Vacuum Breakers

Vacuum Breakers

Vacuum Breakers

Product catalog summary
Overview
Kadant Johnson vacuum breakers are designed to prevent unwanted vacuum conditions in closed vessels or pipelines, protecting against contamination and equipment collapse. They offer fast, tight closing and high capacity, ensuring reliable operation in fluid handling systems.

Specifications
The vacuum breakers feature a stainless steel retainer tube and ball, an EPR seat, and a stainless steel spring. They are rated for pressures up to 21 bar (300 psig) and temperatures up to 185°C (365°F). Higher pressures are possible depending on size and materials.

Design and Functionality
The combination of spring action and a soft resilient seat ensures positive bubble-tight closing at low differential pressures. The design allows for quiet operation, eliminating chatter, and provides long service life due to corrosion-resistant surfaces.

Installation and Maintenance
These vacuum breakers are easy to install with hex heads and standard NPT pipe threads. They can be threaded into pipe fittings or tank openings, with outlets available in plain or threaded options. Installation can be vertical or horizontal, using a reducing bushing to prevent flow obstruction.

Testing and Reliability
Each vacuum breaker undergoes rigorous testing, including endurance tests with steam and vacuum cycles, ensuring they open and close bubble-tight even after extensive use.

Applications
Typical applications include protection of heating coils, textile dry cans, steam boilers, and heat exchangers. They prevent vacuum conditions that could lead to equipment flooding or collapse.

Performance Data
The document provides detailed performance data, including vacuum requirements to open and air handling capacities, which are determined by Cv factors and pressure drop calculations.

Contact Information
For further inquiries, Kadant Johnson Europe B.V. can be contacted at their office in Weesp, The Netherlands.
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Catalog excerpts

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Vacuum Breakers Anti-siphoning check valves Vacuum check valves and backflow devices. Protection against collapse or back flowing.

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Stainless steel spring Stainless steel ball Fast acting, tight closing, high capacity Kadant Johnson vacuum breakers provide a simple, dependable way to relieve any unwanted vacuum condition that may develop in a closed vessel or pipeline. They can be used to prevent contamination from back flowing in fluid handling systems and to protect equipment against collapse or implosion. They combine tight closing with instant response; provide large air venting capacity; are designed for easy installation and long service life. Positive closing, low breakaway The successful combination of the spring...

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Plain or NPT threaded outlet Stainless Steel Part ID Outlet Size Plain Threaded Plain Threaded Plain Threaded Plain Threaded Plain Threaded Plain Threaded * Other thread types (BSPT, BSP) available on request. Dimensions are for reference only and subject to change. Vacuum required to open Simple installation The drawings at the right show how the vacuum breaker can be installed in a threaded opening in either a vertical or horizontal position. When installed in a pipeline fitting, use of a reducing bushing is required to make sure the vacuum breaker does not intrude far enough to impede flow...

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Kadant Johnson Vacuum Breakers Approximate air handling capacities The air handling capacity curves were plotted from calculations using the Cv factors of the vacuum breaker. The Cv factor is a flow coefficient determined by actual test which mathematically gives the relationship between the rate of flow and the pressure drop. The flow formula used was recommended by the Fluid Controls Institute. INCHES HG VACUUM NOTE: Capacities will vary slightly due to position of installation. Typical installations of Kadant Johnson vacuum breakers VENT VALVE MODULATING CONTROL VALVE VACUUM BREAKER WATER...

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