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Pipe Fitting: Machine Shop Fittings
Pipe Fitting: Machine Shop Fittings
Pipe Fitting
This is the term used to designate the work of putting together various lengths of piping and their
connecting parts. This work is associated with the machine shop, where the required lengths of piping
are usually cut and threaded. The connecting parts are known as fittings. They are made in certain
standard forms as a branch of re-manufacturing, and are kept in quantities among the supplies of the
machine-shop store-room.
Size.
Globe valve..............................
1/2"
Angle valve.............................
3/4"
Gate valve............................
1/2"
Plug cock...........................
3/4"
Style.
3/4"
1"
screw union............................
3/4"
Flange union...................................
1"
10
Long screw................................
1"
11
..............do..................................
3/4"
12
Tee...........................................
3/4"
Malleable, beaded.
13
.....do..............................
3/4"
Malleable, plain.
14
..............do..................................
1/2"
Malleable, beaded.
15
Bull-head tee..................................
3/4"x1"
Do.
16
Reducing tee................................
3/4"x1"x1
Do.
"
17
Four-way tee.............................
3/4"
Malleable, plain.
18
Cross...................................
3/4"
Malleable, beaded.
19
Y-branch..................................
3/4"
Cast iron.
20
Elbow.............................................
1"
Malleable, plain.
21
.....do.......................................
3/4"
Do.
22
Reducing elbow...............................
3/4"x1"
Cast iron.
23
Side-outlet elbow..............................
1"
Malleable, plain.
24
Street elbow...................................
3/4"
Malleable, beaded.
25
3/4"
Do.
26
Return bend...............................
1"
Cast iron.
27
Sleeve coupling........................
3/4"
28
Reducing coupling...............................
29
..............do..................................
3/4"x1"
Do.
30
Extension piece......................
1/2"
Do.
31
Bushing...............................
1/2"x3/4"
32
..............do..................................
3/4"x"
33
Expansion joint....................................
1/2"
34
Cross-over.....................................
3/4"
35
Shoulder nipple................................
1"
36
Long nipple........................
1"
37
Cap..................................
1/2"
38
..............do..................................
3/4"
39
.....do.......................................
1/2"
40
Plug........................................
3/4"
41
..............do..................................
3/4"
42
.....do........................................
3/4"
Malleable, beaded.
Pipe threads are usually right handed, though left-hand threads are used for special purposes. The pipe
ends are always threaded on the outside and most of the fittings are threaded to screw on the pipe end,
although some fittings are made with outside threads to be screwed into other fittings. In connecting
pipe and fittings, the threads are swabbed with a mixture of oil and graphite to make a tight joint which
may be taken apart any time afterward.