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Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

tubo corto de unión (niple)

English translation:

short union pipe (nipple)

Added to glossary by Lydia De Jorge
Jul 24, 2009 20:47
14 yrs ago
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Spanish term

tubo corto de unión (niple)

Spanish to English Tech/Engineering Energy / Power Generation Wiring devices (Mexican Standard) – Edison screw-base lamp-holders
Dear colleagues:

I would greatly appreciate any help with the term "tubo corto de unión (niple).

Los artefactos deben tener medios para prevenir que los accesorios tales como: **tubo corto de unión (niple)**, casquillos, tornillos, entre otros, entren hasta donde puedan hacer contacto con partes vivas, a menos que su función así lo requiera.

US English please.
The devices must have mechanisms to prevent accessories such as ***stub pipe/pup joint / threaded pipe (npiple)**, screw shells, screws, among others, from entering? where they can come into contact with live parts, unless their function so requires.

I have searched extensively and come across "nipple" for "niple", but what is tubo corto de unión in this context.

Diccionario tecnico ingles-espanol, espanol-ingles/ Technical ... - Resultado de la Búsqueda de libros de Google
de Rafael García Díaz - 1997 - Reference - 836 páginas
UNION. Unión; junta; conexión. Sindicato obrero; unión sindical. -BONNET. Casque te de unión. ... -NippLE.ftub) Niple de unión; tubo corto de unión. — NUT. ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=9681853970...

Thank you so much for all your help.

Taña
Proposed translations (English)
4 short length of pipe threaded on both ends (nipple)
5 niple
4 fittings and hardware
4 nipple vs. collar vs. sleeve
1 pipe union fitting / union pipe fitting / union elbow fitting
Change log

Jul 29, 2009 03:11: Lydia De Jorge changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/609894">Taña Dalglish's</a> old entry - "tubo corto de unión (niple)"" to ""short union elbow (nipple)""

Discussion

Lydia De Jorge Jul 24, 2009:
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nipple: Definition from Answers.com
Any of various devices functioning like or resembling a nipple, especially: A regulated opening for discharging a liquid, as in a small stopcock. A pipe ...
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nipple
A pipe fitting, consisting of a short piece of pipe, usually provided with a screw thread at each end, for connecting two other fittings. Solder nipple ...
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Hometime Glossary - Plumbing
Fixture Flapper Valve Float Ball Flux Hanger Hose Bibb Lavatory Main Manifold, Nipple No-hub Connector Oakum PEX Pipe Dope Potable Pressure-balancing Valve ...
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Nipple (plumbing) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jul 18, 2008 ... When the ends are of two different sizes it is called a reducer or unequal nipple. A barrel nipple or a pipe nipple is one which is usually ...
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short length of pipe threaded on both ends (nipple)

POR QUE N.I.P.L.E.? (why N.I.P.L.E.?)
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nipple: Definition from Answers.com
Any of various devices functioning like or resembling a nipple, especially: A regulated opening for discharging a liquid, as in a small stopcock. A pipe ...
www.answers.com/topic/nipple - Cached - Similar
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Nipple Pipe definition search results in Oil Gas Glossary
nipple pipe - search results for nipple pipe definition in Oil & Gas Glossary.
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nipple
A pipe fitting, consisting of a short piece of pipe, usually provided with a screw thread at each end, for connecting two other fittings. Solder nipple ...
dictionary.die.net/nipple - Cached - Similar
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Hometime Glossary - Plumbing
Fixture Flapper Valve Float Ball Flux Hanger Hose Bibb Lavatory Main Manifold, Nipple No-hub Connector Oakum PEX Pipe Dope Potable Pressure-balancing Valve ...
www.pbs.org/hometime/glossary/plumbing2.htm - Cached - Similar
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Nipple (plumbing) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jul 18, 2008 ... When the ends are of two different sizes it is called a reducer or unequal nipple. A barrel nipple or a pipe nipple is one which is usually ...
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Pipe Glossary
s steel pipe description terminology - dozens of acronyms, ... GLOSSARY OF PIPE ... nipple, short length of pipe (<12") threaded on both ends ...
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Glossary of the Petroleum Industry: English/Spanish & Spanish/English - Google Books Result
by Rebecca L Busby, M. Dolores-Proubasta - 2005 - Reference - 500 pages
... (g) nife niple, (pipe) nipple — corto, short nipple — cuello de botella, ... long nipple — para tubería de revestimiento, casing nipple — reductor, ...
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nipple, pipe. A small section of pipe (usually less than 1'-0"), threaded on both ... bottom pipe, derekleffew, Glossary A-L, 0, February 1st, 2009 12:50 PM ...
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En Venezuela, la palabra NIPLE se utiliza para identificar 2 cosas: la primera cosa que se conoce con este nombre son un tipo de bombas caseras que consisten en un tubo muy parecidas a los cartuchos de dinamita que son de facil fabricacion y de alto poder explosivo; la segunda cosa que se conoce con este nombre es una pieza utilizada en plomeria para hacer uniones de dos tuberias y que consiste en un trozo de tubo corto con rosca en ambos extremos.

