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View product flow through your process lines simply and quickly
Sight glass, acrylic spools, or viewing glass – whatever term you prefer – the value of seeing inside your process system without downtime is invaluable. We offer standard sizes in stock and custom sizes are available, keeping it simple. Acrylic Sight Tubes can be a pivotal addition to your process line. Here’s why: Sight glasses ... View product flow through your process lines simply and quickly
Need a Sanitary Pump Fast? Let Us Help!
To meet your tight deadlines, Steel & O’Brien offers a broad selection of centrifugal pumps in our TOP-FLO® Ready-To-Go (TFRTG) program that ship in one business day or less* from our Arcade, NY headquarters. TOP-FLO® TF-C Series Pumps are ideal for use in water-like fluid transfer applications in the dairy, food, beverage, health product, pharma/biotech ... Need a Sanitary Pump Fast? Let Us Help!
These Valves Are Authorized To Display The 3-A Symbol
Whether you are stopping or diverting flow in your process system, the Definox Single Seat Valves offer a flexible and reliable solution. The DCX3 Shut-Off and DCX4 Divert Valves have a modular design that is assembled with clamp connections making for quick and easy maintenance. The spherical body design ensures: Optimum fluid flow Reduction in ... These Valves Are Authorized To Display The 3-A Symbol
Sometimes requirements change
Sometimes requirements change and it becomes necessary to replace an existing TOP-FLO® manual process valve with an automated on/off or control valve. But, before you pull the old valve out of service and replace it with a new valve, you may want to consider automating your existing valve. If your valve is in good condition you can ... Sometimes requirements change
These Are A Good Alternative To More Expensive Valves
Premium manual butterfly valves are a good alternative to more expensive valves for use with fluids that are not intended to be used on USDA dairy products. Due to the butterfly valve’s simple design, it’s easy to maintain with minimal parts involved during servicing. Sanitary butterfly valves are typically found in applications that have a low ... These Are A Good Alternative To More Expensive Valves
These Valves Are Designed To Evacuate Lines of Product or CIP Solution
The TOP-FLO® 62-174R Air Blow Check Valves are designed to evacuate lines of product or CIP solution and for air agitation of product in tanks and other vessels. These valves help to protect pipelines against corrosion by drying process lines after they are cleaned and rinsed. Air drying of lines permits the formation of the ... These Valves Are Designed To Evacuate Lines of Product or CIP Solution
This Valve Will Evacuate The Air From Your System Without The Risk Of Product Loss
The TOP-FLO® 60ARV air relief valve is a great way to evacuate the air from your system without the risk of product loss. The valve will not allow air to enter into the line or container under vacuum but will automatically let air escape when you’re introducing the product. Some of the applications for this ... This Valve Will Evacuate The Air From Your System Without The Risk Of Product Loss
Pump Seals in Brewery Process Applications
The recent surge in growth of the Craft Brewing industry has brought about many new opportunities. It has also brought with it some challenges especially when speaking about the seal. Many of today’s brewers are batching at very high temperatures and an unwitting customer may overlook this and use BUNA-N Rubber gaskets and O-Rings. BUNA ... Pump Seals in Brewery Process Applications
Instructions Specific To Correctly Positioning The Drive Collar on a TOP-FLO® C-Series Centrifugal Pump
Step 1: Before beginning, follow your company’s lock-out/tag-out procedure. Wear proper PPE. Reference the Steel & O’Brien maintenance manual online for additional safety precautions and technical information. Step 2: Insert the O-ring into the carbon (no lubricant). Install the spring, cup, and carbon w/O-ring onto the drive collar to create one assembly and slide it onto ... Instructions Specific To Correctly Positioning The Drive Collar on a TOP-FLO® C-Series Centrifugal Pump
What Information Is Needed When Selecting A Pump?
Steel & O’Brien utilizes several tools which assist us in selecting and sizing the correct pump for a specific need, including pump sizing programs, calculations, and conversion software and well over a hundred years of experience and knowledge in our sales and technical engineering departments. The first task in sizing the proper pump is to ... What Information Is Needed When Selecting A Pump?
Which Actuator Do I Need?
When you need a complete valve and actuator assembly, many actuators are already matched to the valve you’re looking for as a pre-configured complete unit. To decide which one you need, there are a few questions you should ask. 1) What kind of environment will the actuator/valve assembly be installed in? Wash down, hazardous, outside ... Which Actuator Do I Need?
What Is A Sanitary Ball Type Check Valve and How Does It Work?
TOP-FLO® Ball-type check valves are one of the styles of check valves used for low viscosity fluid backflow prevention in a sanitary piping system. A variety of typical applications where a Steel & O’Brien ball check valve would be found in a sanitary system are water, CIP, raw and finished milk, soft drink, and fruit ... What Is A Sanitary Ball Type Check Valve and How Does It Work?