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What is a tri clover fitting?
Tri-Clamp Sanitary Fittings provide a safe secure way to connect any food Grade system. Also known as Tri-Clover Sanitary Fittings, a Clamp Clover or a Clover Clamp, these Brewery Fittings and Hardware are widely used in the food and beverage industry particularly in Breweries, Wineries and Dairies. …
How do tri clamp fittings work?
This type of connection consists of a gasket compressed between two tri-clamp ferrules or flanges which are mechanically compressed in place with a clamp. Tri-clamp fittings are available in a variety of sizes, can be constructed from either steel or plastic, and can be either permanent or temporary.
What is Tri clamp connection?
The phrase ‘Tri-Clamp’ was originally used to describe clamps comprised of three segments, but now the name is more generally used to refer to all types of hygienic connections and fittings. Tri-Clamp fittings are connections for pieces of pipe, which facilitate easy disassembly and cleaning.
What is a tri clover valve?
Tri-clover ball valves are 2-piece valves. They have tri-clamp ends for a sanitary connection and polished to a smooth finish. These include the easy clean (EZ Clean), or quick clean ball valves which have become popular brewery valves.
How do you measure a tri clamp fitting?
The tri-clamp® size is identified by measuring the outside diameter of the pipe. It is often mistaken that the outside diameter of the flange end, or otherwise known as ferrule, is interpreted as the size of the tri-clamp but that is not the case.
What does a tri clamp do?
Tri Clamp (also known as Tri Clover) is a tubing connection system that allows making sanitary interconnections in stainless steel fluid transport systems. A connection is made using a hinged clamp to connect two lipped flanges, with a gasket between them to make the seal.
What is a tri clamp valve?
Tri-Clamp Valves are widely found in Brewery, Winery, Dairy and Food Processing applications. These Sanitary Tri-Clamp Butterfly Valves are Brewing Fittings that use a Butterfly valve to stop flow for utmost hygiene.
What is Valve trim?
Valve trim is the physical shape of the plug and seat arrangement. The shape of the valve plug determines the flow characteristics of the valve. Different valve characterizations may be achieved by re-shaping the valve trim.