[AR] Re: Blank flare fittings

  • From: Paul Mueller <paul.mueller.iii@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2013 12:23:53 -0600

This is mostly out of ignorance but I imagine there are some kinds of AN
"orifice holder" fittings where you can insert orifice plates/discs that
you drill yourself...? If so, you could use non-drilled orifice plates.

Paul M


On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 8:00 PM, David Weinshenker <daze39@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Ben Brockert wrote:
> > You can also weld normal AN fittings together to make new and weird
> > fittings. A plug welded to a short nipple would accomplish what you're
> > asking for.
>
> Yeah - I'm pretty sure that the individual bits would be available as
> separate fittings (i.e., 1/4" NPT pipe thread plug and AN-4 blank "cap";
> why the need to have both on the same fitting? Is the plan perhaps to
> start with a solid fitting and drill a small orifice or something?
>
> -dave w
>
>
>
> >
> > Or tap an AN-4 to 1/4npt nipple on the NPT side and screw in a socket
> > cap screw to accomplish the same thing with hand tools and no welder
> > or lathe.
> >
> > On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 12:51 PM, Ed Kelleher
> > <Pres@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> Are blank AN/JIC flare fittings available?
> >>
> >> Fittings with no holes through them.  Preferably aluminum.
> >>
> >> Like a male NPT union with a 1/4" tube flare on one end and a 1/4" NPT
> on
> >> the other, but with no central hole?
> >>
> >> Ed Kelleher
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
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