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Valve Pneumatic tube Hey everyone, I have a proportional valve from ASCO which I am controlling using an Arduino via PWM. I have to connect a 3mm pneumatic tube in the inlet and outlet of the valve ...
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A tube fitting manufacturer is saying: St.St. 316 Male Connector, Let-Lok® Tube Fitting 3/8" x Male ISO Parallel Thread 1/2" (LG Type). What is LG type stand for? What is LG type tread?
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I've been looking at estimating pressure loss using equivalent lengths of fittings. However, most of the examples and language I've seen seems to indicate this is commonly done for incompressible ...
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I came across some diesel reservoirs in Brussels, Belgium, that appear to have overflow lines with a vented siphon design, see photo below. What's the purpose of this design? I assume the vent is to ...
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I am a layperson not an engineer. In the diagram below showing an old house with a mix of copper and galvanized steel water pipes connected by a dielectric union, with the two dissimilar sections of ...
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What are those holes for? (Those are for CO2.) Here are a few examples :
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I have a piping system (in my case, a heat exchanger) with several high points, currently in operation. The HX was filled "pressure less" (one side open) and is now supplied by a heating ...
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I have a known elevation profile spanning the length of my pipe (~600 meters). An elevation value is given for every five meters of pipe. At the beginning of the pipe, I have a known velocity (1.1 m/s)...
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Consider the following simple (half)pipe setup: The grey part is a galvanized-steel half-pipe. The green part consists of the ABS plastic non-airtight top lid and an internal layer of ABS plastic ...
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I am analyzing the total pressure loss of a run of pipe that has several pipe bends at varying angles (30, 60, 45, 90, etc. degrees). Reading through CRANE: Flow of Fluids Through Valves, Fittings, ...
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There is a course I'm following regarding Piping Design & Engineering. In a section about 'supporting' they talk about 'Shear lugs' but nowhere is there an explanation about what shear lugs ...
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I have two suction hose pipes, one of smaller radii from my washing machine, and another of large, which goes to a drain. What would be the best way to connect these two pipes?
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The task is to transfer hydrogen (high pressure gas > 400 bars) from offshore platform to land. To do so we have to use flexible pipes but for high pressure and high flow rate I'm afraid we can't ...
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I am going through a PID in which the line size was increased from 2 inch to 4 inch for temperature measurement and then decreased to 2 inch using two reduces. What is the need for reducers before ...
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Real world question: We need to replace an internally failed (cannot shut) gate valve installed as a shut-off valve on a 2" Diesel fuel line exposed to weather (roof top) and operating at less ...
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