Spirax Sarco has launched a steam trap station designed to cut installation and maintenance costs and simplify the selection of components. The station is manufactured in stainless steel for long operational life. The use of stainless steel also makes it suitable for clean steam and filtered applications such as hospital sterilisers, dairy production, food and drinks processing and some pharmaceutical plants. The STS17 is a complete welded assembly comprising isolation valves, steam trap connector with strainer and a check valve. The steam trap connector is suitable for connecting any of Spirax Sarco’s range of Quick-Fit steam traps. Apart from the steam traps themselves, no other components need to be specified or purchased, eliminating the considerable time and costs needed to fabricate and install a conventional steam trap station. Steam traps are simply and easily fitted to the STS17 by two bolts. As well as fast initial installation, the Quick-Fit system cuts the time taken to replace a steam trap from up to two hours to as little as four minutes. Traditionally, steam traps are welded or screwed into the pipeline and considerable work is needed to remove them for maintenance. Often this means that the trap is left in place until a planned system shutdown. If the trap is stuck open and passing live steam, considerable energy can be wasted; or if the trap is blocked, process efficiency can be affected.
