Test facilities, experimental areas and equipment systems in laboratories and pilot plants require for their operation, beside the current supply, in most cases also the supply and removal of liquid or gaseous media such as coolants, brine solutions or inert gases. Once these media are pressurized and/or greater flow rates are required, tubes even with appropriate tube connectors and safety devices no longer guarantee the sufficient system security.
For this purpose rather stable pipe connections are required which are usually realized by means of pipe couplings. Such installations are, however, rigid and prove unfavourable during disassembly and reassembly of screwed tubing installations. Because in such cases, for example when system components need to be replaced or in case of damage, the required space is often insufficient. Moreover, the appropriate tool must also be available for this replacement.
RCT Reichelt Chemietechnik offers modern plug-in connectors for metrically dimensioned pipes up to 12.4 mm and inch-dimensioned pipes up to 1/2" external threads as alternative to conventional pipe-to-pipe screw connections. These couplings are used to connect and disconnect pipes quickly and easily without the use of tools. The one-piece quick connection system for pipes is based on an easy-to-use socket mechanism with involved, immediately acting sealing core.
Plug-in connectors for pipes of RCT Reichelt Chemietechnik are completely made of corrosion-proof AlSi stainless steel and fitted with chemically highly stable fluorinated rubber ring seals (FKM). They are designed for pressures up to 20 bar and operating temperatures between -20 °C and +120 °C. The connectors are available as loose straight connectors, elbow connectors or T-connectors as well as for permanent installations on equipment and control panels with one-sided external threads. Furthermore, adapters with R or NPT external threads are available, with the help of which apparatuses can be retrofitted for connecting metric or inch pipes via quick-release couplings.
The wide-ranging delivery program “Quick-Release Pipe Couplings” of RCT Reichelt Chemietechnik you will find in our handbook THOMAFLUID® IV (Connectors made of plastics and metal).
