Joints glass-threaded connections

The useful screw-thread connector is becoming widely available. The simplest is the screw-capped adapter (Fig. 2.32) where the screw-capped joint is associated with a ground glass cone. The figure shows the silicone rubber ring and PTFE washer, and the adapter is useful for the insertion of gas tubes, thermometers or stirrer shafts. The screw-thread connection principle has been applied to the connection of water hoses to condensers and vacuum lines to Buchner flasks, to securing simple sealing septa to flasks, etc. 

The high-pressure water supply is employed for the operation of the ordinary filter pump , which finds so many applications in the laboratory. Several types of water-jet pumps of glass, plastic or metal construction are available from most laboratory suppliers. These are often fitted with a suitable non-return valve to prevent the apparatus being flooded as a result of fluctuating water pressure. Connection to the water tap in the case of the metal pump is by a direct screw-threaded joint with the glass or plastic models high-pressure tubing of suitable bore is wired to the tap and to the pump. 

P(l) This section covers the design of mechanical joints where at least one of the primary components to be joined is made of glass FRP. Such joining techniques include fastener connections, friction joints (shear loads), contact joints (direct loads), threaded joints, strap joints and joints incorporating embedded fasteners (see 5.i.4 P(2)). 

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