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Old 08-02-2013, 04:31 PM
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Originally Posted by 1966geeto View Post
Does the clamp compensate for diff in od sizes ? when you slip the pipe in the wider side how does the clamp seal the difference in the pipe overlap, and if you do not have a slip joint can you use them to fit 2 pipes of the same sixe butted up to each other ?
To seal the type of joint you're speaking of you'd use a stepped band clamp. The stepped clamp conforms to both the large/small OD of the joint.

If you were sealing a butt style joint you'd use a straight band clamp which is the same diameter for the length of the clamp.

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