What are malleable iron pipe fittings?

Malleable iron pipe fittings are those fittings having the property of malleability. This is a physical property of metals and metalloids, or any kind of matter. We call a metal malleable when it can easily be deformed, especially by hammering or rolling, without cracking the metal. Malleability is important to form pressing materials such as metals and plastics.

What are malleable iron pipe fittings made of?

Malleable iron, just like cast iron is produced by a casting method but they are actually quite different from each other. Although Malleable iron fittings start out as cast iron fittings, they are then transformed into a much more durable malleable iron through a heating process.

Manufacturing Process

Malleable iron fittings are made using the most sophisticated metallurgical and processing controls. These fittings are usually made through casting and an automatic precision pattern extrusion. Malleability occurs due to metallic bonding present in most metals. The varieties of free electrons formed during the loss of electrons emerging from the outer-most electron shells of the metal atoms lead to layers of the metal sliding over one another. This process makes the metal malleable.