Plumbing Fittings 

Plumbing Fittingsrefer to the small components or spares used in piping and plumbing works for installing pipelines in buildings or laying a water pipeline. The collection of components may include tees, elbows, reducers, reducing tees, unions, adaptors, olets, nipple, valve, cap, coupling, barb, mechanical sleeve, plug, etc. These components serve different purpose in piping and plumbing works. For example, an elbow is used to create a bend in the pipeline, whereas a tee is used to create two-way flow of liquid. In the next section, leta s look at some of the important plumbing fitting components.

Some Major Types of Plumbing Fittings

Elbow a Elbow is used when a diversion has to be made in the pipeline. The elbow could be in different angles, viz., 22.5^o, 45^o and 90^o. An elbow is used when a diversion is made in pipes of the same diameter.

Tee a tee is a small component that is manufactured in the a T-shapea . It has one inlet and two outlets. It is used in the piping system when the flow of liquid has to be directed in two different directions.

Reducer a a reducer is used when there is the need to reduce large flow of liquid to small flow area. As the name suggests, it reduces the pipe girth by joining pipes of two different diameters. The reducers are designed in two different types a concentric reducer and eccentric reducer.

Nipple a Nipple is one of the most important components in plumbing fittings. It is used when there is the need to connect two pipe fittings together. It comes in male thread with varying length depending on the application.

Adaptors a adaptors are generally used for extending pipes ahead having the same or different diameters. This enables connecting two dissimilar pipes in the same direction. It has a similar function to pipe couplings with the difference being that adaptors can connect pipes of different types.

Couplings a Couplings are used to connect same diameter pipes. These can also be used for fixing leakage of pipes. The couplings are mainly of two types a compression coupling and clip coupling. The former one is used to connect two pipes and it can prevent leakage with the arrangements of rubber seals or gaskets while the latter allows one pipe into the other in such a way that the inner pipe slips some distance inside.

Union a unions are somewhat similar to couplings but the difference is that unions can be removed easily. This allows for convenient maintenance or a planned replacement in future. A union can have male and female threads and it mainly has three parts a male end, female end and nut.

Valve a a valve is an important component used piping and plumbing works. It is used in piping system to regulate or stop the flow of liquid in the pipeline. Valves are manufactured in different types including throttling, non-return and isolation. These are used depending on the application requirements.

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