Nipple (plumbing)

In plumbing and piping, a nipple is a fitting, consisting of a short piece of pipe, usually provided with a male pipe thread at each end, for connecting two other fittings.

This article is about the fitting used in plumbing and piping. For other uses, see Nipple (disambiguation).
Nipple

The length of the nipple is usually specified by the overall length with thread. It may have a hexagonal section in the center for a wrench to grasp (sometimes referred to as a "hex nipple"), or it may simply be made from a short piece of pipe (sometimes referred to as a "barrel nipple" or "pipe nipple"). A "close nipple" has no unthreaded area; when screwed tightly between two female fittings, very little of the nipple remains exposed. A close nipple can only be unscrewed by gripping one threaded end with a pipe wrench which will damage the threads and necessitate replacing the nipple, or by using a specialty tool known as a nipple wrench (or known as an internal pipe wrench) which grips the inside of the pipe, leaving the threads undamaged. When the ends are of two different sizes it is called a reducer or unequal nipple.

Threads used on nipples are BSP, BSPT, NPT, NPSM and Metric.

Chase nipple

A chase nipple is a short pipe fitting, which creates a path for wires between two electrical boxes. A chase nipple has male threads on one end only. The other end is a hexagon. The chase nipple passes through the knockouts of two boxes, and is secured by an internally threaded ring called a lock nut.[1][2]

Chase-Shawmut Company, of Boston, is the company which first produced chase nipples.[3]

See also

References
  1. Zachariason, Rob (2012). Electrical materials. Clifton Park, N.Y.: Delmar, Cengage Learning. p. 90. ISBN 1111640068.
  2. "2 Inch Chase Nipple, Malleable Iron with Dura Plate Finish for Use with Rigid/IMC Conduit". Thomas & Betts Corporation. 2018. Archived from the original on May 21, 2018.
  3. William Dixon Weaver; Jonathan E. Woodbridge; Cecil Percy Poole, eds. (1900). American Electrician. 12. Princeton University. p. 550.

Further reading
  • ASTM A733-03 Standard Specification for Welded and Seamless Carbon Steel and Austenitic Stainless Steel Pipe Nipples.
  • ASTM B687-99(2005)e1 Standard Specification for Brass, Copper, and Chromium-Plated Pipe Nipples.
  • ASME B1.20.7 Hose Coupling Screw Threads, Inch. (Quote: The normal sequence of connections, in relation to the direction of flow, is from an externally threaded nipple into an internally threaded coupling)
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