What is it?

[MFJewell]

Found this in a strainer for one of our water raw water systems. Nobody seems to be able to identify it. Any thoughts?

 

[btrueblood]

Looks like a thermowell. Got any temperature instrumentation that suddenly went dark? Snarky comment, the only way that could be in a strainer is if it was inside the piping, whereas in normal use the part is threaded into a pipe tap or weldolet on the side of the pipe. Probably was there when the piping was bolted up, and slowly drifted downstream. This is why you have strainers, be thankful. We are a valve company, and the stuff we have found lodged in returned valves is stunning. Weld slag and wire, pipe fittings, bolts and nuts, washers - I can understand. But ladies undergarments?

 

[MintJulep]

Agree, looks like a thermowell.

 

[jmec87]

I'd guess that it's a thermowell (housing for thermocouple or other sensor).

 

[LittleInch]

If the pipe is solid it looks like a thermowell to me as well.

If it's got any holes in then it could be a quill for an injection of chemicals etc.

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Also: If you get a response it's polite to respond to it.

 

[MFJewell]

My first thought was thermowell, but the rod is solid. The hole on the top is only as deep as the hex head.

 

[MintJulep]

Maybe a sacrificial anode?

 

[LittleInch]

Maybe a vortex meter probe?

By the look of them only a short bit at the end actually pokes into the fluid.

Remember - More details = better answers
Also: If you get a response it's polite to respond to it.

 

[Compositepro]

It looks like an allen wrench tool designed to be stored in a thread hole on an instrument, or whatever, so that it is always available when needed. For example, it may be used to reset the counter on a water meter, or change a valve seat in a water pressure regulator.

 

[Parana Sembiring]

Thermowell i believe

 

[Artisi]

A photo of location might assist.

It is a capital mistake to theorise before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts. (Sherlock Holmes - A Scandal in Bohemia.)

 

[zeusfaber]

Not this time - "Found in a strainer".

A.

 

[EdStainless]

I think that Compositpro might be on the right track.
I have seen a number of devices with 'self storing tools', none quite like this though.

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[Artisi]

Miss the literal "found in a strainer"

It is a capital mistake to theorise before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts. (Sherlock Holmes - A Scandal in Bohemia.)

 

[itsmoked]

Lock pin to prevent the strainer from rotating?

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