mechanical connectors [1]![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Pipes joined using nuts and threaded metal parts; a gasket is inserted to tighten them, thus preventing leakage.
union ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Formed by using a nut to tighten a male union nut in a female union nut; leakage is prevented by placing a gasket where the two tubes meet.
union nut ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Threaded on the outside so it can be inserted into the female union nut.
gasket ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Flexible washer placed where two tubes meet to prevent leakage.
pipe B ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
pipe A ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
ring nut ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Part that enables a male union nut to be screwed into a female union nut.
union nut ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Threaded on the inside so that a male union nut can be screwed into it.