What is a Flareless fitting?

The SAE Flareless (aka. “bite type”) tube fitting is a three-piece system (nut, ferrule, and body) that works by forcing the ferrule cutting edge into the tubing wall to create a seal. Flareless fittings do not require a flaring operation and are used on medium to heavy walled tubing.

What type of fittings are Swagelok?

Types of Swagelok fittings

• Tube Fittings and Adapters.
• Medium- & High-Pressure Fittings.
• Biopharm Fittings.
• B Type VCO L-Ring Face Seal Fittings.
• Dielectric Fittings and Adapters.
• Flange to Swagelok Tube Fittings.
• PFA Fine Thread Flare Fittings.
• Pipe Fittings.

How do you install a Flareless fitting?

Step 1: Lubricate thread and cone of the fitting body. Step 3: Lubricate ferrule with system fluid or a compatible lubricant. Step 5: Manually screw nut onto fitting body until finger tight. Step 7: Hold tube steady against internal shoulder of fitting body and tighten nut an additional 1¾ turns.

What kind of Swagelok tubing do you use?

Swagelok 316 stainless steel tube fittings in 1/4 to 1 in. and 6 to 25 mm sizes may be used with high quality, fully annealed (seamless or welded and drawn) alloy 254 hydraulic tubing.

How are flareless fittings used for drinking water?

Tube supports slip inside tubing to prevent the walls from collapsing. Fittings have a sleeve that bites into tubing as you tighten the nut to form a seal in applications up to 120 psi. Also known as flareless fittings. These brass fittings meet NSF/ANSI 372 for drinking water.

How are ferrules inserted in A Swagelok Tube?

Insert the tube with preswaged ferrules into the fi tting body until the front ferrule seats against the fi tting body. Fig. 6. 3.

How to install a Swagelok multihead hydraulic swaging unit?

Preswage the ferrules onto the tube using a Swagelok multihead hydraulic swaging unit (MHSU) . 2 . Apply the lubricant packaged with the fitting lightly to the body threads and the rear surface of the back ferrule . 3 . Insert the tube with preswaged ferrules into the fitting until the front ferrule seats against the