Swivel Joints CatalogSafer. Cleaner. Faster.
Swivel Joints CatalogSafer. Cleaner. Faster.
OPW Engineered Systems specializes in designing and manufacturing swivel joints for industries such as chemical, petroleum, and mining. These joints are integral to flexible piping systems, ensuring safe and efficient fluid and dry product transfer. The company offers custom designs to meet specific application requirements.
Key features of OPW swivel joints include tight seals with O-rings, true ball bearing race alignment to prevent binding, protected bearing chambers to avoid contamination, long-life bearings made from hardened steel, easy lubrication options, and factory-installed plugs that eliminate the need for field adjustments.
The catalog includes a detailed chart of pressure and temperature ratings for materials like steel, stainless steel, aluminum, ductile iron, and bronze, with maximum pressure ratings dependent on material and size.
OPW offers various swivel joint styles, each with different planes of rotation to suit specific applications. Styles include 10, 20, 30, 34, 35, 40, 44, 45, 50, 55, 60, 70, and 80, with details on material and size availability.
OPW ensures high-quality manufacturing and testing procedures, meeting or exceeding industry standards. Products undergo rigorous testing, including CNC machining and certified welding, to ensure reliability and durability.
OPW provides knowledgeable sales representatives and support personnel to assist customers in selecting the appropriate swivel joint, ensuring customer satisfaction through personalized service.
These are used in high-temperature applications like asphalt and resins, featuring steel jackets on elbow portions to maintain heat, with standard steam connections and options for other mediums.
Swivel joints are available in materials such as aluminum and cast iron, with various model sizes and dimensions. Specific models like the OPW 3637VO are designed for hose reels with specific pressure ratings and seal types.
This line is designed for hazardous materials transfer, featuring heavy-duty construction, smooth operation, easy maintenance, a redundant seal system, and built-in leak detection.
OPW provides kits for rebuilding swivel joints, including necessary parts for seal replacement. Lubrication is recommended annually or more frequently under severe conditions.
OPW swivel joints are constructed with precision-machined components for optimal performance, available in various series with specific material and construction details.
Swivel joints are certified to the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section IX, with components like precision-ground stainless-steel ball bearings and Buna-N O-ring seals. A pressure/temperature chart aids in selecting appropriate materials.
A detailed table provides approximate weights for various styles and sizes of swivel joints, with weights in pounds and kilograms.
Designs include cast and fabricated stainless steel, aluminum, and bronze options, with specific styles and end connections like NPT threads and flanges.
An ordering chart details construction materials, styles, end connections, sizes, and seal materials. Customers are advised to contact OPW Customer Service for complete ordering information.
OPW products must comply with applicable laws and regulations. The document states no warranty of fitness for a particular use and reserves the right to change products and specifications without notice.
OPW's global operations include headquarters and regional offices in various countries, emphasizing their worldwide presence in fluid handling solutions.
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Swivel Joints Catalog Safer. Cleaner. Faster.
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OPW Engineered Systems specializes in the engineering, designing and manufacturing of systems for the safe and efficient loading and unloading of critical hazardous materials: loading systems, swivel joints, instrumentation, quick and dry disconnect systems and safety breakaways. Table of Contents Design Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Pressure/Temperature Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Styles Available Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Standard Swivel Joints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Counterbalance Swivel Joints . . . . . . . . . . . 13...
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Overview OPW Engineered Systems manufactures swivel joints for a broad range of uses in the chemical, petroleum, petrochemical, refining, mining, distilling, brewing, ink and paint industries, as well as farm irrigation and fertilizing. Design, plant and maintenance engineers use OPW swivels in flexible piping systems, loading arms, hose reels, sewer rodding and wastewater treatment equipment, and various types of process machinery. They also use our swivel joints in machine tool coolant transfer, drum filling applications, and in a variety of in-plant fluid and dry bulk transfer applications....
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DESIGN FEATURES Design Featuress OPW Engineered Systems’ fabricated and cast ball bearing swivel joints allow you to construct a metal piping system that permits easy movement in any direction. Moveable, flexible and reliable, OPW Engineered Systems’ swivels are designed and built to the highest quality standards, including precision machining and 100% penetration welding, with special design features that include: 1) Tight Seals • -Rings provide a tight seal without hindering swivel action O • ccurately machined and micro-finished grooves provide for A minimal seal wear • vailable in Buna-N,...
