*myagriexpo

F-55

F-55

Product catalog summary

Parts List:
The document provides a detailed parts list for the F-55 Heavy Duty Drainage Gate, including components such as the frame, cover, pivot lug, hinge link, and various nuts, bolts, and bushings. Key materials include cast iron, stainless steel, and bronze.

Product Specifications:
The F-55 Heavy Duty Drainage Gate is constructed from cast iron and designed for automatic operation with a maximum seating head of 55 feet. It features a flangeback frame, adjustable hinge blocks, and a minimum seat incline of 2½° for positive closing. Optional features include bronze or stainless steel seat faces and a leaf spring bumper.

Dimensions:
The document provides detailed dimensions for various gate sizes, ranging from 4 inches to 108 inches, with specifications for bolt numbers and other critical measurements.

Typical Specifications:
The gate is designed to allow free outflow and prevent backflow, with a cast iron frame and cover. The seating surfaces can be machined iron or bronze with neoprene cushioning. The gate includes adjustable, double-pivoted hinge links and is constructed with materials such as ductile iron, structural steel, and stainless steel.

Materials:
Key materials include cast iron for the frame and cover, ductile iron for the pivot lug, structural steel for the hinge link, and commercial bronze for bushings and washers. Optional materials include naval bronze, low-zinc bronze, and manganese bronze.

Finish:
All cast iron components are painted with a standard shopcoat or special paint, while structural steel hinge links are galvanized. Bronze and stainless steel parts do not require additional finishing.

Catalog excerpts

F-55 HEAVY DUTY DRAINAGE GATE • CAST IRON CONSTRUCTION • AUTOMATIC OPERATION • 55 FOOT SEATING HEAD MAXIMUM Model F-55 Gates are furnished with a flangeback frame. Frame, cover (flap) and adjustable hinge blocks are cast iron. Standard hinge links are flame cut steel or ductile iron. Assembly bolts, hinge pins and keepers are type 304 stainless steel. Hinge bushings are bronze. Gate features a minimum of 2½° seat incline to assure positive closing. Finished seating faces are machined to a flat plane within .002 T.I.R. Optional dovetail bronze seat faces, stainless steel seat faces, and a dovetail neoprene seat in either the cover or frame are available. A leaf spring bumper with rubber cushion block can be furnished when the gate is used on pump discharge lines. Other Optional Items Include: • Ni-Resist frame, cover and hinge block • Type 304 or 316 stainless steel links • Manganese bronze hinge links • Non-metallic hinge bushings • Type 316 stainless steel assembly hardware • 125 lb. ANSI standard drilling • Permalube Bronze Bushings • Special paint coatings PARTS LIST • Total Galvanizing No. Name • Lube Fittings HINGE LINK HINGE STUD HINGE BUSHING BUMPER BOLT

Open the catalog to page 1

F-55 AUTOMATIC DRAINAGE GATE HINGE LINK HINGE STUDS & NUTS HINGE BUSHING LUBE FITTING (optional) BRONZE SEATS ATTACHED DOVETAIL BRONZE SEAT RESILIENT SEAT IN COVER 1. 25 Lb. & 125 Lb. Std. Drilling available on request for all gates except 15" & 21". 2. For use with seating heads up to 55 feet. 108" gate suitable for use to 30Ft. only. 3. "F" Dimensions are machined dimensions, may be 1/4" thicker. RESILIENT SEAT IN FRAME 4. If grout pad mounting is used, add grout thickness to dimension. GATE DIMENSIONS IN INCHES GATE SIZE A

Open the catalog to page 2

TYPICAL SPECIFICATIONS F-55 HEAVY DUTY AUTOMATIC DRAINAGE (FLAP) (TIDE) GATES General The drainage gate shall be designed to allow free outflow and prevent backflow for maximum seating heads up to 55 feet. Gates shall be Waterman Model F-55 or equal. Construction The frame shall be cast iron of flatback design with machined seating surface inclined from vertical, at minimum of 2¹⁄2 °, to assure positive closure. For flatback gates mounted to thimbles or flanges, the gate flange shall be machined and drilled to match. The cover shall be cast iron, cast in one piece, with reinforcing ribs, designed...

Open the catalog to page 3

F-55

F-55

Catalog excerpts

All Waterman Industries catalogs and technical brochures