Stainless Steel Cross Fitting

A: In industrial fluid system applications, the economic value of CF8/CF8M stainless steel cross fitting over carbon steel fittings is reflected in the whole life cycle of the pipe system. Firstly, the corrosion resistance of stainless steel material prolongs the service life of the fitting in the medium with corrosive properties, and the replacement cycle is 3 to 5 times that of carbon steel fittings, which directly reduces the repeated procurement cost of fittings. Secondly, stainless steel is not prone to rust and scale formation, which keeps the inner diameter of the fitting stable for a long time and avoids the increase of system energy consumption caused by the reduction of pipe flow area due to carbon steel fitting scaling. Thirdly, the low failure rate of stainless steel fittings reduces the number of on-site maintenance and shutdown of the production system, and the labor cost and production loss caused by pipe fitting maintenance are significantly controlled.

A: All size specifications of this stainless steel cross fitting from 1/8″ to 4″ are designed with a unified 150lbs working pressure rating. The uniform pressure design is realized by the optimized wall thickness distribution of investment casting process and the material mechanical property control of CF8/CF8M stainless steel, ensuring that the structural bearing capacity of fittings with different calibers meets the same pressure standard. In actual industrial applications, the 150lbs pressure rating covers the operating pressure of most low and medium pressure fluid transfer systems, including conventional water supply, oil transportation, gas conveyance and chemical medium transfer. For fluid systems with pressure lower than 150lbs, the fitting can maintain structural safety without additional pressure reduction measures; the product design fully considers the pressure reserve of the system, and can adapt to the short-term pressure fluctuation in the actual operation of the fluid system.