AAP Black Steel Reducing Socket, 1-1/2" x 1"

This AAP black reducing socket is a mild steel fitting with BSP threads. It is supplied in 27 sizes, 1/4 x 1/8" (8 x 6mm) to 4 x 3" (100 x 80mm). A reducing socket joins two male threaded pipes of different sizes. It is threaded inside at both ends, with a different size at each end. Sizes are given as the larger thread first, then the smaller. A is the length, C the outside diameter at the small end and D the outside diameter at the large end.

It is made to BS EN 10241:2000, as a steel threaded pipe fitting. It has a black finish. All sizes other than unions are sample tested to 5.2 MPa. These are test pressures, not working pressures.

Where this product is used

• Joining two male threaded pipes of different sizes
• Reducing a threaded steel pipe run to a smaller size
• General threaded steel pipework

Features

• 27 sizes, 1/4 x 1/8" (8 x 6mm) to 4 x 3" (100 x 80mm)
• Mild steel, black, BS EN 10241:2000
• BSP threads
• Thread: BSP (British Standard Pipe) thread, ISO 7 and AS 1722 Part 1

Key specifications

Choosing the right option

Choose the size to match your pipework. These fittings are BSP threaded, so check that your pipe or fitting is BSP and not NPT before you order. Sizes are given as the larger thread first, then the smaller.

Related AAP products: AAP Black Steel Socket, Heavy Type, AAP Black Steel Hexagon Bush, AAP Black Steel Hexagon Reducing Nipple, AAP Black and Galvanised Steel Reducing Tee.