Flare Fitting Types

Parker s flare fittings provide reliable leak free connections for high pressure fluid and gas applications.

Flare fitting types. The most common seats for flare fittings are 30 37 45 and 90 degree angles. Flare fittings are a type of compression fitting used with metal tubing usually soft steel ductile soft copper and aluminum though other materials are also used. Flare fittings are offered in 37 flare 45 flare and 90 flare o ring face seal series that are designed to maximize the leak free performance and service life of your hydraulic connections. Tube flaring is considered to be a type of forging operation and is usually a cold working procedure.

Jic joint industry council fittings are widely used in fuel delivery and fluid power applications especially where high pressure up to 10 000 psi is involved. Double or din flare never use a single 45 degree flare with automotive nuts and fittings a 37 degree single flare is acceptable for use in an jic nuts and fittings with cunifer seamless tubing common crossthreads. There are many frequently asked questions about an 37 flare fittings and how they relate to their industrial 37 flare counterpart the sae iso 37 flare fittings so i thought. The flare fittings we offer are sae 45 flare with the exception of the 15 16 16 gas flare fittings.

The sae j514 standard replaces the ms16142 military specification although some tooling. Check that the flare is the correct profile for the components involved automotive fittings are always a 45 deg. These fittings include the 37 flare flareless hose connections banjo type fittings specialized flange fittings pipe fittings and other types of connections. During assembly a flare nut is used to secure the flared tubing s tapered end to the also tapered fitting producing a.

To alleviate this type of safety issue the american gas industry implemented the 15 16 threaded flare fitting with fine threads 16 threads per inch to be used on 5 8 o d.