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Stainless Steel Pipe Fittings

Stainless Steel Pipe FittingsAs one of the United Kingdom’s leading Genebre distributors, we offer a wide range of their quality products. Included in this range are stainless steel pipe fittings BSP threaded; this range is rated for a maximum working pressure of 20 bar and is suitable for a wide range of installations. This latest Blog will attempt to look at all we can offer in stainless steel pipe fittings and offer some insight into their use in the wider world. In addition, we will point you towards the excellent range of stainless steel valves that will complete your installation; as always we thank you for taking the time to read our text, please click read more to continue.

BSP Threaded Stainless Steel Pipe Fittings

Genebre quality stainless steel pipe fittings are a leading brand of BSP threaded manufactured in 316 stainless steel. Suitable for many applicable installations they have parallel female threads and taper male threads. Originally manufactured under the old BS 1740 specification they are now manufactured to ISO 4144:2003 and threaded in accordance to ISO 7-1. We can provide the relevant certification for stainless steel pipe fittings from our partners at Genebre; supporting the use at 20 bar and the table below provides the temperature restrictions associated with higher pressures.

Temperature °C Non-Shock Maximum Working Pressure (Bar)
-20 to 40 20
100 16.5
150 15
200 14
220 13.5

Pressure for intermediate temperatures may be determined by the interpolation method

Temperatures indicated are those of the internal fluid

Piping loads, stresses and moments are not taken into account

Stainless Steel Pipe FittingsAs you can see from the table sensibly, the maximum working pressure above 40°C and including 100°C is 16.5 bar. The 20 bar rating really only applies to ambient systems and if you are unsure about the suitability of Genebre stainless steel pipe fittings; where your particular installation is concerned, please contact our technical sales team.  The following paragraph is a quick guide to what we can offer in BSP stainless steel threaded ball valves, a must to complete your installation.

Stainless Steel Ball Valve Range

To accompany our range of stainless steel pipe fittings we offer threaded one piece, two piece and three piece stainless steel ball valves. Stainless Steel Pipe Fittings These ranges are also Genebre quality products and offer excellent value for money.

For those looking at the most basic inexpensive stainless steel ball valve the Genebre ART 2002 is a one-piece 316 stainless steel ball valve and is 63 bar rated with a maximum working temperature of 160° at 10 bar. This product is available in sizes 8mm (¼”) to 50mm (2”) and deliveries are available via Genebre by contacting our sales team.

The two-piece Genebre ART 2014 stainless steel ball valves are a very popular competitively priced product. Manufactured from 316 stainless steel with 15% carbon filled PTFE seals this excellent product can be used across many mediums. Minimum temperature is -25°C at 63 bar to 160°C at 10 bar.

Stainless Steel Ball ValvesFinally yet importantly is one of our top selling ball valve products, the Genebre ART 2025 316 stainless steel three-piece unit. The standard valve will operate to the same parameters as the previously discussed ART 2014 but is available with 25% carbon filled seals which improves the temperature range dramatically; with a maximum operating temperature of 260°C and a valve we regular supply for 10 bar steam systems.

Whatever you are looking for from ValvesTubesFittings.com, you can be assured of high-quality products at competitive prices. More so we offer customers a great understanding of the products we sell and can help in ensuring you buy the right product for your installation.

Disclaimer: Information correct at the time of publishing (November 2016) but is subject to change. E&OE.


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