Product category:
Process Hardware (Pipes, Nozzles, Heaters, etc)
News Release from: Swagelok | Subject: Medium-pressure products
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 09 June 2006
Tubes and fittings handle
medium-pressure duties
Medium-pressure products satisfy higher working pressure requirements in the alternative fuels and oil and gas industries.
Swagelok now offers a line of medium-pressure products - gaugeable tube and adapter fittings, as well as seamless tubing - to satisfy higher working pressure requirements in the alternative fuels and oil and gas industries Swagelok medium-pressure gaugeable tube fittings and adapter fittings provide a leak-tight gas seal and vibration resistance in applications up to 1034bar
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 27 May 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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Available in 0.25, 0.375 and 0.5in sizes, the all-316 stainless steel fittings come in a diverse range of fitting styles, including elbows, unions, bulkhead unions, reducing unions, tees, crosses, caps and plugs.
The fittings' four precision components - a male nut, female body, front ferrule, and back ferrule - combine to apply a patented hingeing-colleting action to grip and seal the tubing securely with no special tube preparation required.
The fittings offer low weight and a compact profile to help save space in installations.
Medium-pressure 316/316L stainless steel tubing for use in applications up to 1034bar is available in heavy wall annealed or cold-drawn 1/8-hard condition.
Available tubing sises are 0.25, 0.375 and 0.5in outside diameter, in 20ft and 2, 4 and 6m lengths.
"Our customers in the alternative fuels and oil and gas markets told us they needed easily reassembled fittings and stainless steel tubing that work consistently at pressures of up to 15,000psig", said Peter Ehlers, alternative fuels market manager, Swagelok Company.
"We're very excited to offer the marketplace high-quality medium-pressure products that meet these performance goals".
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