How are brass bars cut for brass fittings?

The bars are cut to the correct length slug for the fitting, heated to a pliable state and pressed between dies with 25,000 pounds per square inch pressure. Next they are cooled, then the flash is trimmed and the forging blank is machined into the finished fitting.

Can a G18 brass fitting be disassembled?

G18 Built to resist mechanical pullout, this fitting can be assembled and disassembled repreatedly. Listed with Underwriter’s Laboratories for flammable liquid and gas. Meets functional requirements of SAE J512.

Which is better forged or extruded brass fittings?

Brasscraft Mfg. Co.’s process of machining fittings from extruded brass rod produces a fitting that’s dense, nonporous and stronger in it’s longitudinal direction. Forged Fittings Forged brass fittings are made from extruded brass rod that have different temper and chemical composition than brass rod used for the extruded fittings.

How are brass rods made for brass fittings?

Extruded brass rod is drawn to custom shapes with precise tolerances. This eliminates splits, pin holes and sand holes. Brasscraft Manufacturing Company then machines the extruded brass rods using many different machining operations. The result is a one-piece, solid brass fitting without seams or brazed joints.

What’s the best way to remove brass pipe fittings?

Install and remove these high-pressure brass fittings with a socket wrench or hex key (sold separately). Also known as instrumentation fittings, these have the most precise threads and the tightest tolerances of all the brass pipe fittings we offer.

How to identify a lead free brass fitting?

The lead-free fittings are identified by a double groove on the face of the female fitting (see Fig. 1) and on the inside of the male fitting (see Fig. 2).