Stainless Steel Push To Connect Fittings Offer Instant Connectivity Between Components
Stainless steel push to connect fittings are the perfect option for harsh environments. Obviously, these fittings are ideally paired with stainless steel tubing, but they’re compatible with other materials as well. Stainless steel push to connect fittings are really the best option when compared to competing products due to the numerous advantages they offer.
Stainless steel push to connect fitting systems provide instant connection and disconnection for a pretty impressive range of applications. There are models available for inch O.D. tubing with NPT thread, while metric tubing options include products with BSP taper thread, BSP parallel thread and metric or NPT threads. The working specifications you’ll require will depend on the type and wall thickness you need, the kind of fluid you’re channeling, the initial temperature of the fluid and the ambient temperature of your working environment.
The great thing about stainless steel push to connect fittings is that they are not permanent fittings. They can be removed using a quick and easy disconnect tool. (Some of the metric push to connect fittings specify FNPT or MNPT because one side has either male or female pipe thread in order to make the transition from threaded fittings or pipe easier). This is a feature that can save you a lot of time and energy if you ever need to unclog your pipe, and you won’t need glue, solder or any other specialized tool to put the pipe back together.
Among the other advantages of using these fittings is the fact that the connection is heat free, meaning that they don’t present the fire hazard risk that, say, copper fitting might.
Manufacturers of stainless steel push to connect fittings are also working hard at reducing the disadvantages of the product, which means that they’re becoming increasingly leak-resistant and reliable. One innovation in the realm of push to connect fittings is a second O ring added to the sealing area. This ring acts as a backup O ring, in case the fluid leaks through the primary seal, while serving the additional function of aligning the tubing properly so that the first sealing O ring does its job. There is also a design that utilizes an O-ring guide to align the tubing, so that the O-ring can properly seal when any tubing side load is applied to the fitting.
NITRA push to connect fittings are particularly impressive. They’re made of strong thermoplastic, but have stainless steel tube gripping claws. The threaded components are made of nickel-plated brass and have Teflon thread sealant.
Other great manufacturers include Rectus, the maker of a full line of push to connect couplings available in brass, stainless steel and thermoplastic, and Alpha Technologies, which offers nickel plated fittings. Their push to connect fittings and right angle flow controls and needle valves are also dynamic, being compatible with both inch and metric thread systems.
Sealexcel stainless steel push-in fittings are products with impressively high resistance to aggressive environments and corrosive fluids. These fittings are compatible with semi-rigid nylon tubing, flexible polyurethane tubing, low density polyethylene tubing and stainless steel and copper tubes (so long as they’re grooved).
