Hemispherical End Caps

If the plane passes through the center of the sphere so that the height of the cap is equal to the radius of the sphere the spherical cap is called a hemisphere.

Hemispherical end caps.

Get more information about post and end caps including pricing and availability and place your next order. The most common head shapes are. Spheres hemispheres these hollow metal balls and metal spheres have a wide range of ornamental applications for designers and fabricators. These end caps are used at the bottom of pipes to filter out solvents from materials.

Prescor manufactures seamless asme hemispherical tank heads of many sizes from 6 5 8 od to 60 id. In geometry a spherical cap or spherical dome is a portion of a sphere or of a ball cut off by a plane. Get 6 hemispherical end cap with 1 2 compression filter plate here from xtractor depot. It is also a spherical segment of one base i e bounded by a single plane.

6 hemispherical end cap with 1 2 compression filter plate. The manufacturing of such an end is easier than that of a hemisphere. This end cap comes with 1 2 compression to add tubes. For high pressure projects the advantage of a hemisphere is that most asme code calculations require less minimum thickness to hold high pressure than a 2 1 elliptical head.

Check out our 2 hemispherical end cap with 1 2 compression made from ss304 stainless steel. The starting material is first pressed to a radius r 1 and then curled at the edge creating the second radius r 2. The shape of the heads used can vary.