Pipes and Tubes Information » Steel Pipe Fittings

Stainless steel pipe fittings like elbow, bend, stubend, tee, union, reducer and nipple are manufactured to suit all types needs including high-temperature service, ordinary use and special applications.

Elbow
An angular or jointed part, steel elbow are used during the installation of pipes that allow for easy connection between pipes and smoothen the flow disturbances, reduce swirl and develop highly symmetrical flow with minimal pressure loss.

Bend
The curved portion of tube or pipe, bend computes reaction force, downstream pressure, and velocities. Their are various angle in degrees to which the pipe bends are formed i.e. 45 degrees, 90 degrees, 180 degrees, which lessens the flow resistance and possible leakage.

Stubend
Providing joints between plain end pipes and pipe fittings, steel stubend are non-corrosive, non-toxic, high abrasion resistance that are resilience to shocks and have almost unlimited lifetime usage.

Tee
A tee is used for connecting pipes of different diameters or for changing the direction of pipe runs. A common type of pipe tee is the straight tee, which has a straight-through portion and a 90-degree takeoff on one side.

Reducer
Reducer provides an excellent tube & pipe end forming that suffice the need to connect two lengths of pipe together in a straight line. Before buying a reducer, buyer should make sure that they have both sizes of pipe that has to be connected.

Flanges
Flanges are made for or tube. Whether set on wood, concrete, walls, or stairs, flanges can be used as slip flanges with or without a set screw and can be welded to pipe posts or anchored with set screws or expansion bolts.

Nipple Coupling
A nipple coupling is a short length of pipe with a male thread on each end. It is used for extension from a fitting and at times, one may use the dielectric or insulating type of fittings.

Union
There are two types of pipe unions. The ground joint union consists of three pieces, and the flange union is made in two parts. Both types are used for joining two pipes together and are designed so that they can be disconnected easily.

Socket
An opening or a cavity into which an inserted part is designed to fit, socket is used in a pipe with an expansion at one end to receive the end of a connecting pipe.

Valves
A movable control element, valves regulate the flow of gases, liquids or loose materials through piping by opening, closing or obstructing ports or passageways.