General construction of TEEs is three sides of openings in pipe tees. Two openings are leaner to each other, and another one is at 90 degree. In some special cases it will be changed as per user requirement. In the straight pipe tees which have the same size openings of all sides called (Equal Tee). Or it can be Reducing means that (one opening of different size and two openings of the same size). The benefits of this is, used to prevent obstruction of waste. And there is also a variety available that is cross pipe tee, It has four equal sized female openings. But this is not used for high pressure systems and not frequently as well, mostly that is available in threaded opening and opening is used in conjunction with a threaded plug for a clean-out opening on a drain pipe. ASME standards for Tees design will be ASME/ANSI B16.9 or ASME/ANSI B16.11 and constructed by forging or casting.

What is a Tee

Pipe tee fitting is a fitting that has a T shape. It has two outlets at an angle of 90° each and one main connection line. It is a pipe that has adjacent outlets and used to connect pipes at 90° angle. Pipe tee fittings are used for commercial as well as industrial applications. They are available in several different sizes. Tee fitting is made from materials including carbon steel, iron, aluminum, plastic, stainless steel, copper, brass, and rubber. There are different types of pipe tee fittings such as straight tee, female and male branch tee, male and female-run tee, reducing tee and wye tee. Socket welding (SW) is used for welding pipes and fittings including reducers, tees and elbows. Socket weld pipe fittings are used to permanently join pipes that are inserted into a recess in the fitting, flange or valve. Once correctly inserted, fillet type sealing welds are applied to join the pipe to the fitting. These fittings are commonly known as SW pipe fittings, with SW couplings, SW elbows and SW tees being examples of different types. Socket welds can be used to change the direction of travel for pipe networks as well as join pipes at different angles and of different diameters. The high leakage integrity and structural strength of socket welds allow them to be used for a range of piping network applications. For other types of IBR Certified Fittings, click here.