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2. Piping and plumbing fitting - Wikipedia

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   Flare connection: 1) Screw thread; 2) O-ring; 3) Body; 4) Nut; 5) Seal interface; 6) Support ring (sleeve), and 7) Flared tubing. Flared connectors should not be confused with compression connectors, which are generally not interchangeable. Lacking a compression ring, they use a tapered conical shaped connection instead. A specialized flaring ...

3. Coupling (piping) - Wikipedia

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   Examples of adapters include one end BSP threaded with the other NPT threaded, and one end threaded with the other a plain socket for brazing. A coupling whose ends use the same connection method but are of different sizes is called a reducing coupling or reducer. An example is a 3/4" NPT to 1/2" NPT coupling.

4. National pipe thread - Wikipedia

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   Threaded pipe and elbow.The pipe has a male NPT thread, while the elbow is female.. American National Standard Pipe Thread standards, often called national pipe thread standards for short, are United States national technical standards for screw threads used on threaded pipes and pipe fittings.

5. AN thread - Wikipedia

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   AN fittings are a flare fitting, using 37° flared tubing to form a metal-to-metal seal. They are similar to other 37° flared fittings, such as JIC , which is their industrial variant. [ 2 ] The two are interchangeable in theory, though this is typically not recommended due to the exacting specifications and demands of the aerospace industry.

6. British Standard Pipe - Wikipedia

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   British Standard Pipe (BSP) is a set of technical standards for screw threads that has been adopted internationally for interconnecting and sealing pipes and fittings by mating an external thread with an internal (female) thread.

7. Nipple (plumbing) - Wikipedia

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   A chase nipple has male threads on one end only. The other end is a hexagon. The chase nipple passes through the knockouts of two boxes, and is secured by an internally threaded ring called a lock nut. [1] [2] Chase-Shawmut Company, of Boston, is the company which first produced chase nipples. [3]