Press fitting

摘要

Press fitting (1), comprising a socket (10) provided with one end for the insertion of an end portion of a pipe or the like which socket (10) is intended to be mechanically and tightly locked on said end portion of a pipe or the like by clamping and that is provided with strain sensors (2) able to transduce a strain of the socket into an electrical quantity, wherein there is provided a plurality of said sensors (2) distributed along the external circumference of the socket (10) while the socket (10) on the shell surface has a first portion (21) for the action by a pressing unit and a second portion (22) upon which the pressing unit does not act and in which or on which there are provided said strain sensors, the second portion (22) being adjacent to the first one (21).