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Search Result for Orifice

orifice

An opening of a measured diameter that is used for measuring the flow of fluid through a pipe, the orifice must be of smaller diameter than the pipe diameter. It is drilled into an orifice plate held by an orifice fitting.

positive choke

A choke in which the orifice size must be changed to change the rate of flow through the choke.

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