Forward stroke pipe fitting swage machine systems and methods

A swage machine comprising:

• a grab plate, wherein the grab plate comprises a grab tab configured to matingly interlock with a grab notch on a pipe fitting to facilitate securing the swage machine to the pipe fitting;
• a support plate;
• a die plate disposed between the grab plate and the support plate, wherein the die plate is configured to enable a set of die segments to be loaded in the swage machine such that the set of die segments opens toward the grab plate;
• a support member secured to the grab plate and the support plate such that the support member enables the die plate to slide between the grab plate and the support plate;
• and
• a swaging actuator secured to the support plate and the die plate to enable the swaging actuator to facilitate pushing the die plate over a fitting jacket of the pipe fitting in an axial direction toward the grab plate via one or more extending strokes to deform the fitting jacket of the pipe fitting around tubing of a pipe segment.