• Steam is widely used in both chemical and petrochemical plants. One of its most frequent utilizations is the tracing of    distribution lines to avoid freezing, and to reduce the viscosity of the fluids contained inside these lines.

• Thus, in these plants, there is a large number of manifolds, located at the beginning or at the end of the lines, and used    both for the steam distribution to the line tracing, and for the collection of the condensate resulting from the line tracing    service.

• Traditionally, these manifolds are made by pipes, whose ends are closed by welding caps, and by a large number of    connections, whether they are used for steam distribution or for collection of condensate.