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Stainless Steel Flanges and Fittings:
There are many types of hose fittings. Examples include adapters, bulkhead fittings, caps compression fittings, couplings, crosses, crimp sockets, elbows, expansion joints, ferrules, glands, nipples, offsets, plugs, reducers, returns, side outlets, tees, and wyes. Typically, elbows are configured for 30°, 45°, 60°, or 90° changes in direction. Concentric reducers join tube sections on the same axis. Eccentric reducers join tube sections that are parallel but not aligned. Tees and wyes are three-port fittings. Tees are shaped like the letter “T” and wyes are shaped like the letter “Y”. For both types of hose fittings, standard configurations feature a straight-through path or run with the same size ports as the perpendicular section or branch. With reducing tees and wyes, the branch port is smaller than the run ports. With bullhead tees and wyes, the branch port is larger than the run ports. Union devices are three-part fittings that connect two pieces of tube and allow for disconnection without cutting.
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