The tee fitting is composed of a socket, a spigot, a bend section, and a receiving slot. Its characteristic lies in the presence of a receiving slot on the socket, with the socket and spigot located at the ends of the bend section. In a piping system, the tee fitting is a pipe fitting used to change the direction of the pipeline.
The materials for socket tees include cast iron, stainless steel, alloy steel, forgeable cast iron, carbon steel, non-ferrous metals, and plastics, etc.
The main manufacturing standards for socket union tees typically include GB/T14383, ASME B16.11, and BS3799.
