What Are Different Types Of Pipe Fittings?

Organized piping arrangements remain a critical aspect of all optimally functioning industry units. Be it a manufacturing hub or a refinery, pipes ensure proper distribution of all substances without any spillage or wastage. 

For manufacturing units or refineries, the substances travel from one end of the unit to another through well-laid piping systems. These networks of pipes often involve several turns, changes of directions and bends.

Accordingly, the industries use several pipe fittings to keep the flow of the substances smooth and spillage free. The following are a few varieties of piping fittings that multiple industries find utterly useful for their operations.

Tees, Elbows, Wyes, Reducers, End Cap, Crosses, Laterals

Chemicals, oil, gas, liquids, or any other thing that passes through the industrial pipelines, need a change of channels from time to time.

Tees, crosses, wyes, and elbows generally serve the purpose of splitting a single stream of a substance into multiple channels or clubbing multiple streams into one. Elbows can be of different angles such as 45 degrees or 90 degrees.

The one you would need depends on your requirements. Similarly, wyes, crosses, and elbow pipe can also be useful for redirecting the substances differently. Especially, for letting the gases vet out, the wyes find widespread application in chemical and oil industries.

Coupling, Bushing, Union Fittings

For factory outlets to operate smoothly, joining differently sized pipes is also critical. Couplings, bushings, union fittings etc., are some varieties of pipe joiners that help couple two pipes of the same or different sizes.

Typically, union fittings are ideal for joining two pipes having the same diameter. Therefore, when you do not wish to alter the amount of flow through the piping system by joining two pipes, union fittings remain the best fit. 

On the other hand, if you wish to join a bigger pipe with a smaller one then the use of reducer bushing is the best alternative. For permanently joining two pipes, coupling remains the popular pick. 

Cap, Nipple, Plug Fittings

Cap and plug fittings are commonly used for closing one end of a pipe. Therefore, you will find most of these at the termination point of a piping system.

However, caps get fitted over the pipe and plugs are ideal for threaded pipes. On the other hand, nipple fittings feature male threading ideal for joining two pipes with female threading.

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