Special Features:

Items are being coded as critical to insure source inspection will be performed at the point of manufacture, prior to material receipt by the us navy or other dod components. These items are piece parts or end items in support of vital military hardware necessary to sustain the successful mission of the ships, submarines, and shore stations of the us navy. Critical features including, but not limited to, dimensions, tolerances/clearances, electronic characteristics, and metallurgical properties will bespecified for government q ar (quality assurance representatives) to insure the highest possible degree of quality and reliability of these parts being delivered under navicp contracts

Properties:

A fitting that forms an angle of less that 180 degrees (3.141 radians) from a straight flow. One connecting end has machine threads (straight threads other than pipe or hose series) designed to accommodate a tube or is unthreaded and designed to accommodate a tube. The other end has external or internal machine threads (straight threads other than pipe or hose series) and is designed to facilitate a gasket, preformed packing, washer, or the like, to form a seal at the boss. It may have side or heel inlet(s). It is designed to connect a tube or tube fitting to a boss or boss fitting on items such as tanks, housings, valve fittings, or the like.