What are Pneumatic Quick Connect Couplings?
Pneumatic technology utilizes pressured gas to bring up mechanical motion. The most common gas employed in pneumatic technology is dry air. The air is ensured to be dry as humidity has various compressive qualities. Pneumatic technology so resembles hydraulic technology; however, the liquid used to bring up the momentum is ever a liquid. Pneumatic systems work using central pneumatic equipment (such as an air motor or compressor) and make use of manual or automatic solenoid valves to monitor the airflow across the system. Pneumatic systems have many devices; pneumatic quick connection couplings are one example.
Typical applications
In the industry today, many quick connect fittings, called push fittings, are on the market, installed in the liquid transmission of all sorts. They are employed many kilometers underwater, in drilling operations, in external space, and elsewhere in between, for various reasons and in all types of pneumatic-power, heating, electrical, plumbing, and fire-compression applications.
Such fittings provide the privilege of significant time savings compared to other devices for connecting with tubes and hoses and lack skill requirements for their work. Users on their own can be skilled at tubing with threadless push fittings specifically composed of teeth that are enforced deeper into the tubing when resistance is applied to them, securing their detachment from the tubing.
Types of Pneumatic Quick Connect Couplings
Pneumatic quick connect couplings are available in various sizes, seals, connections, thread sizes, grades, and materials. These devices make sure the user alters the hose in a system so an arrangement of tools can be exchanged quickly.
Fittings are available in various generic and proprietary types and are overwhelming the market based on global region.
- Industrial-type interchange, dependent on military configurations. MIL-C-4109F.
- ARO-type interchange, made by ARO (now part of Ingersoll-Rand), mainly for liquid applications.
- Automotive-type interconnect, dependent on an innovative set forth by TruFlate for automated and controlled shops, including inflation and pneumatic tools.
