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News Release from: Spirax Sarco | Subject: On-line tools
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 26 April 2006
Spirax Sarco expands free online
engineering tools
The Spirax Sarco on-line Engineering Support Centre offers engineers a regularly updated range of free help that is easy to access via the company website
The Spirax Sarco on-line Engineering Support Centre offers engineers a regularly updated range of free help that is easy to access via the company website Providing quick answers to all those niggling engineering calculations that can otherwise take up valuable chunks of time in the working day, the centre has developed into an extensive, user-friendly tool for a wide range of calculations
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 30 Jan 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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The utilities that are currently available include steam tables, valve and pipe sizing tools and equipment for calculating heat losses from steam mains and tank heating applications.
The latest additions to the site are a series of four utilities.
There is a flash steam calculator which determines the amount of flash steam produced for a specified pressure drop, condensate temperature and condensate flow rate.
There is a tool to determine the orifice diameter or the flow coefficient for specific conditions.
A calculator allows the user to determine the heat rating or steam flow rate from a set of simple inputs, whilst hot and cold water flow rates can be determined so that a mixed water flow rate and temperature can be maintained.
Each of the tools includes a comprehensive help file that guides users through the various screens and explains all the technical features and terms.
There is a simple unit converter and even a page that enables engineers from around the world to work in their preferred system of units.
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