Press fitting for a pipe joint and method for its manufacture

A press fitting for a pipe connection, comprising:

• a fitting body for connecting the press fitting to a pipe;
• a press sleeve fixed to the fitting body and having a substantially cylindrical pressing area and at least one projecting element which delimits the substantially cylindrical pressing area in the axial direction;
• a tubular banderole which surrounds the substantially cylindrical pressing area of the press sleeve, the tubular banderole being arranged rotatably with respect to a surface of the press sleeve, being held in the cylindrical pressing area by the at least one projecting element and being at least partially destroyed when the press sleeve is pressed with a pressing tool;
• and
• a retaining ring, wherein the retaining ring is arranged at an end of the press sleeve opposite the projecting element and limits the pressing area in axial direction.

A manufacturing method for manufacturing a press fitting, the method comprising:

• applying a tubular banderole to a substantially cylindrical pressing area of a press sleeve with at least one projecting element, the tubular banderole being (i) arranged rotatably relative to a surface of the press sleeve, (ii) held in the substantially cylindrical pressing area by the at least one projecting element and (iii) at least partially destroyed when the press sleeve is pressed with a pressing tool;
• and
• fixing the press sleeve to a fitting body,
• wherein the fixing of the press sleeve to the fitting body comprises:
• applying a retaining ring to the press sleeve;
• and
• connecting the fitting body with the retaining ring.