Quick connectors are devices that are used to join two or more pipes, hoses or tubes together in order to prevent leaking or a drop in pressure. This is a general term that refers mainly to quick couplings and quick fittings, but it is used to refer to several other connector varieties as well.
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Parker/Snap-titeErie, PA 814-438-3821 Snap-tite joins the Parker family to create one of the world's strongest brands of Quick Connect Couplings. We produce hydraulic & pneumatic couplings in a variety of sizes, materials, and end configurations to accommodate a broad spectrum of design requirements. In addition to Quick Couplings, our product offering includes Hydraulic Swivels, Check Valves, & state-of-the-art Diagnostic Equipment.
Clippard Instrument Laboratory, Inc.Cincinnati, OH 877-245-6247 The team at Clippard Instrument Laboratory is devoted to providing the world with useful, productive and affordable products. Further, they aim to uphold their reputation for quality, service, performance and value. With goals like these, you know your safe at Clippard. For your next order of quick connectors, be sure to call so they can help you get started.
SAF-T-FLO IndustriesAnaheim, CA 800-957-2383 SAF-T-FLO Industries extensive variety of products includes everything you need for your upcoming project. The company provides superior quality products, and excellent customer service to make sure all of your needs can be easily met. For you next order of quick connectors, give SAF-T-FLO a call so that they can begin to search for the right part for you.
Stäubli CorporationDuncan, SC 800-845-9193 To assert its position as a global innovator, Stäubli Corporation, offers customers the best products and services in terms of both quality and performance. They actively support initiative aiming and further improving products, including quick connectors and services. Finally, they maintain synergy between the needs of customers, suppliers, shareholders, staff and environmental concerns.
FasTest® Inc.Roseville, MN 800-444-2373 All FasTest products are designed to speed manufacturing processes by improving your speed, productivity, quality and safety. We offer a complete line of fast, safe and reliable quick connectors for pressure and leak testing, procession utilizing fluids or vacuum, medical devices, appliances, automotive manufacturing and heavy duty hydraulic equipment.
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Different industries use varying terms to identify connectors, couplings and fittings, so there are many similarities and overlapping areas. In the broadest definition, quick connectors are understood to be devices that attach to pipes, hoses or tubes immediately and easily. They can also be removed rapidly and are also called quick disconnects. These parts can be assembled and installed without the use of tools and are made of stainless steel, brass, aluminum, titanium or plastic. Some quick connectors are plugs while others are threaded or have rotating threaded sleeves. Other connectors snap onto the outside of the pipes, hoses or tubes to avoid inhibiting the flow. Because of the extensive use of quick couplings, fittings and fasteners, quick connectors are found in a wide variety of applications and industries because they are fast, easy and useful. Quick connect couplings are used in fuel transfer, automotive systems, chemical processes and more, while quick connect fittings are helpful in agriculture, plumbing and manufacturing, among other industries. Quick connect fasteners are used in repairs made in space, for example.
Quick connectors can have a very simple design and function, or they can be more complex. A plug fitting is a small, open cylinder that wedges tightly in the ends of two pipes, hoses or tubes and allows fluid to pass through. For a tighter connection with less leakage, a fitting might have multiple O-rings, a cap, collet and body in an assembly where a pipe slides into the opening of the fitting and is held in place by a watertight seal. Quick connect fasteners are different in appearance but similar to regular nuts, bolts and screws in terms of strength and longevity. They are used to reinforce damaged structures or vessels and in environments where a maximum amount of work needs to be done in a short amount of time. Quick connect fasteners have simple installation but are securely attached and can only be removed by unscrewing them in the same manner as conventional nuts, bolts and screws. Quick connect couplings are mechanical devices that use seals and valves to permit easy and immediate connection or removal of air and fluid lines. Depending on the required seal and performance, couplings range from single-poppet valves to automatic mechanisms that breakaway if excessive force is applied.
