Page 9 - Alkon - Trans-DOT Catalog: Pnumatic Valves and Fittings for Transportation

Keeping the world moving and working.

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Push-In Fittings

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for easy use and fast installation.

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Cut the plastic tubing as squarely
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as the tube slides past the O-ring.
(Using a slight twisting motion while
inserting the tube often helps.)
Once you feel this friction, continue
to push the tube inward until it
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tube stop.

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the top of the insert down against
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hand, pull out the tubing. No tools
are needed.

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This, combined with the action of the gripper, insures that the air brake hose assembly will safely exceed
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the outside diameter of the tubing. The gripping teeth grab the tube. Pulling back on the tube only tightens
the grip on the tubing as the insert moves onto the camming surface (5). Pressure through the tube also serves
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prevent leakage.

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