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CHAPTER 31
1959*Guide
Table 6 . ... ripe Firings
90, 60, 45 & 22H* Standard 90 A 45* Street
90 A 45* Male union 90 & 45* Female union
90 A 45" Butt-welding
90 A 45* Socket-welding
90 A 45* Flanged 90* Side outlet
90* Railing 90* Side outlet railing
Base Drop
Tees
Standard Flanged Female union Flanged base Railing
Service Flanged side outlet Female union outlet Butt-welding Side outlet railing
Four-way Male union Flanged reducing Socket-welding
Drop
Coupu NOS Wrought
Cast
Socket-welding
Cbossbs Screwed
Y-Bends 45* Screwed
Return Bends Butt-welding
Flanged 45* Flanged
Back outlet
Butt-welding
45 Double screwed
True flanged
Screwed
Union end
Reducers Standard
Eccentric soeketwelding
Flanged paper Flanged ecbut-welding centric
Bushings Outside hexagon
Eccentric.
Face
Caps Standard
Socket-welding
Butt-welding
Plugs Countersunk
Square-head
Bar
Nipples Close
Unions Female
Bushings Outside
Long
Male A female Flange
Eccentric
Tank
Tongue A groove flange-
Face
Caps Standard Socket-welding
Butt-welding
Plugs Counter sunk
Nipples Close
Square head Long
Bar Taok
Unions Female
Male A female Flange
Tongue A groove flange
Flanges Blind Floor
Screwed Slip-on
Welding neck Reducing
Allowable pressures for solder-type fittings are given in Table 7. Allowable pressures for ferrous screwed, flanged, and welding fittings according to ASA specifications are given in Table 8.
Steel welding (butt or socket type) fittings may be used for the same pressure as the pipe, providing wall thickness (or schedule number), and also the material, are the same as the pipe on which they are used.
Screwed fittings include: couplings, elbows (45* or 90*), return bends (close and open), tees, crosses, laterals (Ybranches), plugs, caps, lock nuts, flanges, bushings, and re ducing fittings (elbows, tees, and couplings). Reducing fittings and bushings may be eccentrically tapped to permit drainage of condensate.
Sometimes nipples are erroneously called fittings. Actually a nipple is a piece of pipe less than 12 in. long that has been threaded on both ends. Pipe 12 in. or longer is regarded as cut pipe. Nipples are classified as dose or full thread, shoulder, short, and long. A close nipple is about twice the length of
Table 7 .... Service Presswie Ratings for Wrought-Copper or Bronze Solder Joint Fittings*
Type of Solder
( 50-50 Tin-lead (ASTM)
B32 Alloy Grade 50A) | (
Serrac* UmfK f
100 150 200 250
Maximum Strrici Preawre, Pag
Woter
1 In.*
200 150 100 85
to 2 In* 2ln>
175* 150s 125* 100s 90* 754 75* 60s
1a5T
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--
15*
95-5 Tin-antimony or 95-5 Lead-tin (ASTM B32 Alloy Grade 5A)
100 150 200 250
500 400 400 350 300 250 200 175
300 275 200 150
15
Solders with melting point 1100 F or above
350
270 190 155 120
Note: Ratioc other than specified here may be axed upon the recomraeadxUon of the manufacturer aa to the proper adder* that ehould be used.
`Extracted from .American Standard for WrougU Copper end Brora* Solder
Joins Fitting*, B16.J3-J9S1. b Standard water tabs cues except 1-8 in., which ia M in. OD nriamlni copper
tubing for refrigerator Bet-rice, etc. (ASTM B03)* These pressure# may be used for enst-braaa fitting* (ASA Blfl.lS-1850) for
be* J in. and smaller. d These pressures may be used for east-brass fittings (ASA B16.16-1850) for
sixes 2H in. and above. Also allowable for cast-braes fittings (ASA B16.16-18S0).
the pipe thread since the threads actually meet. A shoulder nipple has a shoulder between , the threads and is further classified as short or long. All shoulder nipples are cut to specific lengths and sold in that manner.
As a general rule, flanged joints are used when it is ex pected that the line will be disassembled quite often. There are three types of joints for attaching the flange to the pipe; screwed, welded, or lapped. Types of contact surface will be discussed in the next section.
Tables 9 to 15 give data on various types of ferrous fittings.
Fittings for copper tubing are available in soldered, flared, or compression types (see Figure 2). Fittings for copper pipe of IPS dimensions are available in screwed or soldered types. Table 16 gives size data for screwed fittings and Tables 17
and 18 give data for solder-type fittings for copper tube and pipe.
4x4x2 TEE
40x2 TEE
4x4>2 T-BRANCH
4X4x2 Y-BRANCH
4>4 CROSS
4X4X312 CROSS
4i3x2s|| CROSS
Fig. 1.... Description of Tees and laterals (ASA B16.3--19511
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Table 8____ASA Specifications and Pressures for .. Ferrous Screwed, Flanged, and Welded, Fittings . . -'
Type of Fitting
Saharafed,
Spedfkolioo Steom Preoxrre Prig*
Table'.9-;... Dimensions of Screwed Coit-lrcn 90* .and 45-Deg Elbows, Tees; and Crosses (Gass 125)
(Straight Six**)
ra- TtrSi rfsi
B16.1 B16b
Cast Iron--Flanged (refrigeration)...
