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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2015
Swagelok Company, Solon, OH (US);
Peter C. Williams, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Kennan J. Malec, Gates Mills, OH (US);
William J. Menz, Akron, OH (US);
Cal R. Brown, Lyndhurst, OH (US);
Mark A. Clason, Orwell, OH (US);
Jeffrey M. Rubinski, Novelty, OH (US);
Raymond Scott Milhoan, Akron, OH (US);
Michael Mussig, Painesville, OH (US);
Jeffrey S. Rayle, Rocky River, OH (US);
Swagelok Company, Solon, OH (US);
Abstract
The present application discloses methods and apparatus for installing fitting components, such as a conduit gripping device, on a conduit to form an assembly. The assembly is joinable with at least one other fitting component to form a fitting. The present application also discloses methods and apparatus for evaluating characteristics of components of a mechanically attached connection. Characteristics that may be evaluated include, but are not limited to, the position of a conduit gripping device on a conduit, an amount of axial compression or stroke of the conduit gripping device, an amount of clamping force applied to the conduit gripping device as the conduit gripping device is compressed, and an amount of torque applied to members that compresses the conduit gripping device.