BREAKING
THE MOLD
For over 80 years Aitken has partnered with clients to engineer and manufacture equipment solutions for their critical projects. Having earned trust from some of industry’s iconic brands, it is our experience, expertise and willingness to challenge the norm that helps our clients, big and small, thrive.
Our team is crafted with people that drive innovation by thinking without limits. This allows us to be highly responsive to evolving needs throughout a project, manage tight fabrication schedules and maintain quality control timing to deliver products on time.
Areas of Expertise
ENGINEERING DESIGN
Inhouse PE and application
engineers with direct experience with parts
CUSTOMIZATION
Solution-focused
designs
SPECIALTY WELDING
450+ welding procedures for
ferrous and exotic metals
MATERIAL SOURCING
Domestic and international
designs
FABRICATION
Advanced FEA and
CFD capabilities
FIELD INSTALLATION
Access to 1,000+ craft labor
for larger installs
Manufactured high quality products that consistently outperform the status quo
Over the years, we have become known for working alongside our clients in helping to clearly identify the challenge so our engineering department can design custom solutions. When a more standardized product is needed, our catalogue offers a wide range of products that service heavy industrial industries. Products are available in carbon steel and most alloys ranging in size up to 72” and beyond.’
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Our Product Categories
CUSTOM SIZES AND RATINGS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
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Spectacle Blinds, Paddle Blinds & Paddle Spacers
Plate products are manufactured from 0.5–24″ or customized. Typically fabricated to ANSI class ratings 150–2500, standard design ASME B16.5, B16.20, B16.48, & B16.47 (for larger).
Type R Strainers
Manufactured for superior interim debris removal following construction, maintenance & turnarounds providing insurance from downstream equipment fouling. Available from 12–48″ or customized. Typically fabricated to ANSI class ratings 150–2500.
Bleed Rings, Drip Rings & Test Inserts
Rings & inserts are manufactured from 1–24″ or customized. Typically fabricated to ANSI class ratings 150–2500, standard design ASME B16.5, B16.20, & B16.47 (for larger).
Calibration Rings
Manufactured from 2– 4″ or customized. Typically fabricated to ANSI class ratings 150–2500, standard design ASME B16.5, B16.20.
Temporary Strainers
Temporary cone & basket start-up strainers are manufactured for short term debris removal following construction, maintenance, & turnarounds providing insurance from downstream equipment fouling. Available from 1.5–36″ or customized. Typically fabricated to ANSI class ratings 150–1500; standard design ASME B31.3, B31.1, B31.4, B31.8.
Tee Strainers
Manufactured from 2–48″ or customized, including angle flow & bi-directional designs. Typically fabricated to ANSI class ratings 150–2500, standard design ASME B31.3, B31.1, B31.4, B31.8.
Fabricated Wye Strainer
Manufactured from 2–48″ or customized. Typically fabricated to ANSI class ratings 150–2500, standard design ASME B31.3, B31.1, B31.4, B31.8.
Fabricated Duplex Strainers
Manufactured from 8–12″ thru 24 x 30″ or customized, available in type D & H configurations, open area designs standard 3X, super 4X. Fabricated to ANSI class ratings 150–2500; standard design B31.1 & ASME Sec. VIII Div. 1, B31.3, B31.4, B31.8.
Fabricated Vertical Basket Strainers
Manufactured from 2–48″ or customized with open area designs to 6X or greater. Typically fabricated to ANSI class ratings 150–2500; standard design ASME B31.3, B31.1, B31.4, B31.8.
Orifice Flange Unions
Manufactured from 0.5–24″ per AISC 16.36 and 26–60″ in series A & B per ASME B16.47 or customized. Each comes complete with jack screws, plugs & gaskets. Typically available in ANSI class ratings 30–2500.
Orifice Flange Union Meter Tubes
Manufactured from 2–12″ per AGA, ASME, API/AMIS MPMS chapter 14.3 & GPA 8185-90. Additional sizes per request and assessment. Each comes with a complete OFU. Typically available in ANSI class ratings 300–2500.
Standard Orifice Plates
Catalog 520 is one-piece construction, available from 0.5–36″ manufactured to meet or exceed AGA, ISA, ANSI, & API recommendations. Available in ANSI class ratings 125–2500.
Integral Orifice Plates
Catalog 560 is a one-piece construction, available from 0.5–24″ manufactured to meet or exceed AGA, ISA, ANSI, & API recommendations. Available in ANSI class ratings 300–2500.
Classical Venturis
Developed as a practical differential pressure producing device for flow measurement. Available from 4–48″, Type R, or customized. Typically fabricated to ANSI class ratings 150–2500.
Pressure Vessels
Manufactured for various industries in domestic and international markets. Once the product, operational criteria and specifications are reviewed, assessed, designed and approved; vessels are manufactured under an ASME Sec. VIII Div. 1, U stamp.
Launchers and Receivers
Manufactured from 4–36″ or customized. Typically fabricated to ANSI class Ratings 150– 2500; standard design B31.4 & ASME Sec. VIII Div. 1, B31.3, B31.8.
Sample Coolers
Manufactured high or low pressure sample coolers from 1–30 gal. volume or customized. Typically fabricated with 125 pisg shell & 2,000 pisg coil. Standard design ASME B31.3 & Sec. VIII Div. 1, NACE MR0175.
Straightening Vanes
Installed upstream of meters to reduce flow turbulence prior to flow measurement available from 2–36″.
Flow Nozzle Meter Tubes
Flow nozzles meter tubes provide 60% greater flow than orifice plates and are manufactured in strict accordance with recommendations in the ASME fluid meters handbook & ASME piping design codes. Available from 4–24″. Standard designs available include ASME Sec. VIII Div. 1, B31.3, B31.8 or custom.
Flow Nozzles
Flow nozzles provide 60% greater flow than orifice plates and are manufactured in strict accordance with recommendations in the ASME fluid meters handbook & ASME piping design codes. Standard designs available include ASME Sec. VIII Div. 1, B31.3, B31.8 or custom.
Our Product Categories
CUSTOM SIZES AND RATINGS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
Click appropriate box to download product category catalog.
Spectacle Blinds, Paddle Blinds & Paddle Spacers
Bleed Rings, Drip Rings & Calibration Rings
Strainers
- Fabricated Wye Strainers
- Fabricated Tee Strainers
- Fabricated Vertical Basket Strainers
- Fabricated Duplex Strainers
- Temporary Strainers
- Type R Strainers
Specialty Products
- Sample Coolers
- Launchers & Receivers
- Straightening Vanes
Orifice Plates
- P-Top Orifice Plates: Catalog 520 is one-piece construction available from 0.5–36″ manufactured to meet or exceed AGA, ISA, ANSI, & API recommendations. Available in ANSI class ratings 125–2500.
- Integral Orifice Plates (IOP): Catalog 560 is a one-piece construction whereas the catalog 590 provides for interchangeable orifice plates as flow parameters require. Available from 0.5–24″ to meet or exceed AGA, ISA, ANSI & API recommendations and ANSI class ratings 300–2500.
Measurement Products
- Flow Nozzles
- Flow Nozzles Meter Tubes
- Orifice Flange Unions (OFU)
- Orifice Flange Union Meter Tubes
- Classical Venturis
Pressure Vessels
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HOUSTON, TEXAS
77022
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