B16.16 B16.4 B16.3
`250 - 300'
150
B16.5
2500
* Preeeure may reduce with increaaing axes. This pressure a the maximum allowed in this specification for s&turatedsteam. Higher prexturesmay be allowed with lower temperature*.
The compression-type fitting is generally limited to small sizes of tube, while the flared and soldered types are used in both large and small sizes. An American Standard, ASA A40.2 (1936), has been prepared to standardize dimensions of brass fittings for flared copper tube. Flared tube fittings are widely used in refrigeration work where SAE dimensions and a 45-deg flare render most fittings interchangeable, al though for refrigeration use, thread fits and tolerances on thread gages must be maintained within close limits. Brass, fittings with SAE dimensions are not interchangeable with the American Standard fittings for water tube. --
FLANGE FACINGS AND GASKETS
There are many types of flange facings. The simplest, and
the one most commonly used, is the plain face. This type of
face is used with fittings shown in Table 10. Other facings,`
with varying complexity/are used for higher pressures. They
include: male and female face (an insert type face), tongue-
and-groove (an adaptation of the male and female type),
lapped pipe to flange, lapped pipe to pipe, and ring and
groove using neck flanges.,
.
As it is too expensive to machine flange faces sufficiently
to provide watertight joints, a gasket is usually inserted be-
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T
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Nom-
Pipe - Sire.
fo End, Show*, Tees,
Center to End,
45Deg Show*
length of
Thread, Min
fluid* 0 iometer Width . off Hing . of
Bend, Mb F
Metal Thick-
Outride Diameter ef Band,
Min
A C
E Max Min G
H.
H 0.81 H 0-95
0.73 0.32 i 0.38 0.584 0.540 0.J1C 0.93 0.80 0.36 .0:44. 0.718 0.675 0.12C 1.12
H 1.12- 0.88 0.43 0.50 0.897 0.840 0.130 -1.34
H 1.31 l 1.50 1W 1.75
iH- 1.94
0.98 1.12 1.29 1.43
0.50 0-58 0.67 0.70
0-56 0.62 0.69 0.75
1.107 1.385 1.73C 1.970
1.050 1.315 1.660 1.900
0.155 0.17C 0.185 0.200
1.63 1.95 2.39 2.68
2 2.25
2K 2.70 3 3.08
3VS 3.42
1.68 1.95 2.17 2.39
0.75 0.92
0.98 1.03
0.84 0.94 1.00 1.06
2.445 2.375 0-220 2.975 2.875 0.240 3.600 3.500 0.260 4.100 4.000 0.280
3.28 3.86 4.62 5.20
4 3.79 . 2.61 1.08 1.12 4.600 4.500 0.310 5.79 5 4.50 3.05 1.18 1.18 5.663 5.563 0 380 7.05
6. 5.13 3.46 1.28 1.28 6.725 6.625 0.430 8.28 8 6.56 4.28 1.47 1.47 8.725 8.625 0.550 10.63
10 8.08* 5.16 1.68 1.68 10.850 10.750 0.690 13.12 12 9.50* 5.97 1.88 1.88 12.850 12.750 0.800 15.47
From American Standard Dimension* of Cati-lron Screwed Fitting*. Clue 185. A AS Bit-4*1949. All dimeuatona tinea in inches.
* This applies to elbowi and teea only.
tween the contact faces of the flanges. The flange bolts then draw the faces up so tight that the gasket deforms into the face imperfections and thereby provides a tight joint.
Gaskets are made of numerous materials, such as cork, paper, fiber, asbestos, metal (iron, steel, copper, etc.), and combinations of metal and some soft material. The proper gasket material to use depends upon the service of the pipe. The material should not be detrimentally affected by the chemical and thermal conditions of the fluid being carried.
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HMSMUBftS RTTMGS
Fig. 2------Copper or 8rcns Tube Fittings
VALVES
Valves are made with the same end connections as fittings. A brief description of each type follows.
rl. Flanged Ends: Made in sizes from Vi in. up. Used when ever line fittings are flanged and if frequent removal is cpntemplated. Flanged valves facilitate installation when large sizes are used.
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2. Screwed Ends: Most common-type end. Can be used for all pressures. Usually confined to smaller size because of diffi
culty in inairing large screwed joints.
3. Welding Ends: Available in steel only. Generally employed
for high-tempera.ture, high-pressure work. Difficult to disassem
ble in a welded line. This type includes butt-welding or socket welding. See Tables 11 and 14 for size of fittings available in
each class. The valves are made in the same range.
4. Brazing Ends: These ends are' available on'brass valves. The ends have a special shape to facilitate use of brazing alloys. These valves are used for higher temperatures than solder end
valves.