Most BFM^® fitting connectors can be made as a ‘tapered’ option, where the diameter of one end is bigger than the other.  Where there is no possibility of installing two identical-diameter spigots, a taper is a perfect solution.

Application

• Tapered connectors can be used to reduce the pipe size to direct product into a smaller pipe. A larger diameter pipe can transition into a smaller diameter pipe to reduce flow rate or control flow rate properties. (See ‘Hoppers’ below)
• Tapers can help reduce wear on connector walls. If you have a small diameter inlet pipe at the top and transition it to a larger diameter outlet pipe below, this allows your product to flow through with minimal contact with the connector walls.
• Tapered connectors provide a better compression option than standard connectors when used on equipment with limited space for vertical moment. By having different diameters for the inlet and outlet, when the vertical movement compresses a tapered connector, the smaller end ‘nests’ inside the larger diameter end and therefore takes up less space. (Not recommended for constant, regular compressions however i.e… more than once an hour)