Clamp speeds up panel saw setup, alignment
A quick-clamp assembly for the APS-438 air powered saw helps simplify setup and alignment on boiler tube panel fitup work and eliminates tack welding.
The PanelHog quick-clamp assembly for the saw comes with 2 in. wide steel track sections that attach securely using wedge-style clamps and has a cut-line indicator gauge to simplify setup and alignment. Permitting clean, straight cuts without rework, this rigid clamping assembly eliminates the need for tack welding tabs and hot spots.
Easily adjusted to fit all types of boiler tube panel sections, the clamp and 3 hp motor saw use fiberglass reinforced blades that can cut highly alloyed materials as thick as 4 in. The saw mounts to a bracket that glides along the track on four V-grooved steel wheels. Tracks come in 5-15 ft long sections.
Source: ESCO Tool, Box 530, Medfield, MA 02052.
New high-temperature flowmeters
New Micro Motion Coriolis high temperature flowmeter Models F025, F050, and F100 are now available in stainless steel or Hastelloy, all rated to 350° C.
Electronics for the new compact, drainable-style F-Series meters are attached at the end of a flexible conduit and away from the heat of the sensor.
Meters are especially suited to harsh operating environments and applications, such as heavy crude. Other applications include high temperature processes such as asphalt, bitumen, monomers, polymers, wax, and cooking oils that are difficult to control and keep below a set temperature limit.
Users can run heavy refined products hotter for a more productive and repeatable process, the company notes. And because meters have higher operating limits, there is no need to keep temperatures from exceeding an upper limit.
Micro Motion meters with patented MVD technology are flow rate independent, delivering stated accuracy without additional uncertainty caused by zero stability over the typical flow range.
Source: Emerson Process Management, Box 4100, St. Louis, MO 63136-8506.
