Been meaning to post this bit on "push-to-connect" pneumatic fittings. I hadn't seen them mentioned on the archives, and the pneumatic connections I have seen are really the long way around for clamping applications where flow rate is not important. The connections really are push to connect, read very simple and easy. They remove easily as well, by pressing a depressing a small locking collar. I've been using them to actuate a pneumatic cylinder on my mortiser for years, and Bruce Clark put me on to them again recently for belly/rib press hose pneumatics. These are what M&H use on a daily basis for their belly press as well as other operations. They are readily available, and pretty inexpensive. I got mine from: http://www.automationdirect.com/adc/Shopping/Catalog/Pneumatic_Components/Push-to-Connect_Pneumatic_Fittings_%28Thermoplastic%29 -- Jim Ialeggio grandpianosolutions.com 978- 425-9026 Shirley, MA -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: bulhead (left), male connect(middle), tee(right).JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 165834 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100218/a7a3cffd/attachment-0003.jpeg> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: bulkead fitting in hose.JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 155768 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100218/a7a3cffd/attachment-0004.jpeg> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: tees.JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 160341 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100218/a7a3cffd/attachment-0005.jpeg>
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