Plumbing fittings

Modern sanitary and gas installations are not conceived without fittings and accessories for welding or threading capillary copper tubes.

The range accessory manufacturing copper includes, among others: couplings, elbows, reducers and tees with dimensions in outer diameter ranging from 15 to 22 mm. Also this section will appreciate the variety of possible forms of thread-welding accessories for connecting copper pipe and threaded fitting including entroques, elbows, tees, reducers, buttresses, plugs, etc.

Among its application areas we can count distribution systems of hot or cold water in heating and gas as well as the distribution of liquids and other combustible gases.

In the threaded fittings, either with or parallel thread taper thread it is necessary to add a sealing member over the male thread of the union to achieve proper sealing. One of the most used to ensure no leakage is Teflon, presented in the form of yarn or ribbon in different widths and thicknesses, which can also be found in this section materials. It is comfortable and easy to place, allows the adjustment back slightly without causing leakage and is very effective in installations and repairs threaded small diameter, but care for their lubricity, can induce over-tightening of the thread.

Millimeters or inches, what steps I choose?

The measures of the different articles in this section fittings plumbing listed by name in inches or fractions of an inch for the threaded ends, while for butt welding a copper tube are indicated in millimeters, which generally corresponds to diameter pipe to be connected.

Thus, copper fittings, elbows 90º find female-female 15, 18 or 22 mm. for joining pipes of these diameters. But in a male threading entroque welding-15-1 / 2, for example, as welding is 15mm while the corresponding thread is ½ ".