Operated by hand, quick connect fittings replace threaded or flanged connections, which require wrenches. When equipped with self-sealing valves, quick connect fittings will, upon disconnection, automatically contain any fluid in the line.
There are a large variety of quick connect fittings, also called push fittings, on the market, employed in fluid transfer of all kinds. They are used many kilometers underwater, in drilling operations, in outer space (as for docking spacecraft), and everywhere in between, for a myriad of reasons, in all sorts of pneumatic-power, plumbing, heating, electrical and fire-suppression applications.
Such fittings offer the benefits of significant time savings over older devices for connecting tubes and hoses, and of low skill requirements for their usage. Users themselves can equip tubing with threadless push fittings specially made with teeth that are forced deeper into the tubing when opposing force is applied to them, preventing their separation from the tubing.
QUICK COUPLINGS FOR LOWER PRESSURES
Rectus quick couplings are used in many industries, mainly for gases but also for connections with liquid media. Depending on the design, the connecting elements for low pressure suitable for a maximum pressure of 35 bar.
QUICK COUPLINGS FOR HIGH PRESSURES
The range of high pressure couplings from Dixon offer a wide range of hydraulic and pneumatic quick (dis)connect couplers. These products primarily serve the market for coupling sizes up to 2 inches and have various applications in industrial, offshore, oli and gas, military, mobile, medical and aerospace applications.
