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Design Tips
Practical guidance for specifiers who are about to freeze a P&ID, an isometric or a manifold drawing - the details that are cheapest to fix before anything is cut.
Most fabrication problems are already present in the drawing: a branch with no wrench clearance, a tolerance stack that closes the gap to an adjacent rack, a joint type that cannot be inspected after installation. These notes collect the checks we run at engineering review.
3 notes in this section. Every note has its own page and permalink.
DESIGN TIPS
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Routing a Secondary-Side Loop: Five Clearances Engineers Forget
Wrench access, drain points, isolation valves, thermal movement and replacement space - five checks that are cheap on the drawing and expensive on site.
Design noteRead MorePress vs Orbital Weld vs Threaded: Choosing a Joint by Access
A decision frame built on coolant, access, inspectability and service life - not on habit or on whichever fitting is in stock.
Design noteRead MoreTolerance Stack-Up on Multi-Port Manifolds Before You Freeze the Drawing
Port pitch, face flatness and branch projection add up. Here is how we review a multi-port header as an assembly instead of as isolated dimensions.
Design noteRead MoreKeep reading
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