TMW Systems, LLC was asked to manufacture a steam quality sampling port for a client in Illinois. The part called for the use of a 12" long, 1.5" OD (outside diameter) round bar of Hastelloy® C-276 for the side stream sample stem, which would be inserted into a pipe carrying a corrosive steam mixture. This sample port stem had to be coupled to a carbon steel flange for attachment to the side stream sample line to measure pressure and quality. It would have also been possible