Safety Break-away couplings are used to prevent pull away accidents, protect terminal and loading/unloading equipment and eliminated unwanted product release.
Applications:
- Liquified gases; LPG, Butane, Propane and Blends, CO2, DME, LNG
- Chemicals and Hydrocarbons; Aromatics, Ethylenes and Propylenes, VCM, Alcohols and Acids, Diesel, Jet A1, Refrigerants Forane.
- Oil and Petrochemical; Bulk Loading/Unloading, Road Tankers, Rail Tankers, Process Product Transfer, Tank Cleaning
Marine and Offshore; Ship to Rig fluid transfer, Ship to Shore fluid transfer
Types:
- Industrial Breakaway; typically installed into loading arms and hose assemblies where at least one side of the coupling is attached to a rig and fixed point.
- Marine Breakaway; ship to offshore platform, and ship to ship product transfer opertations.
Also available in Cable Release Series and Cyrogenic Breakaway Series
Features:
- Coupling automatically sense an excessive load, closes the valves and disconnects
- High flow rate/ low pressure drop
- FKM (FPM) standard seal
- Female NPT standard, optional ANSI/ DIN flanges and others available on requests
- Industrial Interchange
Materials
Component |
Material |
Standard |
Operation Temperature |
Housing
Check Valve |
SS (Stainless Steel) |
EN 10272-1.4404+AT |
-40oC to 250oC |
EN 10213-1.4409+AT |
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Br/ Gm (Brass/ Gun metal) |
EN 12164 - CW614N |
-40oC to 200oC |
EN 1982 - CB491K-GS |
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AL (Aluminium) |
EN 755 - AW-6262-T6 |
-40oC to 150oC |
EN 1706 - AC-42100-T6 |
Seals
Component |
Material |
Description |
Operation Temperature |
O-ring |
FKM |
VitonTM |
-30oC to 200oC |
EPDM |
Buna AP |
-40oC to 120oC |
FFKM |
Kalrez® Chemraz® |
-15oC to 230oC |
NBR |
Buna - N |
-38oC to 80oC |
Working Pressure:
16 bar/ 25 bar (150 psi/ 300 psi )
Notes:
- For temperature stability of the seal material used must be considered separately for each individual case
* Kalrez® is a registered trademark of DuPontTM.
* VitonTM and TeflonTM are registered trademarks of the Chemours company.
* Chemraz® is a registered trademark of Greene, Tweed & Co.
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