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Q. WHERE CAN I USE DRY LINK COUPLINGS?
A. The simple answer would be almost anywhere a hose is being used
to transfer fluid, especially where no spills, drips or worker exposure
can be tolerated.
Q. WHAT WOULD BE THE TYPICAL DRY LINK APPLICATIONS?*
A. Most applications can be grouped into three functional categories
- Bulk Fluid Transfer
This includes loading and unloading of fluids from railroad
tank cars, trucks, tank containers or intermediate bulk containers
(IBC’s).
- Portable or Moving Equipment
This category includes a variety of different applications,
such as… transfer of intermediate chemicals from one section
of a plant to another via portable tanks.
- Portable pump wagons.
- Movable batch reactors (including re-circulating heating
or cooling fluid in coils on the vessel wall).
- Oil connection to movable or replaceable rollers (such
as on steel rolling mills).
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Fuel and lubrication connection to diesel engine test units
or locomotives.
- Process equipment with heavy vibration or agitation.
- Where a feed container or trough is connected and disconnected,
etc., etc.
- Switching or Redirecting Fluid Flow
This category includes applications such as…
- Manifolds for adding ingredients to stationary reaction
vessels.
- Manifolds for routing finished products to various holding
tanks.
- Manifolds to switch between process fluids and line
cleaning or purging fluids.
- Changing colors on a paint line or printing ink feed
system.
Q. WHAT TYPES OF FLUIDS SHOULD I CONSIDER?
A. Really almost any fluid in a hose can benefit from Dry Link
especially fluids that are hazardous, toxic, corrosive, etc. We
even have applications on petroleum products and fuels, which, historically,
have used lower priced aluminum hose coupling devices.
A primary target, however, should be viscous fluids that set up
and harden in air. This includes epoxy resins, paints, adhesives,
sealants, shampoos, etc. All competitive dry break products have
a high resistance to flow and result in problems when used with
viscous fluids.
Q. WHAT TYPE OF PLANT WOULD NEED DRY LINK?
A. You would probably be surprised to learn the large number of
different plants that have Dry Link installations. Most people
would naturally think of truck loading at a chemical plant, but
that is just scratching the surface.
Here are some typical Dry Link applications in a variety of industries:
- Chemical plants: many, many different applications including
truck and rail car loading and unloading and in-plant switching
manifolds.
- Pharmaceutical plants: same as above….every pharmaceutical
plant is also a chemical plant…also, smaller batches mean more
hose connections.
- Cosmetics: shampoos, hair colorants, liquid make-up…. many
different product types and small batches.
- Adhesive manufacturing: also coatings, films and backing
for carpeting.
- Paint and varnish manufacturing: many applications….solvent
switching…drum filling.
- Ink manufacturing: similar to paints….also shipment to printers
via IBC’s.
- Printing plants: ink receiving and transfer operations.
- Soap and detergent manufacturing: enzymes, surfactants,
caustics, etc.
- Rubber and plastics manufacturing: additions, resins, acids,
misc. chemicals.
- Pulp and paper: process water treatment chemicals.
- Mining: (especially liquid processes such as leading and
floatation), process additives.
- Automotive: (also farm equipment and trucks) painting lines,
solvents.
- Electric power: boiler and cooling tower water treatments
chemicals….also, mobile transformer regeneration units.
- Railroads: refueling of locomotives.
- Wastewater treatment plants: sodium hydroxide, liquid ammonia,
and specialty chemicals.
- Chemical waste hauling and incineration: spent acids and
solvents.
- Fiberglass manufacturing: unloading caustic and other chemicals.
- Agricultural chemicals: manufacture and distribution of
fertilizers and pesticides.
- Nuclear industry: radioactive water.
- Chemical distributors: unloading from tank trucks, blending
and filling intro drums and IBC’s.
- Liquid transfer terminals: Tank farms with rail, water and
truck transfer.
- Micro-electronics/circuit board manufacture: glycols, solvents,
epoxy resins, and wastewater treatment.
…….the list goes on and on………we welcome any uses you discover and
wish to share with us!
Q. HOW CAN I RECOGNIZE A DRY LINK APPLICATION PLANT FROM THE ROAD?
A. You may literally be passing by Dry Link installation as you
drive down the highway:
- Lots of tanks, especially smaller sized tanks which usually
means batch transfer.
- IBC’s (Intermediate Bulk Containers, or totes) usually 250
to 400 gallon capacity, especially stainless steel ones stocked
in the yard.
- Intermodal tank containers.
- Tank trucks and railroad tank cars waiting to be unloaded.
- Rail or truck loading (or unloading) facilities with loading
arms, access platforms, etc.
- A piping manifold with hose connections, right on the wall
of the building.
* The
applications listed above represent "typical" applications. Each
application is unique and our couplings may not be suitable for
all applications. We strongly
recommend that the customer first tryout a set of our couplings
for their application before purchasing large quantities.
Customer assumes full responsibility for the selection of our
couplings and/or materials for their application. Please read
our complete
Terms&Conditions/Warranty information.
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