T Strainer

An official definition of the T-strainer is: "A closed vessel with a cleanable screen element designed to remove and retain foreign particles down to 0.001-inch diameter from various flowing fluids."

T-Strainers are devices for mechanically removing unwanted solids from liquid, gas or steam lines by the inside perforated metal or wire mesh filtering element. The T-strainers are used in pipelines to protect pumps, meters, control valves, steam traps, regulators and other process equipment.

T-Strainers are very cost-effective straining solutions in many applications. Where the amount of material to be removed from the flow is relatively small, resulting in long intervals between screen cleanings, the strainer screen is manually cleaned by shutting down the line and removing the strainer cap.

Besides steam, T-Strainers can also be used in air and natural gas applications. Here again, high pressures are not uncommon. However, unlike steam high air pressure does not automatically mean high temperature and so, ordinary carbon steel bodies of sufficient wall thickness will generally suffice.