4.10. Hardware and fittings<br>

## 4.10. Hardware and fittings

### 4.10.1. Basic information

Besides the main components, which make up the structure of the installation in Instal-therm, there are many additional components, such as valves or gates, protecting tubes, etc. They all have been given a collective name of “hardware and fittings”. Their characteristic and common feature is that they are placed on other, existing components in the project.

! Hardware or fitting is a component that cannot stand alone in the project, it must be assigned to other component.

! Graphical components, such as pipe-run labels, have similar properties. All operations that can be executed on fitting components can also be done on pipe-run labels.

Description of the various hardware and fitting components is given in the following sections of the manual.