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Insulating Triclamp to separate the Dephlegmator?

CothermanDistilling
edited September 2013 in General

I was thinking about efficiency by insulation here. The top chamber conductively heats the dephlegmator via the triclamp (you can feel it). Would a carbon fiber or other composite triclamp be possible to obtain and try out? Anyone ever seen one?

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  • 1vertical1vertical

    I think this would be a great engineering feat and good item to have.....JMHO

  • LloydLloyd
    edited September 2013

    Without needing to invent a special clamp there is an off-the-shelf solution. It is not cheap and it takes some wrangling to get into place properly.
    It's call a high pressure triclamp pipeline clamp.
    About a year ago I bought a single 8" size and danged if I can remember the price. Just remember it was a task to use and the most expensive clamp I've ever paid for.
    But surely more reasonable in 4" size.

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    As you can see with this clamp, and gasket between the sections, there is no metal to metal contact.

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  • CothermanDistilling

    eh.... I want easy... Just think how cool a carbon fiber/kevlar one would look!

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