The stainless steel groove clamp secures the clamp in the pipe's locating groove, ensuring it remains intact under sufficient axial tension. The pipe connected by the clamp leaves an allowable gap to maintain pipeline flexibility and relieve steel pipe stress.
The sealing during the transition is achieved by a tightly clamped rubber ring. Groove clamp-style pipe joints offer the advantages of quick, easy, safe, reliable, cost-effective installation, without the need for welding, and without pollution.
Let's take a closer look at the process principle of stainless steel groove clamp.
The Groove Clamp Pipe Fitting is designed with a clamp that secures into the pipe's locating groove, ensuring it remains intact under sufficient axial tension. Typically, for pipe diameters DN426 and below, only 2 bolts are required for the clamp to be securely fastened. For pipe diameters above DN426, 4 bolts are needed to achieve proper tightness.
The pipe connected by clamps leaves a gap for the adapter to ensure flexibility and relieve the stress on the steel pipe. The seal of the adapter gap is achieved by a rubber ring that is clamped tightly.
The installation of groove-type pipe fittings primarily involves three processes: (1) the selection of clamps; (2) the choice of rubber rings; (3) the pressing of the pipe groove.
Groove-type pipe fittings require the use of a specialized grooving machine to press a ring of indentation, approximately 8mm wide and 2mm deep, onto the end of the pipe to be connected.
The grommets are primarily made of ductile iron, which is resistant to rust, boasts high strength, excellent toughness, and good elongation, as well as strong shock absorption and vibration resistance.
The structure of the sealing gasket is in the shape of a "C". The elasticity of the gasket enables it to provide certain sealing for the pipeline. After the clamp is installed, the height of the gasket is higher than that of the pipe and the clamp. Due to the limitation of the internal space of the clamp, the gasket is further compressed, resulting in internal pressure covering the entire surface of the gasket, thereby enhancing the sealing effect.
When the medium is present in the pipeline, it enters the "C"-shaped cavity, exerting a counter-force on the sealing lip of the O-ring, which further enhances the clamping force between the O-ring and the pipeline, thereby achieving an automatic sealing effect. The greater the pressure of the fluid inside the pipeline, the greater the pressure on the O-ring, resulting in improved sealing performance.
Above is the information we shared with you today about stainless steel groove clamp. We hope you have a better understanding of the product after reading.
