View all the fabricated strainers we offer at Weamco. When you are looking for equipment, you can trust us to provide quality products that will last. Find exactly what you're looking for and contact us today to order your fabricated strainer.
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Whether you're looking for a Cast Simplex Strainer or a Cast Y Strainer, we have you covered. No matter what you need, any of our oil and gas strainers will provide long lasting equipment. Contact us with any questions today!
When your project needs temporary strainers, Weamco has cone and truncated basket strainer options that will suit your needs with ease. Pipeline strainers can be hard to navigate, but you can call us today with any questions and find all the answers you're looking for.
All of the Weamco fabricated strainers and products are manufactured at our plant in Sapulpa, OK, USA. All manufacturing, including design, engineering, testing, paint and packaging for shipment takes place at this location. With Weamco always in control of the production and quality, you will find a reliability that is unsurpassed.
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Find the spare or replacement basket you need for your existing industrial strainer. Make sure to get your part information and contact us to place your order!
A strainer is a mechanical device which provides a means of removing solids from a flowing fluid or gas.
Strainers typically use perforated and/or wire mesh media for straining purposes. These materials are “two dimensional”, meaning they do not have a “depth” or “material holding” capacity. This means that when a material particle is caught in the straining media the opening is blocked or plugged. This results in an immediate reduction of available open area for flow. With this in mind, strainer sizing and selection are critical to ensure good cleaning cycle times, desired particle size retention, desired pressure drop, and acceptable velocity requirements are achieved.
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View the pressure drop graphs below and see which pipeline basket strainer may be right for your needs. All estimated pressure drops are with clean baskets.
Weamco has pressure drop charts and graphs available for a variety of our strainers. (Please see specific strainer on web site or feel free to contact us at your convenience.)
The information on our charts and graphs is a combination of substantial engineering and a vast amount of actual experience.
In regards to estimating pressure drop across a clogged strainer, Weamco is very cautious and we typically resist engaging in this practice due to our many years of experience. Although there has been an attempt by many to estimate this scenario i.e., pressure drop of a clogged basket, we know from actual test results that the actual area clogged can have a significant influence to the flow and resulting pressure drop results. With this in mind since there is no way to know the pattern of the clogging of a basket at any given time, it is very difficult to accurately estimate the affect to pressure drop.
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A common term used in strainer design is “Open Area Ratio (OAR)”. This equals the total open basket area divided by the internal cross-sectional area of the inlet pipe.
Published open area ratios for Weamco products are typically figured using a single 40% open area basket media. Open area ratios for Weamco fabricated permanent strainer types are calculated using the line of site method. There are two methods of instruction typically recommended by recognized establishments and manufacturers for calculating the open area of a strainer basket. One method referred to by the US military as “line of sight” uses the accrual of the open areas of the basket medias in series. Using this method, a 40% open area media in series with a 50% open area media has a calculated combined open area of 20%. An alternative method used in accordance with the US Underwriters Laboratories Standards, allows for the use of only the open area of the more restrictive media in the series. This would be 40% for the example above. In either case, the method used should be documented, as it has a direct impact on strainer design parameters such as sizing and estimating pressure drops.
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• Bi-Directional pipe provers both stationary and mobile:
A positive displacement type prover with flow and displacer (usually a sphere) traveling in both directions by means of a 4-way diverter valve.
• Uni-Directional pipe provers both stationary and mobile:
A positive displacement type prover with flow and displacer (usually a sphere) traveling always in one direction, by means of a transfer chamber, or interchange.
• Volumetric Tank Prover:
As the name implies, this prover is a calibrated tank or vessel with a sight gauge and scale to read a metered volume. The flow must be stopped to determine the
volume.
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The American Petroleum Institute (API) represents all segments of America’s oil and natural gas industry. Its nearly 600 members produce, process and distribute most of the nation’s energy. The industry supports millions of U.S. jobs and is backed by a growing grassroots movement of millions of Americans. API was formed in 1919 as a standards-setting organization. In their first 100 years, API developed more than 700 standards to enhance operational and environmental safety, efficiency and sustainability.
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Founded in 1901, NIST is a non-regulatory federal agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce. According to NIST, their mission is to promote U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement science, standards, and technology in ways that enhance economic security and improve our quality of life.
The calibration services of NIST are designed to help the makers of precision instruments achieve the highest possible levels of measurement quality and productivity.
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Liquid custody transfer is defined as a metering point (location) where a fluid is being measured for sale from one party to another.
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There are four types of Meters typically used in liquid custody transfer measurement.
Positive Displacement (PD) Meters
Turbine Meters
Coriolis Mass Flow Meters (CMFM’s)
Liquid Ultrasonic Flow Meters (LUFM’s)
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