They are designed to prevent spillage and are equipped with seals and valves for this purpose. Quick disconnect couplers are fast and easy to put together and take apart; most can be operated with one hand without the use of tools. Read More…
Kent Rubber Supply has been a trusted supplier of industrial couplings and fittings since 1946. Offering all of the connections that you need for your industrial fitting, securement, accessories, and industrial coupling needs. Using our up-to-date assembly process, we can confidently supply all your coupling and fitting solutions.
At Ryan Herco Flow Solutions, we are dedicated to providing high-quality quick release couplings that keep our customers’ fluid handling systems operating with efficiency and reliability. Our quick release couplings are engineered to deliver secure, leak-free connections while allowing fast and easy disconnection, reducing downtime and simplifying maintenance across a wide range of applications.
At VACCO Industries, we take pride in being a trusted provider of precision-engineered solutions that serve demanding applications across aerospace, defense, and industrial markets. Our expertise extends to the design and manufacturing of quick disconnect couplings that are built to deliver reliable performance in critical environments.
At Dixon Valve and Coupling Company, we take pride in being a trusted leader in the design and manufacture of high-quality quick disconnect couplings that keep industries moving efficiently and safely. Our quick disconnects are engineered for reliability, allowing operators to easily connect and disconnect hoses, lines, and equipment without tools or leakage.
CEJN® manufactures several types of couplings, including quick connect couplings, hose couplings and hydraulic couplings that are applied in the areas of pneumatics, breathing air, hydraulics and other fluids. For over 40 years, we have been a mainstay for applications in pneumatics, water and chemicals.
Since 1969, Safeway, a division of The Specialty Mfg. Co. has been a manufacturer of quick action couplings, hydraulic couplings, and other quick couplings in a variety of materials and sizes, with numerous thread styles available. Our quick couplings are standard on skid-steer loaders, agricultural, construction, mining, rescue, mobile and off-shore equipment. All of our products are made 100%...
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Couplings consist of a male plug that is inserted into an opening in the female component. They can range from 1/8 inches in diameter to ten inches and are typically made of stainless steel, aluminum or brass, though plastic quick couplers are available. Quick disconnect couplers are integral parts of many processes because they facilitate the efficient flow of fluids while having the ability to shut off the line in an instant to disconnect the attached hose, pipe, nozzle or tool.
They do this (in varying degrees) without spilling the product, losing pressure or introducing air to the system. These couplings are used in fuel transfer, agricultural sprayers, cooling systems and for pneumatic power tools. In addition to filling and emptying tankers, vats and totes, they also aid in switching or redirecting fluid flow. When working with hazardous, toxic, corrosive or flammable substances, quick disconnect couplers protect workers and the environment by transferring the material without spillage.
Quick disconnect couplers are also known as quick connect couplers or quick release couplers. Many styles have an interlock that is triggered when the male end is pushed or fitted into the female component. This mechanism holds the coupler in place and ensures that it does not accidentally release. Fluid passes through the coupler relatively unhindered by the internal valves.
The quick release coupler is disconnected when the interlock mechanism is switched off or rotated, and the valve(s) spring shut. Depending on the product and intended application, quick couplers are available with a number of different valves and sealing techniques. Poppets, ball bearings and butterfly styles are the three main valve designs.
Poppets use a spring-loading cylinder to tightly close off the line while ball bearing couplers have a bearing that rests snugly in a small opening when the valve closes. Butterfly valves have a disc held in the middle of a ring as the fluid passes through the coupling; to close, the disc snaps shut, flush with the ring. Double poppet systems and butterfly valves generally have the best and most immediate seals.
When used in breakaway and dry disconnect applications, these couplers have valves on both ends that can break apart from each other to maintain the seal on the hose or pipe on which they are attached.
