Provided herein are components for a fluid network modified for one or more objective functions of interest such as pressure drop, erosion rate, fouling, coke deposition and operating costs.

A double wall tube assembly includes an inner tube extending in an axial direction between two opposed ends of the inner tube. A sleeve fitting is mounted to one end of the inner tube. An outer tube outboard of the inner tube extends in the axial direction between two opposed ends of the outer tube. A collar fitting is mounted to one end of the outer tube wherein the collar fitting is outboard of the sleeve fitting.

An auto-fill two-layer two-half wear resistant elbow of a concrete pump truck consists of an outer-layer protection elbow, an inner-layer heterogeneous wear resistant combined elbow and a wear resistant connecting flange. A filling space is provided between the outer-layer protection elbow and the inner-layer heterogeneous wear resistant combined elbow. The wear resistant elbow is designed as a two-layer two-half unique structure including a protection layer and a wear resistant layer, wherein the protection layer protects the wear resistant layer from distortion or even damage by external force and distortion or even damage by impact force by internal materials during the transportation, installation and use of the elbow. Upon using the wear resistant elbow for the first time, the concrete grout fills the reserved slit via the heterogenous combined elbow and enters the reserved filling space, allowing the outer-layer protection elbow and the inner-layer heterogeneous wear resistant combined elbow to be fixed as a whole, which may realize the purpose of reducing the weight of the entire elbow, reducing costs, saving materials and increasing service life.

The exhaust pipe comprises an inlet pipe, an outlet pipe and a bend portion arranged between the inlet pipe and the outlet pipe. The bend portion comprises an inlet bend and an outlet bend, wherein a central bend portion defines an intermediate section of inlet bend and outlet bend and wherein the inlet bend and the outlet bend each cover 50 percent of the total bend angle covered by the bend portion. The central bend portion comprises a diameter, which is smaller than a diameter of the inlet bend and of the outlet bend in a bending plane. In addition a bend radius R of the bend portion varies along the bend portion such that a bend radius of the inlet bend is larger than a bend radius of the outlet bend.

Roll grooved pipe fittings useful in the assembly of a variety of mechanically joined piping systems. These pipe fittings are roll grooved so that they can be mechanically joined directly with other like pipe fittings and/or with roll grooved straight pipe thereby substantially simplifying assembly. In addition, hybrid pipe fittings and systems are also disclosed. Methods and apparatus for manufacturing these aforementioned roll grooved pipe fittings are also disclosed and address both the roll grooving process itself, as well as various methodology and apparatus for correcting deformations that can occur as a result of the roll grooving process. Methods for using the aforementioned apparatus are also disclosed.

The present invention relates to a low profile elbow, and a process of manufacturing the same, wherein the elbow includes a tube secured at two different locations and in two different planes of a base, wherein an end surface of the tube is positioned at an acute angle with respect to a tube axis, and wherein the tube defines a center of curvature positioned lower than a lower surface of the base.

A pipe element suitable for use in a fuel system of an aircraft comprises an inner pipe and an outer pipe sealingly surrounding the inner pipe and connected to the inner pipe. The pipe element is constructed in one piece and is produced by a 3D printing process.

A downpipe fitting for coupling between top and bottom ends of a downpipe. The downpipe fitting includes two parts connected together and rotatable relative to one another about a longitudinal axis thereof. The first part has an inlet, sized and shaped to couple with an outlet of a first section of the downpipe, above the downpipe fitting. The second part has an outlet which is sized and shaped to couple with an inlet of a second section of the downpipe, below the downpipe fitting. The inlet and outlet of the fitting define a flow path for rainwater therethrough. Rotation of the second section of downpipe below the downpipe fitting, about the longitudinal axis, is decoupled from the first section of downpipe above the downpipe fitting.

An elbow includes an elbow body, and a pipe wall of the elbow body is saw-toothed along an extending direction of the elbow body so that a bending angle of the elbow body is adjustable.

A method for assembling a brazing ring on a return tube constituting a refrigerant passage of a heat exchanger according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes performing a pipe shrinking process on a straight portion of the return tube, coupling the brazing ring on the return tube through a return tube assembly device, and performing a pipe expanding process on the straight portion of the return tube to which the brazing ring is coupled. The coupling of the brazing ring on the return tube is performed using the return tube assembly device.