Break-Away Hose Couplings

PTFX supply a range of specialist hose couplings to aid safety and to prevent damage to your hoses,

and the process pipework and components of your tanker loading bays or gantries.

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Safety Break-away couplings are designed for installations where, due to accidental circumstances,

hoses or pipe work systems can be subject to tensile loads, leading to failure.

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Break-away couplings are designed to safely disconnect and automatically shut-off the mating male and female

coupling halves when the connected flexible hose is subject to tensile loads.

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The insertion of a Break-away coupling can prevent pollution, fire, chemical spilliage, loss of expensive product

ansd also prevent damage to plant and equipment which in pat cases has been damage when a tanker drives away

without the filling hose not being disconnected by the driver - severely damaging you plant and equipment.

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Hygienic Rotary / Swivel Joints

PTFX swivel joint fittings are designed to be a rotating pipe connection, for example in a flow panel or in tanker loading bays

and can help to prevent damage being cause to your expensive flexible hoses when the are twisted and connected rugularly.

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We also offer extending swivel joints which are up to 75mm longer than the standard range..

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PTFX swivel joint fittings are of hygienic design and equipped with a leakage hole for visual inspection.