Stainless Steel Sanitary Parts and Accessories Protects the Integrity of Fittings

Stainless Steel Sanitary Parts and Accessories Protects the Integrity of Fittings Sanitary parts and accessories are designed and constructed for use in medical, pharmaceutical, biological applications, as well as food and beverage industries, where cleanliness and sterility are required. These types of parts are constructed of materials that ensure a sterile environment and maintain sterility during use in different industrial applications. Sanitary parts and fittings normally have mechanically polished interior, clean surfaces, and sometimes polished exteriors as well.

Sanitary 304 Stainless steel Tri Clamp Spool

No single blog post could explain the entire world of process piping as well as fittings. It is no doubt a huge matrix of pipe schedules, ID and OD dimensions, and construction materials. Besides, many different flange and threaded end options. Here, in this post, we will try to come to grips with the world of sanitary parts and accessories.

Sanitary parts, accessories or fittings often called hygienic parts or high purity piping materials, sometimes known as adapters. These days, sanitary parts and fittings are used exclusively in the food & beverage, biopharmaceutical, and personal care industries.

Categories of Fitting Fittings are categorized into three different types of vessels. They can be designed for hoses, tubes, and pipes.

Hoses are different from tubes or pipes. They are basically more flexible as well as portable. They are sometimes made up of multiple layers of various materials that may vary based on the implication.

Tri Clam Hose Barb Adapter

Basically, pipes are hollow cylinders of uniform material. Pipes have a certain amount of rigidity as well as permanence. Pipe sizes are defined as nominally. Though, the actual dimension of a pipe i.e. inner diameter, the wall thickness may vary on standard pipe sizes.

Tubes and pipes are sometimes used interchangeably in the industry as per the need of the projects. Typically, the main difference is how their dimensions are specified. Normally, tubes and fittings are defined with exact instead of nominal dimensions.

For example, the outer diameter of a tube will sometimes measure exactly 1.5 inches if rated with 1.5� OD.

Alternative Styles of Sanitary Parts and Accessories Whilst there are many different styles of parts and fittings used within the food & beverage industries, tri-clamp fittings are some of the most popular and best. In accordance with Bryan Wells,

president of Steel & O'Brien Manufacturing, "67% of the sanitary fittings, parts, and accessories are sold within the United States are tri-clamp." There is a large selection of stainless steel tri-clamp adapters used in the industry, available in both 304 and 316L alloys.

They are manufactured according to the 3A standards that are highly useful for the food and beverage industry, dairy and pharmaceutical industry as well.

Bolted High Pressure Clamp

Material Selection for your Specific Needs One final and extremely essential aspect of choosing the perfect fitting for your needs is the selection of a stainless steel alloy. If you have already used stainless steel alloy, then you must know that fittings of almost all types and styles come in both 304 & 316 alloys.

304 stainless steel is no doubt a cheaper option but susceptible to corrosion and deterioration in particular environments. Whereas, 316 stainless steel is invigorated with molydenum, which is ductile

and highly resistant to corrosion. It is an element that protects the integrity of fittings.