Steam and condensate

manifold
DIN PN63 specification
 A compact dual duty manifold from the world’s
leading supplier of tracing traps
For over 50 years Spirax Sarco has been designing, Optional insulation
manufacturing and supplying steam traps to customers jacket for quick and
worldwide. Since the 1960s part of our range has easy insulation.
been dedicated specifically to tracing applications
which is often a major part of the steam system. Our
Vertical installation
experience in this area is second to none. saves space.
Steam tracing is used principally to maintain a
reasonable product temperature and viscosity in order
to simplify pumping and avoid freezing, solidification or
stagnation. Although the condensate flowrates are
relatively small trap populations will be high as all
tracer lines should be individually trapped. For ease of
design and layout the condensate from the traps is
collected in a manifold. Similarly the steam to the
tracers is manifolded.

Traditionally these manifolds are custom designed to

an appropriate piping code, then fabricated and tested
on site. The number of individual components needed
to construct these manifolds is large and the labour
needed to procure, weld, test and inspect them is
expensive. These manifolds are large, heavy and a
complex piece of the tracing system. After construction
insulation can be awkward because of their widely
differing geometry.
Integral piston valve that
The modern method of manifolding is to purchase the is easily maintainable
manifold as a standard piece of equipment just like with stainless steel /
buying a steam trap. The convenience of this type of graphite lower and upper
sealings rings for low
manifold with its optional insulation jacket and mounting wear and long life.
kit is available from Spirax Sarco.

The Spirax Sarco steam distribution and condensate

collection manifold type MSC is a dual duty (steam or
condensate) manifold specifically designed for tracing
applications.

It is a DIN PN63 product in DIN specification material.

The main pressure retaining parts are all carbon steel
forgings with EN 10204 3.1.B certification available as
standard.

Product range
Number Options
Manifold Tracer EN 10204 3.1.B
of tracer DN Insulation Mounting
type connections certification
connections jacket kit
MSC08 8 15 butt weld standard ● ●

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 Typical application

Steam main
Butt weld main
connections.

In-built mounting holes Condensate main

and optional mounting
kit for easy installation.

For trap type consult

Tracer Spirax Sarco.
lines. Product line

Butt weld tracer

connections.

Steam distribution Condensate

manifold. collection manifold.
Lightweight, compact
and robust forged
carbon steel body.

Diffuser for safe,

quiet discharge to
atmosphere when User benefits
condensate is not ● Eliminates on-site fabrication and testing.
returned to boiler
house. ● Lower cost than conventional welded design.
● Shortens project lead times.
● Space saving with standardised design.
Non-critical tracing
● Lightweight to support and easy to install with
(product lines) optional mounting kit.
Steam is distributed through one manifold
to the tracer line attached to the product ● Easy to maintain.
line. At the end of the tracer line the steam ● Optional insulation jacket for energy conservation.
trap discharges the condensate into
● Spirax Sarco’s guarantee of technical support,
another manifold and is returned to the
knowledge and service.
condensate main.

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 The piston valve: how it works
The piston valve is a variant of the conventional globe
valve in which the seat and cone are replaced by a
1
piston and lantern bush. This overcomes the difficulties
4 usually associated with the replacement of conventional
seats.
2
A precision ground piston (1) is connected to the
3 valve stem and handwheel. The piston passes through
two sealing rings (an upper (3) and lower (4) ring)
separated by a lantern bush (2). When assembled the
two sealing rings are compressed around the piston
by the load exerted through the bonnet. The upper
sealing ring acts as a conventional gland packing and
the lower sealing ring acts as the seat. The lantern
bush is needed to maintain separation between the
Limiting conditions upper and lower rings and to allow flow through the
Maximum body design conditions DIN PN63
valve. Perfect tightness is assured because of the
Maximum cold hydraulic test pressure 95 bar g
large sealing area between the piston and sealing
rings.
Operating range
If the valve needs maintaining then all the internals
400 are easily removed by undoing the cover nuts and
Temperature °C

300 withdrawing the piston followed by the rings and lantern

200 bush.
100 The piston valve is well suited to on-off duties such as
0 steam trap isolation, particularly those applications
0 10 20 30 40 45* 50 60 70
Pressure bar g where the valve body is permanently installed as part
The product must not be used in the red area. of the system pipework and plant downtime needs to
*PMO - Maximum operating pressure recommended. be minimised.

Sizes and pipe connections H C

The steam main / condensate return is
J Closed
K Open

DN40 butt weld connection to DIN 3239 Type 2 B

The tracer lines are F
DN15 butt weld connection to DIN 3239 Type 2

B A
Kv values L
E

DN15 Kv 1.8
M
For conversion Cv (UK) = 0.97 Kv Cv (USA) = 1.17 Kv G D B
The Kv value is stated for each valve rather than the complete closed
manifold. N
open
C
Dimensions (approximate in millimetres)
Type A B C D E F G H J K L M N Weight
MSC08 650 160 85 140 69 43 25 100 96 110 47 M12 36 20 kg
MAND

Some of the products shown may not be available in certain markets.

Spirax-Sarco Limited, Charlton House,
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL53 8ER UK.
Tel: +44 (0)1242 521361 Fax: +44 (0)1242 573342
E-mail: enq@spiraxuk.attmail.com
Internet: www.spirax-sarco.com
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