The ET VALVE Y-Type Strainer is a straightforward but essential piece of mechanical filtration. Its job is simple: keep debris in the pipeline from reaching and damaging your pumps, control valves, actuators, and meters. The body is shaped like a “Y”, and inside it holds a rugged stainless steel mesh screen that catches things like rust, scale, pipe dope, and other solid particles floating in the flow. The internal passage is designed to be smooth, so the strainer doesn’t create a big pressure drop. And when it’s time to clean it out, you just remove the bolted or threaded blow‑off cover – you can flush or scrape the collected debris out easily, and you don’t even have to take the strainer off the pipe.