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Note added at 4 days (2009-07-29 01:35:47 GMT) Post-grading
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That's what we're here for! Un abrazo!
Note from asker:
Thanks Ly: I understood a part of it but my problem is that in one paragraph it say tubo corto de unión (niple) in parenthesis, and based on my own research the tubo corto is indeed threaded, but then in another paragraph it has "rosca para tubo corto de unión (niple) - I can't use threaded and threaded. In the first case, can I use short union (de unión?) pipe (nipple)? I have been battling with these few words for hours..... Thanks so much.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Many thanks again Ly. All inputs were really useful in arriving at a term, with each person's giving me good information and bits and pieces. You guys really made it difficult to choose, as there were no poor answers! Again thank you so much. Personally, I felt that all the references and the time you took to research on my behalf is what swayed me. Un abrazo. "
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pipe union fitting / union pipe fitting / union elbow fitting

pipe union fitting / union pipe fitting / union elbow fitting

sources:

***Pipe Union***,Ground Joint Union,Pipe Union Fittings,Pipe Union ...Pipe union, ground joint union, pipe union fittings, pipe union dimensions, ***union pipe fitting***, flange union, pipe union suppliers, flange union ...
www.pipetubefittings.com/pipe-fittings/union.html -

Pipework - pipe union***Pipe unions***. ***View of complete union***, When lengths of pipe are attached to ... If possible leave at least two inches of pipe between the union and the next ...
www.koicymru.co.uk/boiler2b.htm -

***Piping and plumbing fittings*** - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia28 May 2009 ... 4 Hydraulic fittings; 5 Types of Connections. 5.1 Threaded Pipe; 5.2 Coupling; 5.3 ***Union***; 5.4 Solvent Welding; 5.5 Brazing ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piping_and_plumbing_fittings -

1/2" ***Union Elbow Fitting*** with two 1/2" Compression NutsHome > Good Water Warehouse > 1/2" Union Elbow Fitting with two 1/2" Compression Nuts ... 1/2" Union Elbow Fitting with two 1/2" Compression Nuts ...
www.911water.com/...Union-Elbow-Fitting.../fcue508-wf.htm -

Brass Pex Fittings - ***Union Elbow*** Male to Female Brass Union Male ...Brass Pex Fittings Union Elbow Male to Female Brass Union Male Connectors Brass Union Male Tee Brass Union Solder Connector Brass Pex Union Fittings Brass ...
www.brassterminalbars.com/...fitting/union-elbow-male-femal... -
Note from asker:
Muchas gracias Andres. Te agradesco. El problema es que en una sección, tengo "tubo corto de unión (niple)" y en otra "rosca para el tubo corto de unión (niple). Me gusta "threaded" .. pero vamos a ver .... Gracias.
Oops - sorry! ..agradezco ...
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niple

Niple is the word to use when buying a short threaded tube.

