It is called a Die. It looks like a nut that is used on a bolt. It is made from much harder steel and cuts the grooves in the pipe like the thread on a bolt. The same thing is used to cut the grooves on a bolt, a different size one for each size of pipe or bolt.
To protected pipe thread. Do not use as a pipe coupling. Thread don't taper and the wall is to thin and could crack.
There are different standards depending on where you are. BSP, which is British Standard Pipe thread, is a fine thread used as an international standard
Female Pipe Thread? FPT = Female Pipe Thread MPT = Male Pipe Thread also seen as FIPT and MIPT (female iron pipe thread and male iron pipe thread).
No, it's not standard pipe thread.
National Pipe Tap, the angled self sealing thread of a pipe fitting
americanNPT pipe thread i want how much taper it has depends on the pipe size/diameter
With a pipe threader.
To thread a PVC pipe, you can use a pipe threading tool to create grooves on the end of the pipe. This allows you to screw on fittings or connectors securely.
We use a die of the proper size to cut threads on steel pipe. This pipe die can be turned by hand, or by machine. There are examples of this process in any good hardware or large home improvement store. They have pipe threaders on the premises, and they can thread most common pipe stock.
No the dont cut into the pipe deep enough to make a sound thread as s/s is to hard and they kill the die! S/Steel dies should be used.
They are both the same thread. They are both calling out a British Parallel Pipe thread. Please do not assume that this is the same as the standard North American pipe thread, as it is not close to the same.
60 degrees