Redesigned from the word go, Smith-Blair's®
OmniTM Coupling System utilizes the tremendous
tensile strength of ductile iron to your best advantage.
Applying the principles of space age technology to engineer a product as basic as a pipe coupling might seem ill-advised to some. However, many subtle advantages, now available only from Smith-Blair, have resulted - advantages such as using the proper thickness and volume of gasket rubber to provide greatly expanded range coverage, or inaugurating the optimum angle at which a gasket should mate with the sleeve while improving the grip on the pipe. Lighter weight and fewer parts also make for many obvious advantages.
Within each nominal pipe size, from 2" through 16", the nucleus of the OmniTM Coupling System is the center sleeve. A host of interchangeable components - follower flanges, gaskets, collars and end caps - within each nominal pipe size, are compatible with the center sleeve. by selecting the proper color coded follower follower flanges and gaskets to exactly fit the pipe you want to join, virtually the entire range, from the smallest ot the largest dimension, will be covered for either straight or transition coupling. Collars to accommodate cut-in coupling and end caps for line testing or permanent capping are also compatible and interchangeable with all of the other components. In addition to these interchangeable components, which allow you to accommodate straight coupling, transition coupling, cut-in coupling and end capping, there are three available reduction sleeves, which utilize all of the same interchangeable components for reduction coupling between adjacent nominal pipe sizes form 2" through 8" nominal size.
ECONOMICAL
The economy of interchangeable follower flanges and gaskets ot fit
a single sleeve, within each nominal pipe size, allows you to reduce your
inventory and yet be able to provide full service for the many jobs you
are required to perform.
VERSATILE
The versatile OmniTM Coupling System enables you to do straight
coupling, transition coupling, reduction coupling, cut-in coupling and
end capping on virtually any type of pipe from 2" to 16" nominal size.
RESILIENT
Resilient, high volume, grade 30 rubber gaskets provide a firm grip
on the pipe and a leak-resistant seal. Most importantly, they give extra
range coverage so that it takes fewer gaskets to cover the entire range.
Gaskets for other fluids available on request.
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