Break away fittings for air line tubing
Break away fittings for air line tubing
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Hi All,
We have a situation where we have an in-house designed rotary coupling for dry solids piping that has an air purge/seal around the bearing chamber. Occaisonally, if we lose volume or pressure on the air supply we get solids contamination of the bearing that leads to premature bearing failure. When that happens, the manifolded (4) 1/4" air lines (smooth tubing) get pulled around the coupling until something along the way gives way; usually the rubber main air line that feeds them pulls apart quite dramatically.
Does anyone know of a break-away connector (similar to a "push-on" fitting) that is available for 1/4" tubing?
Thanks in advance for any help.
We have a situation where we have an in-house designed rotary coupling for dry solids piping that has an air purge/seal around the bearing chamber. Occaisonally, if we lose volume or pressure on the air supply we get solids contamination of the bearing that leads to premature bearing failure. When that happens, the manifolded (4) 1/4" air lines (smooth tubing) get pulled around the coupling until something along the way gives way; usually the rubber main air line that feeds them pulls apart quite dramatically.
Does anyone know of a break-away connector (similar to a "push-on" fitting) that is available for 1/4" tubing?
Thanks in advance for any help.





RE: Break away fittings for air line tubing
Failing that, delrin push-on x pipe adapters should fracture nicely when overloaded.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
RE: Break away fittings for air line tubing
We've been looking to integrate some machine control anyway and that's a good idea about adding a detent switch.
RE: Break away fittings for air line tubing