H-17496

Mueller® H-17496 Save-a-Valve® Drilling Nipple - 720 psig.

Catalog number: H-17496

Specifications:

  • Sizes* – 4" x 6"**, 8" x 12"**
  • Used for purging and bypassing
  • For use on steel pipe only
  • O-ring sealed steel (ASTM A216 GR. WCB) Completion Plug with equalizing valve
  • Flange, Completion Cap, and fitting top and bottom halves are forged steel (ASTM A105)
  • Class 300 flange complies with ANSI B16.5
  • 720 psig*** (4964 kPa) maximum working pressure at 100F (38C)
*Nominal
**The 4" x 6" fitting is contoured to fit 6" standard steel pipe and the 8" x 12" fitting is contoured to fit 10" standard steel pipe.
***This is the maximum pressure of the fitting installed in the line at 100F for Class Locations 1, 2, 3 and 4 as defined in D.O.T./CFR TITLE 49 PART 192. It may be necessary to reduce the line pressure during the drilling, stopping or plugging operations to the maximum working pressure of the machine or its attachments. Refer to charts on following pages.

Catalog PDF

Demonstration Video

Pipe Dimension:

Size* of Drilling Nipple

Nipple Length

Size of pipe Nipple Contoured For

Outside Diameter of Shell Cutter Required

Outside Diameter of pipe

Pipe Dimensions

Maximum Wall thickness

Minimum Wall thickness

Maximum Inside Diameter

4" x 6"**

6"

6"

3-1/2"

6.625"

.432" (sch. 80)

.250"

6.125"

8" x 12"**

12"

10"

7-1/2"

10.750"

No limit

No limit

No limit

Drilling/Completion Machine combinations that can be used to install and complete H-17496 Fittings:

Drilling machine

Completion Units

Unit No.2

Unit No.3

Unit No. 3SW

Unit No. 3SW-500

H-17495

C1-36

4"

8"

4" and 8"

4" and 8"

Replacement Parts:

Fitting Size*

Completion Cap

Test plug

Completion Cap Bolts and Nuts (No. Required)

Completion Cap Gasket

Completion plug Assembly

O-ring Seal

4" x 6"**

64204

64134

43911 (8)

36377

83490

43917

8" x 12"**

64206

64134

43908 (8)

63057

83492

79020

*Nominal
**The 4" x 6" fitting is contoured to fit 6" standard steel pipe and the 8" x 12" fitting is contoured to fit 8" standard steel pipe.
***This is the maximum pressure of the fitting installed in the line at 100F for Class Locations 1, 2, 3 and 4 as defined in D.O.T./CFR TITLE 49 PART 192. It may be necessary to reduce the line pressure during the drilling, stopping or plugging operations to the maximum working pressure of the machine or its attachments.

Equipment required to install H-17496 Mueller SAVE-A-VALVE® Drilling Nipple:

Tool Name

Quantity Required

Line Stopper Unit No. 2

Line Stopper Unit No. 3

4" H-17496

8" H-17496

Drilling Machine

1

C1-36

C1-36

Gate Valve

2

88611

83953

Valve Adapter

2

37153

502289

Drilling Machine Adapter

1

36343

89632

Cutter Hub

1

88340

33996

Shell Cutter

1

3-1/2" 33519

7-1/2" 33999

Pilot Drill

1

33976

64244

Completion Machine

1

H-17246

H-17345

Plug AlignmentTool

1

83522

83519

Plug Inserting Tool

1

83520

83517

Plug Extracting Tool

1

83521

83518

Completion Plug Wrench

1

36404

36424

Thread Cleaning Tool

1

89316

89318

Inspection Flange

1

H-17619

H-17619

 

Tool Name

Qty. Req'd.

Line Stopper Unit No. 3SW

Line Stopper Unit No. 3SW-500

4"

H-17496

8"

H-17496

4"

H-17496

8"

H-17496

Drilling Machine

1

C1-36

C1-36

C1-36

C1-36

Gate Valve

2

83953

83953

83721

83721

Valve Adapter

2

83697

502289

500021

-

Drilling Machine Adapter

1

36545

89632

83730

89341

Cutter Hub

1

88340

33996

88340

33996

Shell Cutter

1

3-1/2" 33519

7-1/2" 33999

3-1/2" 33519

7-1/2" 33999

Pilot Drill

1

33976

64244

33976

64244

Completion Machine

1

H-17346

H-17346

H-17347

H-17347

Plug AlignmentTool

1

83774

83250

83774

83250

Plug Inserting Tool

1

83772

83237

83772

83237

Plug Extracting Tool

1

83773

83238

83773

83238

Completion Plug Wrench

1

36404

36424

36404

36424

Thread Cleaning Tool

1

680360

89319

680360

89319

Inspection Flange

1

H-17619

H-17619

H-17619

H-17619