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Make the Right Connection - Connect with Colder

Make the Right Connection - Connect with Colder
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Make the Right Connection - Connect with Colder

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Introduction
Colder Products Company has been a leader in designing and manufacturing quick disconnect couplings, fittings, and connectors since 1978. Their extensive product line serves life sciences and specialty industrial markets, ensuring secure and leak-free connections for fluid and air management.
Quality and Certifications
The company is committed to quality, holding ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 13485:2003 certifications, with a cleanroom certified to ISO Class 7 standards.
New Products
Recent product additions include SnapQuik®, AseptiQuik® S, X, and STC Connectors, and ScrewThread Connectors, expanding their offerings.
Capabilities
Colder's solutions feature built-in shutoff valves and RFID technology, crucial for medical devices, bioprocessing, and industrial applications, ensuring safety and efficiency.
Applications
  • Life Sciences: Enhances safety and usability in medical devices.
  • Bioprocessing: Provides sterile connect/disconnect solutions, improving yields and reducing costs.
  • Specialty Industrial: Used in analytical instrumentation, printing, engine systems, etc.
  • Chemical Handling: Ensures non-spill operation for safe chemical management.
Engineered Solutions Worldwide
Colder supports global manufacturers with custom and standard products, backed by a worldwide distribution network.
Choosing the Right Connector
Guidelines include assessing flow, tubing size, media compatibility, temperature, pressure, and special requirements like sterilization and shutoff options.
Material Options
Materials offered include thermoplastics, fluoropolymers, and alloys, each suited for different applications.
O-Ring Selection
Options like Buna-N, EPDM, and FKM are available, chosen based on application needs.
Custom Capabilities
Custom-designed connectors are available for specific requirements, enhancing usability, reliability, and modularity.
General Purpose Couplings
Couplings like NS6, NS4, APC, and EFC12 are designed for durability and ease of use, featuring non-spill valves and high flow capabilities.
Specialty Products
Products like Tentube™, Sixtube™, and Twin Tube™ offer multi-line connections with features to prevent mismatched connections.
Life Sciences - Medical & Bioprocessing
Connectors like SMC, SRC, and AseptiQuik® provide sterile connections for medical applications.
Dispensing Connectors
UDC and Puncture Seal connectors offer closed connections for packaging, while DrumQuik® systems provide closed chemical dispensing solutions.
High Purity Couplings
Products like ChemQuik CQGO6 are designed for high purity and chemical resistance.
Additional Products
FitQuik® connectors ensure precision and reliability in various applications.
Specifications
Specifications include pressure and temperature ranges, materials, and tubing sizes for various coupling series.
Product Features and Benefits
Features include twist-to-connect mechanisms, free coupling rotation, and RFID-enabled smart couplings.
Flow Rate Information
Flow rate data is provided, with a formula for calculation based on pressure drop and specific gravity.
Regulatory and Compliance
Emphasizes customer responsibility for ensuring compliance with pressure, temperature, and chemical compatibility.
Additional Information
CAD models are available for all couplings, with contact information for further inquiries.
Warnings
Customers are advised to test product suitability under specific conditions due to varying factors like pressure, temperature, and chemicals.
Contact Information
Colder Products Company has offices in Hong Kong, Germany, and the USA, with contact details provided for each location.
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Colder Products Company Quick Couplings & Fittings for Plastic Tubing Make the Right Connection Connect with Colder.

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Couplings and Fittings For Plastic Tubing Colder Products Company has been designing and manufacturing quick disconnect couplings, ttings and connectors since 1978. Our broad range of products can be found in thousands of applications across many life sciences and specialty industrial markets. Used in a wide range of products, machinery, devices and processes, Colder’s innovative coupling and connection technologies allow exible tubing to be quickly and safely connected and disconnected. To meet the needs of such a diverse range of markets and applications, Colder offers more than 10,000 standard...

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Our Capabilities Chemical Handling Colder’s proprietary, engineered solutions improve the overall functionality and design of Colder’s extensive options for chemically resistant quick the products and processes in which they are used. Special product features include built-in disconnect couplings and chemical dispensing systems shutoff valves to prevent uid spills and an easy-to-use, push-button thumb latch for quick provide non-spill operation and improve the safety of connecting and disconnecting. In addition, IdentiQuik Smart Couplings integrate RFID chemical management environments. Applications...

