s t e a m t r a p p i n g

Spirax Sarco’s steam trap range

Steam trap
Thermodynamic Mechanical Thermostatic
operation

Thermodynamic Ball float Inverted Balanced Bimetallic

bucket pressure

Steam trap
types

• Robust design
• High capacity
giving excellent • High capacity
resistance to • Excellent
• Robust
waterhammer and air venting
design
vibration capabilities • Utilises sensible heat in the condensate,
• Near reducing flash steam losses, which saves
Main • Inexpensive • Continuous
continuous energy
discharge of
features • Positive discharge discharge of
• Excellent air venting properties for quick
condensate for
with tight shut-off condensate
maximum heat start-up
• Discharge transfer • Minimal
condensate close back-up of
• Will not back-up
to steam saturation condensate
with condensate
temperature

• Mains drainage
and all tracing • Temperature/
applications • Temperature/ pressure
• Where condensate back-up can be
pressure controlled
Typical • Some process tolerated or is required in order to remove
controlled applications
applications applications with applications with with
excess enthalpy, e.g. non-critical tracing
light loads such as fluctuating loads fluctuating
small presses and loads
cylinders

DN8 – DN25 DN15 – DN100 DN15 – DN50 DN8 – DN25 DN8 – DN100
Size (¼”– 1”) (½" – 4") (½" – 2") (¼"– 1") (¼"– 4")

Maximum PN100 and PN40 and

PN250 ASME 900 ASME Class 600
body rating ASME Class 600 ASME Class 300

Maximum
operating 250 bar g 80 bar g 110 bar g 32 bar g 70 bar g
pressure