluoropolymer tubing to manufacturers of high pressure components since the company began. The innate strength of all fluoropolymers makes their use in these kinds of ...
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Concentricity in Tubing
From: ZeusDescription: Concentricity refers to the quality or characteristic of different circles having a common center. ...
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Gamma Radiation Sterilization
From: ZeusDescription: Zeus has a long and successful history in medical markets around the world from the simplest laparoscopic instruments to the most complex multi-channel catheters. When gamma sterilization was ...