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 "name": "Sanitary clamp end caps, 6 and 8 in (16AMP style)",
 "kind": "standard",
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 "question": "How thick is a 6 inch tri-clamp end cap?",
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  "16amp",
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  "basis": "6 in cap 0.437 in thick (GW Kent); 8 in drawn 0.480 in as the 10 and 12 in caps on this site (Steel & O'Brien 16AMP); ISO 2852 face",
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   "Solid blank caps for a 6 or 8 in ferrule: a lid for a 6 in vessel, or a blind end on a 6 or 8 in spool. For a lid with ports see the ported caps and the dome lids.",
   "Every clamp face is the ISO 2852 profile used across this site: 2.85 mm rim, flat face with the gasket groove (K 1.6 deep, R3 1.2 bottom, 23° walls, P2 0.8 edges) on C2, 20° back cone. Flange C3 / groove C2 / tube OD × wall, mm: ½–¾ in 25.0 / 20.4 (derived) / 12.7–19.05 × 1.65; 1–1½ in 50.5 / 43.5 / 25.4–38.1 × 1.65; 2 in 64.0 / 56.5 / 50.8 × 1.65; 2½ in 77.5 / 70.5 / 63.5 × 1.65; 3 in 91.0 / 83.5 / 76.2 × 1.65; 4 in 119.0 / 110.0 / 101.6 × 2.11; 6 in 166.9 (6.570 in) / 156.5 / 152.4 × 2.77; 8 in 217.7 (8.570 in) / 207.0 / 203.2 × 2.77; 10 in 268.5 / 261.0 / 254.0 × 3.40; 12 in 319.3 / 311.8 / 304.8 × 3.40."
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   "q": "How thick is a 6 in tri-clamp cap?",
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   "note": "8 in solid end cap: Ø217.7 × 12.19 (0.48 in), 20° back cone to a Ø166.3 flat back"
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