What Is Pipe Fitting
Pipe fittings is use to join pipe sections together with other fluid control products like valves and pumps to create pipelines. The common connotation for the term fittings is associated with the ones used for metal and plastic pipes which carry fluids. There are also other forms of pipe fittings that can be used to connect pipes for handrails and other architectural elements, where providing a leak-proof connection is not a requirement. Pipe fittings may be welded or threaded, mechanically joined, or chemically adhered, to name the most common mechanisms, depending on the material of the pipe. Pipe Fittings are piping component that helps in changes the direction of the flow such as elbows, tees. It changes the size of the pipe such as reducers, reducing tees. Connect different components such as couplings and stop the flows such as Caps. Pipe fittings are components used to join pipe sections together with other fluid control products like valves and pumps to create pipelines.
The common connotation for the term fittings is associated with the ones used for metal and plastic pipes which carry fluids. There are also other forms of pipe fittings that can be used to connect pipes for handrails and other architectural elements, where providing a leak-proof connection is not a requirement. Pipe fittings may be welded or threaded, mechanically joined, or chemically adhered, to name the most common mechanisms, depending on the material of the pipe.
The term pipe fittings will sometimes be mentioned in the context of tubing as well as pipe due to some inconsistency in terminology surrounding the terms pipe, tube, and tubing. While similar in shape to tube fittings, pipe fittings are seldom joined by methods such as soldering. Some methods overlap, such as the use of compression fittings, but where these are commonplace for connecting tubes or tubing, due to this their use in pipe connections is rarer.
Types Of Pipe Fitting That Are Used In Piping
There are different types of pipe fitting used in piping. Pipe Fittings used in piping work are: –
- Elbow
- Tee
- Reducer
- Union
- Coupling
- Adapters
- Olet (Weldolet, Sockolet, Elbowlet, Thredolet, Nipolet, Letrolet, Swepolet)
- Valve
- Cross
- Cap
- Swage Nipple
- Plug
- Bush
- Expansion Joint
- Steam Traps
- Long Radius Bend
- Flanges
How are pipe fittings used in the plumbing industry
Pipe Fittings are defined as the piping components that help in pipe routing for directional changes, size changes, and branch connections. Piping Elbows, Piping Reducers, Tee Connections, Olet Connections, Caps, Crosses, etc are pipe fittings and widely used in both the piping and plumbing industry.
