Water & Industrial Tapping Solutions

Our tapping sleeves are quick and easy to install with simple hand tools. No special equipment or caulking or welding is required for installation. The process is as simple as tightening bolts with a wrench. The built-in range of our tapping sleeves also means one sleeve fits several classes of pipe.

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Tapping Sleeves

Smith-Blair Tapping Sleeves consist of two sections of heavy welded steel that bolt together on the pipe and seal against a concave wedge gasket around the tap opening. The outlet half has a recessed flat-faced flange to mate with standard tapping valves MSS SP 60 up through 12-inch size-on-size. For tap sizes 14-inch and above, flanges can be furnished to accommodate the valve requirements.

622 Tapping Sleeve, Fabricated Steel, Neck Seal - For tapping size-on-size or reducing branch connections on new or existing pipe

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623 Tapping Sleeve, Fabricated Steel, Coupling Seal - For tapping size-on-size or reducing branch connections on new or existing pipe

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624 Tapping Sleeve, Fabricated Steel, MJ Coupling Seal - For branch connections on out-of-round, high pressure, or non-standard diameter pipe(s)

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625 Tapping Sleeve, Fabricated Steel, PCCP - For tapping reducing branch connections on new or existing PCCP pipe

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626 Tapping Sleeve, Fabricated Steel, Weld-On Half-Sleeve - For welding on half-sleeve tapping outlets; four types

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627 Tapping Sleeve, Fabricated Steel, Weld-On Full-Sleeve - For welding on full-sleeve tapping outlets; two types

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662 Tapping Sleeve, Stainless Steel w/CS Flg., Finger Lug, Full Gasket - For tapping size-on-size or reducing branch connections on new or existing pipe

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663 Tapping Sleeve, Stainless Steel, Finger Lug Style, Full Gasket - For tapping size-on-size or reducing branch connections on new or existing pipe

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664 Tapping Sleeve, Stainless Steel w/CS Flg., V Lug Style, Full Gasket - For tapping size-on-size or reducing branch connections on new or existing pipe

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665 Tapping Sleeve, Stainless Steel, V Lug Style, Full Gasket - For tapping size-on-size or reducing branch connections on new or existing pipe

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Mechanical Joint (MJ) Tapping Sleeve Outlet - For tapping sleeves requiring standard Mechanical Joint (MJ) valve branch connections

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Line Stops

Smith-Blair Line Stops are utilized as a method to temporarily shut off flow in a live pipeline.

680 Tapping Sleeve, Line Stop - For line stopping and plugging, to temporarily shut off flow in a live pipeline

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687 Tapping Sleeve, Pin Stop - For line stopping and plugging, to temporarily shut off flow in a live pipeline

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Full Circle® Repair Clamps (Tapping)

Smith-Blair Full Circle Repair Clamps consist of one or more stainless steel band sections to which cast or fabricated lugs are securely attached. The lugs accommodate bolts and nuts when mounting the clamp on pipe. Full Circle Repair Clamps have a full encirclement, tapered, overlapping, gridded gasket with a flush mounted, bonded, stainless steel bridge plate to span the band opening between the lugs. This provides a full circumferential seal on the pipe.

238 Full Circle Clamp Tapped Single Band - For repairing leaks at service outlets or tapping branch connections on new or existing pipe

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239 Full Circle Clamp Tapped Double Band - For repairing leaks at service outlets or tapping branch connections on new or existing pipe

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264 Full Circle Fab SS Lug Tapped Single Band - For repairing leaks at service outlets or tapping branch connections on new or existing pipe

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265 Full Circle Fab SS Lug Tapped Double Band - For repairing leaks at service outlets or tapping branch connections on new or existing pipe

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Service Saddles

Smith-Blair Service Saddles comprise the largest line of saddles in the industry certified to NSF Standard 61 and 372 for fast, dependable tapping on all types of pipes. Outstanding features like the Taper Seal gasket, heavy forged bales and a wrap-around design that reinforces and supports the pipe, are combined in our service saddles to provide low initial cost, ease of installation and excellent lasting qualities.

311 Service Saddle, Single Bale - For tapping branch connections on new or existing pipe, installing line appurtenances

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313 Service Saddle, Double Bale - For tapping branch connections on new or existing pipe, installing line appurtenances

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315 Service Saddle, Single Strap - For tapping branch connections on new or existing pipe, installing line appurtenances

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317 Service Saddle, Double Strap - For tapping branch connections on new or existing pipe, installing line appurtenances

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325 Service Saddle, Bronze/Brass, Wide Strap - For tapping branch connections on new or existing pipe, installing line appurtenances

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331 Repair Service Saddle, Double Bale - For repairing and restoring damaged branch connections

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357 Service Saddle, Double Strap, Large Tap - For tapping branch connections on new or existing pipe, installing line appurtenances

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362 Service Saddle, Double Strap (PCCP) - For tapping branch connections on new or existing pipe, installing line appurtenances

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366 Service Saddle, Triple Strap - For tapping branch connections on new or existing pipe, installing line appurtenances

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371 Service Saddle, All Stainless Steel, Single Bolt - For repairing and restoring damaged branch connections, tapping branch connections on new or existing pipe

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372 Service Saddle, All Stainless Steel, Double Bolt - For repairing and restoring damaged branch connections, tapping branch connections on new or existing pipe

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397 Service Saddle, Wide Strap - For tapping branch connections on new or existing pipe, installing line appurtenances

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Steel Couplings

Smith-Blair Steel Couplings offer many distinct advantages when installed in a piping system. Properly selected and installed felxible couplings maintain the continuity of the pipe system, retain the line contents under internal pressure and prevent infiltration under vacuum. Our couplings consist of one cylindrical sleeve with conical inner surfaces at each end; two resilient, wedge-shaped, specially-compounded rubber gaskets; two ring-shaped followers and a set of high-strength, low-alloy track-head, oval-neck, rolled-thread bolts with heavy hex nuts.

418 Steel Tee Coupling - For joining plain-end pipe, tapping branch connections, or repairing service connections

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