Adapter

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An adapter typicaly goes from socket-weld to threaded, although exotic things like socket-weld to bulkhead are available.
In the threaded aplication variety, it comes in 2 types: "male" and "female". Males have threads on the outside, females have threads on the inside. This allows the male to be screwed into the female fitting, forming a non-permanent joint.

Because of this usefull property, it is often used in male-female pairs to fullfill the aplications of a coupler (connecting pipes), while keeping the pipes seperatable.

catogory:fittings