×
INTELLIGENT WORK FORUMS
FOR ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS

Log In

Come Join Us!

Are you an
Engineering professional?
Join Eng-Tips Forums!
  • Talk With Other Members
  • Be Notified Of Responses
    To Your Posts
  • Keyword Search
  • One-Click Access To Your
    Favorite Forums
  • Automated Signatures
    On Your Posts
  • Best Of All, It's Free!
  • Students Click Here

*Eng-Tips's functionality depends on members receiving e-mail. By joining you are opting in to receive e-mail.

Posting Guidelines

Promoting, selling, recruiting, coursework and thesis posting is forbidden.

Students Click Here

Jobs

Wireloc or Grayloc connector

Wireloc or Grayloc connector

Wireloc or Grayloc connector

(OP)
If you have any experience to using the following connector (Wireloc or Grayloc), could you please let me know the answers for questions.

http://www.ltsusa.com/db/tlfiles/Wireloc%20Clamp.pdf

Questions;

1. What process unit
2. Service fluid
3. Pressure limitation
4. Temperature limitation
5. Applicable industry codes/standards
6. Reliability
7. Any other comments

Regards,
 

RE: Wireloc or Grayloc connector

I've never heard of Wireloc before, but years ago I used Grayloc for hydraulic piping.

More recently I've used a similar Techlok fitting manufactured by Vector International on off-shore platforms.

The service was oil and gas processing and water injection piping with pressures up to 10500 psi. Our temperatures were up to about 400 deg. F, but I believe the temperature limitations would be with the materials and not with the design. Designed to ASME VIII, Div. 2, App. 4. Reliable when installed and fit-up correctly and manufacturer’s recommendations are followed about clamp bolt and seal ring replacement when re-assembling joints.

These kinds of fittings are not necessarily interchangeable from one manufacturer to the next. It's best to establish one brand for the facility and make that the standard from then on. The biggest advantage of these joints is the weight and compact dimensions compared to conventional flanges in high pressure service, one reason they are so popular on off-shore platforms.

Also note that your piping must be designed so that joints can be spread apart enough to insert and remove the seal ring.

Each manufacturer should be able to give you specific pressure allowables, maximum bending and torsional moments, maximum axial loads, weights and dimensions for your material for each hub size.

Good luck,

NozzleTwister
Houston, Texas

Red Flag This Post

Please let us know here why this post is inappropriate. Reasons such as off-topic, duplicates, flames, illegal, vulgar, or students posting their homework.

Red Flag Submitted

Thank you for helping keep Eng-Tips Forums free from inappropriate posts.
The Eng-Tips staff will check this out and take appropriate action.

Reply To This Thread

Posting in the Eng-Tips forums is a member-only feature.

Click Here to join Eng-Tips and talk with other members!


Resources