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Filler plugs for a 2 in tee: run plug with the displacer-rod bore and branch plug, with a Ø12 gas passage
How do I use a standard 2 in tee in a Stirling engine without its dead volume? · Hardware · basis: Stock 2 in tee bore Ø47.5 (ASME BPE); passage size from the cycle model
Long Earth Society build part. The tee fillers of my walking-beam engine. The engines
Exact dimensions. Every file is drawn at true size with no printing tolerance. The holes and pins that meet another part are listed below under Mating features, with the fit each joint needs; open those by your printer's or process's clearance before making the part. Mating features
- sizes
- 2 in table
Notes
- A standard 2 in tee holds about 390 mL of gas. Two inserts fill it: a run plug (slid in from a run end) and a branch plug whose saddle-shaped bottom sits on it. What is left is a Ø12 passage from the hot spool's side up to the power cylinder, the displacer rod's Ø6.6 bore and a Ø4 hole to the gland cap's ports.
- Gas left in the tee and its joints about 25.9 mL; Ø44 spigots reach through each gasket's lip to 0.5 mm from what they face.
Sizes
| part | size |
|---|---|
| tee-run-plug-2in-rod6 | Ø47.50 × 172.9, spigots Ø44 |
| tee-branch-plug-2in | Ø47.50 to 86.45, spigot Ø44 |
Mating features
Drawn at the exact size. Open press, slide, run and socket features by your process's clearance; leave designed gaps and clamp fits as drawn.
| feature | exact | mates with | fit | files |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| outside | Ø47.50 | 2 in tee bore | slide | all |
| spigots | Ø44.0 | inside the gasket lips (no contact) | designed | all |
| rod bore | Ø6.6 | Ø6 displacer rod (no contact) | designed | tee-run-plug* |
| saddle | Ø47.50 cylinder | run plug (rests on it) | designed | tee-branch-plug* |
Where the files are
Other publishers' files are linked, not hosted. "verify" = check the license at the link before commercial use.
| ISO (via iTeh sample) | ISO 2852 clamp liners: face profile and flange / groove diameters | standard excerpt; dimensions are facts | |
| ASME | BPE Bioprocessing Equipment (clamp fitting dimensions, tube OD and wall) | standard | ASME; dimensions are facts verify |
| Long Earth Society | Engine builds | web, video | LES site |
Free files
★ Free files 2 parts. Generated by Xem Studio from the standard; threads are plain cylinders at major diameter. CC BY 4.0. index.json
| tee-run-plug-2in-rod6 | run filler Ø47.50 × 172.9 for a 2 in tee with Ø44 spigots to x ±92.05 / 91.70, Ø6.6 rod bore, Ø12 passages (z 12 axial, x 0 up), Ø4 to the +X end | STEP · STL |
| tee-branch-plug-2in | branch filler Ø47.50 from the run bore to 86.45, Ø44 spigot to 92.05, Ø12 passage on the axis | STEP · STL |
Plain text: sheet.txt · JSON: /api/geometry?object=tri-clamp-tee-filler-plugs

How it fits
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Questions
Do they seal?
No, they only fill: the gasket and clamps seal. The fit in the bore is a slide fit.

