RE: minimum pipe spool length

Paul,

A good Manufacturer should have these information. These are very critical dimensions for a good Designer.

Ed

-----Original Message-----
From: PipingDesign@yahoogroups.com [mailto:PipingDesign@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Paul Bowers
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 11:49 PM
To: PipingDesign@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [PipingDesign] 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

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Received on Tue Jan 09 08:53:00 2007