Anyone know what type of fitting this is?
Anyone know what type of fitting this is?
(OP)
I have ran across this fitting and am wondering what it is and how do I connect to the pipe coming off the branch of the tee? We are replacing the tee w/ a FLXFL tee and cannot connect to the old piping. Thanks.





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You have not shown a picture of the entire area. Tees do not have flow arrows stamped on them. It looks more like a valve with a stem or a flow meter than a piping tee.
Is that aeration piping? It may be something designed for low pressure.
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"Pumping accounts for 20% of the world's energy used by electric motors and 25-50% of the total electrical energy usage in certain industrial facilities."-DOE statistic (Note: Make that 99% for pipeline companies) http://virtualpipeline.spaces.live.com/
RE: Anyone know what type of fitting this is?
This seems Basically a check valve.But might have been altered to perform some other or additional service functions.
Just a query from OP;Was this originally the same?
Best Regards
Qalander(Chem)
RE: Anyone know what type of fitting this is?
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"Pumping accounts for 20% of the world's energy used by electric motors and 25-50% of the total electrical energy usage in certain industrial facilities."-DOE statistic (Note: Make that 99% for pipeline companies) http://virtualpipeline.spaces.live.com/
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RE: Anyone know what type of fitting this is?
RE: Anyone know what type of fitting this is?
RE: Anyone know what type of fitting this is?
RE: Anyone know what type of fitting this is?
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"Pumping accounts for 20% of the world's energy used by electric motors and 25-50% of the total electrical energy usage in certain industrial facilities."-DOE statistic (Note: Make that 99% for pipeline companies) http://virtualpipeline.spaces.live.com/
RE: Anyone know what type of fitting this is?
In any case, it was a quite specialized fitting that indeed is no longer manufactured. As to a replacement, you might want to confirm exactly what (material etc.) the smaller "4"" (by tape or other measurement of the O.D. and I.D.) size of branch piping is (as the two bolts looks a little strange for a 4" size connection).
Also, if the connection on the branch is instead in effect some sort of hubbed mechanical connection, you might want to also confirm the installed perpendicularity of the piping since you reportedly intend to replace it with a flanged tee. Of course a mechanical connection can tolerate misalignment, whereas with basically rigid flanged piping there must be some sort of mechanical connection that allows deflection, bevel or adapter flange utilized if it is not.
I also believe it is possible the smaller branch piping might not necessarily have a modern ductile iron piping O.D., as there was at one time also "Monoloy"-sized piping (i.e. IPS or steel, not ductile iron sized piping that was involved with such items).
If you get a chance to look at this again, or once the fitting is removed/replaced, I would be curious of the actual year date cast on the fitting, and also what you find of pipe O.D.'s and also when you unbolt particularly the branch gland(s)/flanges.
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