TRUE Y Fitting
TRUE Y Fitting
(OP)
Does anyone know where to find a true y pipe fitting (10" Class 150)? I can't seem to find any manufacturers of one. I have found some places that custom them, but that takes time and money (6 weeks, >$3K). I have access to a machine shop, and I have ASME B 16.5. Would the best solution be to produce a fabrication drawing, or keep looking for other vendors?
Thanks,
IAA
WVU '05
Thanks,
IAA
WVU '05





RE: TRUE Y Fitting
RE: TRUE Y Fitting
Why do you want a "true Y"?
What is your service?
What are the pressure and temperature conditions?
RE: TRUE Y Fitting
If you are replacing an in-service wye,you have at least two (2) options:
1. Bite the bullet and spend the money to fabricate and replace in kind which presumably will save on field installation costs
OR
2. Reconfigure the piping in the immediate area to utilize pipe tees or nozzles. This option obviously would increase your installation cost.
If time and money is of utmost concern then you should compare ther costs associated with the two options listed above ands make an informed desicion.
RE: TRUE Y Fitting
RE: TRUE Y Fitting
One way that might answer all of your concerns is to flow into the branch of a tee, then weld two more tees to the outlets of the first tee (through-end to through-end), connect your piping to the branches on the outer tees and install weldneck flanges with blinds on the open outlets to allow clean out.
David Simpson, PE
MuleShoe Engineering
www.muleshoe-eng.com
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RE: TRUE Y Fitting
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http://www.islandfitting.com/trueWye/index.html
RE: TRUE Y Fitting
If I remember right, the Weldbend catalog I've got (several years old) shows wyes made up out of pipe.
RE: TRUE Y Fitting