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"Ceramic orifice
plates increase
valve performance,
and reduce piping
and component
erosion."
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Orifice Plates
Restriction Orifice Plates
The OP Series ceramic restriction orifice plates feature a solid ceramic
insert enclosed in durable stainless steel housing. Since
ceramic
is the only wetted component in the process, ceramic orifice plates are:
ABRASION AND WEAR RESISTANT: 99.5% alumina ceramic is
more than 7 times harder than stainless steel, whereas Hexoloy silicon
carbide is 16.5 times harder than stainless.
This allows the use of these ceramic orifice plate materials in erosive
services that would otherwise diminish the useful
service life
of conventional pressure-reducing devices.
CORROSION RESISTANT: Aalumina and silicon carbide are
inert to almost all organic and inorganic chemicals used in manufacturing
processes.
UNAFFECTED BY CAVITATION: Ceramic orifice plates
may also be used in high differential pressure and high velocity services
without suffering the damaging effects of cavitation.
Additionally, they are ideal for reducing the pressure, velocity and cavitation
that would otherwise damage more expensive, harder to replace valves and
critical flow elements.
Also see the case
study where an orifice plate saved $12,000.
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