Transparent pipe for high pressure application
Transparent pipe for high pressure application
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Dear all,
I am looking for manufacturers of transparent pipes for "high pressure" applications.
Typically up to max. 30 bar.
Flow typically 100 kg/h.
Typically 20 mm to 40 mm (millimeter) diameter for the pipes.
We have a non-transparent, viscous product containing hard crystalline salts, so the material should be resistant to abrasive wear. Sort of tooth paste.
Why? => We want to follow the flow behavior/paterns while inserting colorants inside the stream.
Thanks for helping,
CARF / Netherlands
I am looking for manufacturers of transparent pipes for "high pressure" applications.
Typically up to max. 30 bar.
Flow typically 100 kg/h.
Typically 20 mm to 40 mm (millimeter) diameter for the pipes.
We have a non-transparent, viscous product containing hard crystalline salts, so the material should be resistant to abrasive wear. Sort of tooth paste.
Why? => We want to follow the flow behavior/paterns while inserting colorants inside the stream.
Thanks for helping,
CARF / Netherlands





RE: Transparent pipe for high pressure application
RE: Transparent pipe for high pressure application
MJCronin
Sr. Process Engineer
RE: Transparent pipe for high pressure application
Perhaps a high pressure rated sightglass would be acceptable .... how large must the window be for observation ?
http://www.johnernst.com/flow_indicators_p9.html#1...
You are not going to find a transparent 12 inch pipe rated for 50 bar ....
Tell us more.
MJCronin
Sr. Process Engineer
RE: Transparent pipe for high pressure application
There just isn't any demand for it so I don't think anyone makes any.
Add in abrasive wear / scratching and you quickly won't see anything....
If you find anything then let us know, but I think this would be a very very expensive special.
I think we might have started with a solid block of nylon or similar and bored it out
The only thing which gets close would be the manufacturers of min submarine viewing domes - https://jalopnik.com/5796531/this-submarines-glass...
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RE: Transparent pipe for high pressure application
RE: Transparent pipe for high pressure application
Look up some of those guys (like Schott).
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P.E. Metallurgy, Plymouth Tube
RE: Transparent pipe for high pressure application
Good luck,
Latexman
To a ChE, the glass is always full - 1/2 air and 1/2 water.
RE: Transparent pipe for high pressure application
A viscous material with hard crystalline salts doesn't sound transparent to me...
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RE: Transparent pipe for high pressure application
David Simpson, PE
MuleShoe Engineering
In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual. Galileo Galilei, Italian Physicist
RE: Transparent pipe for high pressure application
RE: Transparent pipe for high pressure application
Have you tried the specialist folks who do CFD ( computational fluid dynamics ) studies ?
RE: Transparent pipe for high pressure application
RE: Transparent pipe for high pressure application
For say 150-200mm I would find a solid block and then machine out your tube.
30 bar though seems quite extreme for such a purpose.
Oh and you've been around ET long enough to know you should answer questions as they come up, not amend the original post unless there was a mistake - it makes the post difficult to follow.
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