Eccentric Reducer

Not without a drawing and dimension.

Make it then weigh it...?

Del

Volume of material times weight of material gives the answer. V x W = A.

Jeez!

Here I am tryin' to help the poor fellow with his eccentrics, and all we have is a bunch of clowns.

Look. You do it your way and I'll do it mine.

I've already worked it out in my head three different ways and you clowns still can't figger it out?

Yeah, we're all riding unicycles and juggling at the same time

Del

I'm still stuck in the trunk of that little car.

A minute ago I thought I was driving...

You might try the Internet (Google)

I found a lot of specific information in just a few seconds of typing (Weight of Piping Fittings).

If you had included the sizes of your specific item and the wall schedule I could have given it to you.

Lesson: Do simple research yourself or ask better questions.

There isn't necessarily a formula for everything. Some stuff you look up in a table.

In the case of reducers, a complicating factor is how the wall thickness varies from one end to the other. Linear interpolation might be a reasonable guess, but not certain.

You could measure its displacement volume by submerging it, then multiply by the material's density. Or you could simply weigh it.

Enccentric?

Mandarin translation?

With its joints, nuts, bolts and washers, or without? Both flanges or just one? If one, which one?

Why worry about the weight, at all? If this eccentric reducer is a pipe fitting then the liquid inside it could easily weigh more than fitting. If this duct work then the mounting hardware can skew any weight prediction calculations.

This thread baffles me.

Sometimes this is taken seriously. Leslie "Constantemp" steam water heaters show their center of gravity computed to within a gnat's ass (converts to 0.62 pubic hairs in metric).

Those who take it seriously should know a little more in the first place.

Without calculating anything I know this ↑ will weigh more than this ↓.

Yes, if the wall thickness is the same, but we don't know that yet.

BTW, I am a former journeyman pipefitter, and have field-fabricated both concentric and eccentric reducers by "orange-peel" techniques.

Some of the posts about piping on here are quite amusing.

Wall thickness is more than just a little different. The bottom fitting is made out of PVC. The top fitting is made out of concrete and shows a lift point for the crane.

Sometimes the logistics department is to ask questions about weight.

Transport, material usage and so forth. Who knows what this question is about.

Her, no Adam's apple.

So you, the Original Poster asked a question, and then vanished? Was this your homework in some strange, disjointed calculus problem?

IF you are any good at math, you should be able to come up with the integral of contained volume (material). As Lyn stated, multiply A X B to the get the C.

Work it out for both concentric and eccentric reducer (plain sides), and then estimate the metal loss for National Pipe Threads cut into the inner diameter of each and get back with us.

Or just look it up in the tables kindly provided by Solar Eagle, and others. OR if you are seriously thinking about buying a whole lot of these for a city, why not ask the vendors what they weigh (the reducers not the vendors)?

can someone advise me regarding thickness reducer?

in ASME B16.9, there is only length and OD of small end and large end reducer

what about reducer thickness?

in above post, there is a post regarding reducer thickness, but it only show one thickness for the mentioned schedule

is sch 40 reducer mean one uniform thickness throughout the reducer (as show in the post), or the thickness is a variable value (the thickness is increase gradually from small end to large end because different pipe size with same schedule give different thickness)?

is reducer with uniform thickness and variable thickness, both a standard reducer?

Variable thickness is standard, to match the two thicknesses of the pipes to which the reducer is attached.

You need to do your own homework, and approach the people who make the eccentric reducers.

The thickness for either end can be the same and either end can be thicker. It all depends on the reducer fabrication process and the job the reducer is designed to perform.

As Marcus Tullius Cicero once wrote "Cuiusvis hominis est errare, nullius nisi insipientis in errore perseverare."

Anyone can err, but only the fool persists in his fault.

I don't have to quote Cicero, since he only cussed or discussed in Latin.

I was in fear I would have to report swear words, but thankfully I found the above translation. My Latin is virtually non-existent.

Just to clarify, my Latin was that was not intended for you, James, but for those who refuse to think or do their homework.