Hydraulic fittings

[hungrydinosaur]

Hi All,

I am trying to design some new hydraulic tools where pressure will range from 1000 psi to 15000 psi. I am familiar with Swagelok and Parker. My question is what fitting standard should I stick to for my Marine and offshore products? I want to stick to one commonly used and available product. Should I go with JIC or NPT or BSP fittings? The reason I am asking is while I do the design I want to refer to a brand and particular standard which is eat and a few fitting list covers my whole requirements. So that I don't spend too much time just going through hundreds of pages of fitting catalogues. I am looking for a particular standard and brand for ease of reference and availability. Thanks in advance.

 

[europipe]

I think for US you need to have NPT,
For Europe BSP, and for Japan JIC.

 

[ricklts]

No NPT above 10K per API. Refer to API 6A for high pressure threaded connections, they resemble the autoclave style of connections and are available from at least three sources.

Rick

 

[hydtools]

Stick with JIC and o-ring straight thread.

Ted

 

[hungrydinosaur]

Hi All,

Thanks for the suggestions. I was also trying to go for JIC and stick to that standard. We have used Autoclave in the past, so will refer to that as well. Thanks once again. I will move on with JIC.

Regards,

HD