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Orifice Fittings

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ORIFICE FITTINGS Frequent inspection of the orifice plate is often necessary to be certain the orifice

plate is of quality condition to insure accuracy. In some installations, flow will vary to the extent that
various sizes of orifices are required to keep the differential within range of ,the secondary device.
Orifice fittings are designed to reduce the time and cost of inspection or changing of the orifice plate.
Orifice fittings also offer precision machined critical dimensions and provide accurate centering of
the bore in the center of the meter tube. For the purpose of inspection and calibration, the orifice
fifting should include a flange connection, preferably on the downstream side. The use of weldneck
orifice fittings is generally not recommended for minimum uncertainty since weldneck fittings in
small sizes do not allow accessibility for measurements to be taken near the orifice plate. Single
Chamber Orifice Fittings The single chamber orifice fitting, such as the PECO Orificemaster (figure 4)
is for use where the flow to the meter tube can be shut down, or bypassed and the line
depressurized without costly interruption to the pipeline or process. Orifice fiftings of this type do
not require the removal of flange bolts or spreading of flanges to remove the orifice plate. These
type fiftings also avoid the loss of liquid from the pipeline, which occurs when flanges are separated.
To remove the orifice plate from the single chamber fitting the operator must loosen the cover set
screws, remove the clamping bar and lift the cover plate/ orifice plate from the fitting. The orifice
plate can then be inspected for quality and placed back into the fitting by reversing the above
procedure.

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