I'm designing my brewery upgrade and I would like to standardize on Tri-Clover Clamps, preferably sanitary (i.e. no threads). I can figure out how to get tri-clamps most anywhere, but there are a couple places where it seems like the only solution is to introduce threads into the joint. My patch panel is one.
I want to mount my pumps, heat exchanger, heating element, and various and sundry plumbing behind an acrylic panel. My HLT, MT, and BK will have inlet and outlet hoses terminated with tri-clamps. I want to attach these hoses to fixtures on the front of the panel that connect to the plumbing behind. I've never seen a tri-clover fixture made for this and I can't imagine how it could be made without threads.
I can imagine how to create a through-bulkhead fixture with a short MNPT-MNPT nipple and a couple of FNPT-Tri adapters. But I don't want the threads, and I can't weld the fixtures to the acrylic panel.
Any suggestions?
I want to mount my pumps, heat exchanger, heating element, and various and sundry plumbing behind an acrylic panel. My HLT, MT, and BK will have inlet and outlet hoses terminated with tri-clamps. I want to attach these hoses to fixtures on the front of the panel that connect to the plumbing behind. I've never seen a tri-clover fixture made for this and I can't imagine how it could be made without threads.
I can imagine how to create a through-bulkhead fixture with a short MNPT-MNPT nipple and a couple of FNPT-Tri adapters. But I don't want the threads, and I can't weld the fixtures to the acrylic panel.
Any suggestions?