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UNITWIST Fittings
Elbow MxC 1/2" x 15mm
UT2021A
A 90° elbow with a male thread on one end and a compression end on the other (½" × 15mm), for turning a corner straight into a threaded female connection. Hand-tighten the nut with no tools, heat or thread tape. The stainless-steel grip ring, spacer and high-heat EPDM O-ring seal even on scratched, cut or slightly warped pipe, and the fitting is reusable.
No tools
Hand-tighten installation
Proudly made in SA
Designed and manufactured locally
25-year
Guarantee
Specification
- Size
- ½" × 15mm
- Connection
- Male thread × compression
- Material
- PP-R
- Colour
- Monogold
- Pressure class
- Class 2 — 8 bar working pressure
- Long-term rating (50+ years)
- 8 bar @ 70°C · 64 bar @ 20°C
- Spike pressure tested
- 120 bar (short-term reading, not continuous)
- Temperature tested
- 1,000 hours at 96°C and 17.4 bar
- Flow rate
- 32.65 L/min @ 3 bar
- Dimensions (L × H × W)
- 62.2 × 32.6 × 32.6 mm
- Compatible pipe
- Any 15mm or 22mm OD pipe, incl. copper, PEX and Polycop (PEX needs a PEX insert)
- Thread tape
- Not required
- Installation
- Hand-tighten · no tools or heat
- Standard
- SANS 15874-5 · JASWIC certified
- Guarantee
- 25 years — manufacturing defects when installed and used correctly
How Unitwist fittings seal
- 1
Grip ring: stainless-steel teeth bite the pipe and prevent pull-out.
- 2
Spacer: sets the correct insertion depth every time.
- 3
O-ring: high-heat EPDM rubber seals even on scratched, cut or slightly warped pipe.
- 4
Open the nut one and a half turns, push the pipe fully home (31mm for 15mm, 36mm for 22mm) and hand-tighten. Do not over-tighten.
Complete the installation
Pairs well with
Elbow MxC 1/2" x 15mm
UT2021A