{"id":51839,"date":"2015-05-07T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-07T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/discover.restek.com\/uncategorized\/tube-end-reducers-end-sizes-clarified\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T22:29:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T22:29:47","slug":"tube-end-reducers-end-sizes-clarified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/discover.restek.com\/zh-hans\/blogs\/gnbl4846\/tube-end-reducers-end-sizes-clarified","title":{"rendered":"Tube End Reducers End Sizes Clarified"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I have talked to a few customers this week who were having some trouble identifying the sizes of the ends for our Swagelok tube end reducers, so I thought I would write a post to clarify this information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A general photo of the style of a tube end reducer that we sell is shown below.&nbsp; The <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Red<\/span><\/strong> Arrow points to the &#8220;tube&#8221; side, and the <strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Green<\/span><\/strong> Arrow to the &#8220;compression&#8221; side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"255\" height=\"204\" src=\"https:\/\/discover.restek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog-tube-end-reducers-end-sizes-clarified-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17362\" title=\"-\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The table directly below lists our Swagelok tube end reducers.&nbsp; The first dimension (left-side) is the outside diameter (OD) of the tube end (as shown by the <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Red<\/span><\/strong> Arrow above) and the second dimension (right-side) is the compression end (as shown by the <strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Green<\/span><\/strong> Arrow above).&nbsp; The compression end is listed as the size of the OD tubing it is designed to connect to.&nbsp; For example, Restek 23179 has a <sup>1<\/sup>\u2044<sub>4<\/sub>\u2019\u2019 OD tube on one end, and the other side (compression end) will connect to <sup>1<\/sup>\u2044<sub>8<\/sub>\u2019\u2019 OD tubing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The table below lists our Swagelok Tube End Reducers.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table table table-bordered\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Catalog #<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Size<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Material<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Vendor Cat. #<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Units<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.restek.com\/p\/23177\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">23177<\/a><\/td><td><sup>1<\/sup>\u2044<sub>4<\/sub>\u2019\u2019 to <sup>1<\/sup>\u2044<sub>16<\/sub>\u2019\u2019<\/td><td>Stainless Steel<\/td><td>SS-100-R-4<\/td><td>2-pk.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.restek.com\/p\/22554\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">22554<\/a><\/td><td><sup>1<\/sup>\u2044<sub>4<\/sub>\u2019\u2019 to <sup>1<\/sup>\u2044<sub>16<\/sub>\u2019\u2019<\/td><td>Siltek\/Sulfinert Treated<\/td><td>SS-100-R-4<\/td><td>ea.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.restek.com\/p\/23129\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">23129<\/a><\/td><td><sup>1<\/sup>\u2044<sub>4<\/sub>\u2019\u2019 to <sup>1<\/sup>\u2044<sub>8<\/sub>\u2019\u2019<\/td><td>Brass<\/td><td>B-200-R-4<\/td><td>5-pk.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.restek.com\/p\/23179\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">23179<\/a><\/td><td><sup>1<\/sup>\u2044<sub>4<\/sub>\u2019\u2019 to <sup>1<\/sup>\u2044<sub>8<\/sub>\u2019\u2019<\/td><td>Stainless Steel<\/td><td>SS-200-R-4<\/td><td>2-pk.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.restek.com\/p\/22556\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">22556<\/a><\/td><td><sup>1<\/sup>\u2044<sub>4<\/sub>\u2019\u2019 to <sup>1<\/sup>\u2044<sub>8<\/sub>\u2019\u2019<\/td><td>Siltek\/Sulfinert Treated<\/td><td>SS-200-R-4<\/td><td>ea.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.restek.com\/p\/23126\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">23126<\/a><\/td><td><sup>1<\/sup>\u2044<sub>8<\/sub>\u2019\u2019 to <sup>1<\/sup>\u2044<sub>16<\/sub>\u2019\u2019<\/td><td>Brass<\/td><td>B-100-R-2<\/td><td>5-pk.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.restek.com\/p\/23176\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">23176<\/a><\/td><td><sup>1<\/sup>\u2044<sub>8<\/sub>\u2019\u2019 to <sup>1<\/sup>\u2044<sub>16<\/sub>\u2019\u2019<\/td><td>Stainless Steel<\/td><td>SS-100-R-2<\/td><td>2-pk.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.restek.com\/p\/22553\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">22553<\/a><\/td><td><sup>1<\/sup>\u2044<sub>8<\/sub>\u2019\u2019 to <sup>1<\/sup>\u2044<sub>16<\/sub>\u2019\u2019<\/td><td>Siltek\/Sulfinert Treated<\/td><td>SS-100-R-2<\/td><td>ea.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.restek.com\/p\/22588\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">22588<\/a><\/td><td><sup>1<\/sup>\u2044<sub>8<\/sub>\u2019\u2019 to <sup>1<\/sup>\u2044<sub>16<\/sub>\u2019\u2019<\/td><td>Silcosteel-CR Treated<\/td><td>SS-100-R-2<\/td><td>ea.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.restek.com\/p\/23128\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">23128<\/a><\/td><td><sup>1<\/sup>\u2044<sub>8<\/sub>\u2019\u2019 to <sup>1<\/sup>\u2044<sub>4<\/sub>\u2019\u2019<\/td><td>Brass<\/td><td>B-400-R-2<\/td><td>5-pk.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.restek.com\/p\/23178\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">23178<\/a><\/td><td><sup>1<\/sup>\u2044<sub>8<\/sub>\u2019\u2019 to <sup>1<\/sup>\u2044<sub>4<\/sub>\u2019\u2019<\/td><td>Stainless Steel<\/td><td>SS-400-R-2<\/td><td>2-pk.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.restek.com\/p\/22555\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">22555<\/a><\/td><td><sup>1<\/sup>\u2044<sub>8<\/sub>\u2019\u2019 to <sup>1<\/sup>\u2044<sub>4<\/sub>\u2019\u2019<\/td><td>Siltek\/Sulfinert Treated<\/td><td>SS-400-R-2<\/td><td>ea.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">I hope this helps clarify the end sizes of our tube end reducers.&nbsp; If you still have questions, email technical service .&nbsp; Thanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have talked to a few customers this week who were having some trouble identifying the sizes of the ends for our Swagelok tube end reducers, so I thought I would write a post to clarify this information. 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