See examples of use in the States.

http://gtin13.com/product/galv pipe niple 3 8 inch by 2 inch...
Galv. Pipe Niple 3/8 Inch By 2 Inch

http://gtin13.com/tag/niple/
Black Iron Niple Size: 1/2 x 12

http://www.busytrade.com/hotkeyword/Steel-6.html
Sell Steel Pipe Niple;

http://www.pricepfister.com/www/ImageAssets/mirror/model/bat...
Screw Pipe Niple (10A) into the elbow inside the wall and tighten with pipe ...

http://www.ecplaza.net/search/0s1nf20sell/niple.html
Trade Leads for niple,

http://www.us.kohler.com/onlinecatalog/pdf/1016117_2.pdf
Install a 1/2″ pipe nipple to extend the specified distance beyond ... Instale un niple de 1/2″ de manera que sobresalga la distancia ...

http://www.nortecmarine.com/pdf/HR-boilerEN.pdf
10 Pipe niple 1/2" x 120 mm. 18-S483.

http://www.thirdgen.org/techboard/v6/375802-how-installing-t...
and install 1/8th inch pipe niple



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Note added at 3 hrs (2009-07-25 00:24:00 GMT)
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Yes "nipple" is also used, agreed.

Nipple/niple - Short tube. Does not have to be threaded. It can be soldered or threaded.

Thread of a nipple/niple is not the same as threaded nipple/niple. It concerns the thread that the tube may have.

You may have noted that I omited mentioning "threaded" when I suggested a translation describing the short tube or nipple/niple.
Good luck Taña.
Note from asker:
Dear slothm. Gracias. Before posting, I understood it was a pipe/short threaded pipe. I guess what I am asking is to differentiate two terms I have "tubo corto de unión (niple) - both are used and then a subsequent section has "rosca para tubo corto (niple)". I like the idea of using "threaded", but isn't "rosca" threaded too! There also appears to be a lack of consensus re niple where it appears as nipple on many English site, vs. niple - all adding to my indecision. Smile! Thanks again.
Ah, ha! Thanks slothm. Very useful information. I assume the consensus in the first instance would then be to use "short union fitting" (nipple) and in the 2nd instance "thread for short union tube/pipe (nipple). Nipple appears in both instances in parentheses. You are a God send and thanks I need the "good luck" as much is Greek to me! smile! Makes sense? Un abrazo.
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fittings and hardware


I use the generic terms because the writer has conflated two different terms - union and nipple.

Nipple is a short connector, threaded (tapered) on both ends used to connect other fittings; while a union is a short connector threaded on the inside (also tapered) usually to connect sections of pipe.





Note from asker:
Many thanks bigedsenior. This would certainly be one way out of the dilemma, as the terms do appear to have been loosely applied. Hmm! food for thought. I like your suggestions and will bear all in mind when going over the terms tomorrow! Again, many thanks y un abrazo.
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nipple vs. collar vs. sleeve

Clearly, the term 'niple' in Spanish is applied loosely to all three kinds of short pipe, almost surely adopted from U.S. English 'nipple'. 'Nipple' is a tech term which only means the threaded, male sort of short pipe; '(threaded) collar' is a female-to-female threaded short pipe that the ends of each long pipe (or nipple & long pipe) screw into; 'sleeve' is an unthreaded short pipe slightly larger in diameter than the two sections of long pipe that are to be joined, that may be slid over the ends of each and it may be sealed by welding or by various compression techniques, or with adhesives.
Hope that this suggests some solutions in the various combinations of terminology in your source. The source seems to have been pretty casual with the use of 'niple', so that it isn't a tech term to guide you but a slang term to look away from as you translate.
Best of luck.

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Note added at 7 hrs (2009-07-25 04:43:33 GMT)
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I think that you would want to use 'sleeve / unthreaded sleeve' in the first instance and 'nipple / unthreaded nipple' in the second instance.
Note from asker:
Many thanks Richard. Again very useful information. Yes, indeed it does appear to be a pretty casual use of the term "nipple" (niple). You are all making it hard for me to choose! The thing is I have two terms, i.e. "tubo corto de uníón (niple) and "rosca para el tubo corto de unión (niple). I understood rosca to mean threaded and found this http://images.google.com/images?q=rosca%20para%20tubo&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi. Slothm too explained that the tubo corto is not necessarily threaded, but may be also soldered, so it may be best in the first instance to leave out the word threaded, and include threaded in the second instance (rosca!). See my dilemma? Again, thank you. Everyone has been really helpful!
Thanks Richard for your additional comments. The problem is that it appears to be used in a more general manner and it is really unclear. IMO, I believe it would be best to be not so technical and as Biged suggested to leave it in more generalized terms. In the second instance, I understand "rosca" to mean threaded, or rather threads for ... (nipple). The original text, as in much of the document is somewhat vague at times. Thanks though, I appreciate the additional remarks and help.
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