Re: minimum pipe spool length

ed engalan wrote:

> But when you have equipment attached on each end of the flanges, e.g.
> wafer check valve
> one end and a butterfly valve the other, then you have to analyze the
> clear distance when both
> valves are fully open.

Hopefully the discs/flappers don't get too friendly, eh? Some vendor drawings don't indicate how far the moving parts exceed the valve body's face-to-face length.

I would thing that the bolts could be inserted from the other side as well.

All this recent detail discussion is interesting to piping geeks like me.

Paul Received on Mon Jan 08 23:48:00 2007