Types & Uses of Rooftop Supports
Rooftop supports, sometimes known as mechanical supports, are designed to provide a stable and secure base for pipework and other mechanical equipment on flat or low-sloped roofs that cannot be penetrated. A range of different supports is available for different applications… [Read More].
Presence Of Air & Dirt in Heating & Chilled Systems
How Does Air & Dirt Enter the System?
Before a system is filled with water, air is present. Therefore, it is likely that when the water is being pushed through the system, air will remain in the bends and pipe crevasses. Air can also remain when a system is being repaired or drained down and refilled… [Read More]
Water Regulations Advisory Scheme (WRAS) approval is a mark of quality and safety in water and wastewater systems. To become WRAS approved, a component must meet specific standards for quality, durability, and performance, including requirements for material quality, manufacturing process, and testing… [Read More].
Lagging jackets are designed to provide comprehensive insulation for pipes, flanges, valves and a range of other equipment within the workplace. They are primarily used for pipework and other equipment that is used to carry or process hot or cold materials… [Read More].
Air source heat pumps are becoming increasingly popular with homeowners and businesses looking to lower their fuel bills and decrease their carbon footprint. As a renewable energy source, air source heat pumps can provide cheap, efficient heating… [Read More].
Side stream filtration serves as a critical filtration process in various industrial sectors, safeguarding the efficiency and longevity of cooling towers, closed-loop systems, boilers, and heating systems… [Read More].
A dosing pot, also referred to as a chemical dosing pot or chemical injection pot, is an essential device employed across multiple industries, including water treatment, oil and gas, and industrial processes… [Read More].
Hydraulic separators (sometimes called low-loss headers) are used to remove both the air and dirt that circulate in heating and chilled water systems… [Read More].
All pipes and vessels expand and contract in direct proportion to a temperature change… [Read More].
Expansion joints are devices containing a bellows membrane that are designed to absorb dimensional changes, such as those that occur due to thermal expansion or contraction of a pipeline, duct or vessel… [Read More].
Expansion joints are designed to safely absorb the movement in pipework systems due to heat-induced expansion and contraction of pipework… [Read More].
How to Install Expansion Joints
Expansion joints are designed to safely absorb the movement in pipework systems due to heat-induced expansion and contraction of pipework. When a pipeline is subject to a change in temperature it will expand or contract in direct proportion to that change… [Read More].
How to Use Pipe Anchors and Guides
Stourflex provide an extensive high quality range of associated pipeline equipment that includes pipework anchors, guides and support systems designed to be used with our expansion joints… [Read More].
How Do Dirt and Air Separators Work
Stourflex are market leaders in providing pipework flexibility solutions that include high quality, specialist pipe expansion products… [Read More].