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Availability by Material, Size and Pressure Rating Steel, Cast, High-Pressure 3200 Series Steel, Fabricated 3400 Series 316 Stainless Steel 3700 & 3900 Series Ductile Iron 3800 Series *Maximum pressure rating of OPW swivel joints is as shown, or is determined by the flange/end connection rating, whichever is lower. Buna-N seals are standard in all of the above swivel joints, but each is available with seals made of Viton®, Teflon®, EPT, or Neoprene, depending on the pressures and temperatures of your operation. IMPORTANT: OPW products should be used in compliance with applicable federal, state,...
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STYLES AVAILABLE Styles Available OPW Engineered Systems’ swivel joints are available in one, two and three planes of rotation for virtually unlimited flexibility. Standard combinations of five different metals and seal materials cover pressures, temperatures, corrosion resistance and load bearing capacities well within the limits of most application requirements. OPW swivel joints are available in two types of body construction – cast and fabricated – which differ in appearance. For illustrative purposes only, most of the drawings featured on the following pages are the “fabricated type.” A...
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Thread x Thread Style 20 Flange x Flange Style 20F Butt Weld x Butt Weld Style 20W Material_Model Size (inches) Material Model Size (inches) Materia_Model Size (inches) Dimensions s s s s _• _• _•_ Dimensions s s _•_ Dimensions s s Thread x Thread Style 30 Material_Model Size (inches) Flange x Flange Material_Model Size (inches) Flange for Submerged Use Style 30FJ Material_Model Size (inches) Flange x Thread Material_Model Size (inches) Butt Weld x Butt Weld Style 30W Material_Model Size (inches) Dimensions s s s s _• _• _•_ Dimensions s s _• _•_ Dimensions s s _•_ Dimensions s s _• _•_ Dimensions...
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Style 34 Thread x Thread Style 34 Size (inches) Steel, Fabricated Stainless Steel, Fabricated Size (inches) Steel, Fabricated Stainless Steel, Fabricated Flange x Flange Style 34F Thread x Thread Style 35 Size (inches) Steel, Fabricated Size (inches) Steel, Fabricated Stainless Steel, Fabricated Size (inches) TTMA Truck Flanges Style 35FT Stainless Steel, Fabricated Flange x Flange Style 35F *Comes complete with straight pipe handle. H2 Style 40 Thread x Thread Style 40 Steel, Cast, High Pressure Ductile Iron Size (inches) Steel, Fabricated Stainless Steel, Fabricated Ductile Iron Size (inches)...
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TTMA Truck Flange Size (inches) TTMA Truck Flange x Thread Style 40FTO Size (inches) Butt Weld x Butt Weld Style 40W Size (inches) Steel, Fabricated Stainless Steel, Fabricated Style 44 Thread x Thread Style 44 Style 40W (LOADING ARM DROP TUBE SWIVEL WITH GRASP HANDLE) A Size (inches) Steel, Fabricated Stainless Steel, Fabricated Size (inches) Steel, Fabricated Stainless Steel, Fabricated Size (inches) Steel, Fabricated Stainless Steel, Fabricated TTMA Truck Flange Size (inches) TTMA Truck Flange x Thread Size (inches) Flange x Flange Style 44F Flange x Thread Style 44FO Style 45 Thread x Thread...
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STYLES AVAILABLE Style 50 Thread x Thread Style 50 Model Size (inches) Dimensions Steel Cast, High Pressure Steel, Fabricated Stainless Steel, Cast Stainless Steel, Fabricated Ductile Iron Flange x Flange Style 50F Material Model Size (inches) Dimensions Steel, Fabricated Stainless Steel, Fabricated Ductile Iron Flange x Thread Style 50FO Material Model Size (inches) Dimensions Steel, Fabricated Stainless Steel, Fabricated Ductile Iron TTMA Truck Flange Style 50FT Material Model Size (inches) Dimensions Aluminum Butt Weld x Butt Weld Style 50W Material Model Size (inches) Steel, Fabricated Stainless...
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STYLES AVAILABLE Style 60 Thread x Thread Style 60 Size (inches) Steel Cast, High Pressure Steel, Fabricated Stainless Steel, Cast Stainless Steel, Fabricated Aluminum Ductile Iron Size (inches) Steel, Fabricated Stainless Steel, Fabricated Aluminum Ductile Iron Size (inches) Steel, Fabricated Stainless Steel, Fabricated Aluminum Ductile Iron Thread x Thread, with Drilled Boss Style 60T Size (inches) Ductile Iron Bronze Butt Weld x Butt Weld Size (inches) Steel, Fabricated Stainless Steel, Fabricated Flange x Flange Style 60F Flange x Thread Style 60FO Style 70 Thread x Thread Style 70 Size (inches)...
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