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How to Choose the Right Connector Visit us online for interactive web tools Introduction With so many connection options, it can often be an overwhelming task to decide which connector is best suited for an application. By understanding your application requirements and selecting the correct connection type, you will have better performance and sealing results. www.colder.com www.colder.com/Bio www.colder.com/DrumQuik www.colder.com/FitQuik www.colder.com/BPcuffs Also on the web Assessing the Application Understanding your application is the key to selecting the proper connection. Use the following...

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Material Options Alloys The type of media owing through a connection can affect the strength, surface appearance, color and performance of the connection. Here are some guidelines for the different types of material. Aluminum Lightweight metal with an available hard anodized nish for durability. Aluminum is non-toxic, non-magnetic, non-sparking and is known for its high strength to weight ratio. Chrome-plated Brass Rugged metallic material with an attractive appearance, chrome-plated brass is excellent for higher pressure and temperature. Die-cast Zinc Durable and lightweight (about 20% less...

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Custom Capabilities Multi-Tube Couplings Connect multiple lines with one easy connection Connector solutions from Colder add value to your product by making your uid and air connections easy to use and more reliable, increasing your product’s modularity and serviceability and providing an overall cleaner, faster, safer and smarter way to make a connection. If you can’t nd the perfect solution from one of our thousands of standard products or you’d like to simply offload the connector portion of your project to allow you to focus on your core technologies, Colder Engineered Solutions can help....

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TABLE OF CONTENTS LEGEND All couplings are shown connected and may not be shown to scale. For additional terminations and congurations, see individual product pages. StraightThrough Single Shut-Off Double Shut-Off General Purpose Couplings PAGE | DESCRIPTION Non-Spill Note: Product images may not be to scale LC: Durable and able to withstand higher pressure and 50 APC: Features plastic thumb latch, fewer moving parts and a 54 BreakAway® : Provides safe and easy uid transfer with protection from costly product loss and equipment damage. Material: Acetal Tubing ID Sizes: 1/4" and 3/8" (6.4mm and...

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LEGEND StraightThrough Single Shut-Off Double Shut-Off Specialty Products PAGE | DESCRIPTION Non-Spill Note: Product images may not be to scale Tentube™: Allows connection and disconnection of up 76 General Purpose Couplings 74 Sixtube™: Snap-in panel mount design and exibility PAGE | DESCRIPTION 62 NSH: Pressure-balanced non-spill design with 100% metal-free, spring-free ow path. Material: Glass-lled polypropylene Tubing ID Sizes: 3/8" to 3/4" (9.5mm to 19.0mm) to ten lines with one slide latch; tubing orientation ensured by physical keying. Material: Nylon, acetal, polypropylene Tubing ID Sizes:...

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LEGEND StraightThrough Single Shut-Off Double Shut-Off Life Sciences - Medical & Bioprocessing PAGE | DESCRIPTION Non-Spill Life Sciences - Medical & Bioprocessing 94 Steam-Thru® Connections: Allow quick and easy sterile connection via SIP between biopharmaceutical processing equipment and disposable bag and tube assemblies. Material: Medical-grade polysulfone, USP Class VI, ADCF Termination Sizes: 3/8” and 1/2" HB (9.5mm and 12.7mm) and 3/4" sanitary 96 AseptiQuik® STC: Allows an AseptiQuik sterile connection to be steamed on to stainless equipment via SIP. Material: Medical-grade polycarbonate...

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LEGEND StraightThrough Single Shut-Off Double Shut-Off Dispensing Connectors 116 DrumQuik® 3-Port UDA: Used with 3/4" male NPT Note: Product images may not be to scale High Purity Couplings PAGE | DESCRIPTION Non-Spill coupling terminations to adapt dip-tubes to standard drum closures for closed system dispensing. Material: Food grade, virgin polypropylene Thread Sizes: UDA 3-Port: 3/4" male NPT; UDA: none PAGE | DESCRIPTION 106 Bottle Adaptor Kits: Intended for use on reagent bottles with SP400-38mm threads. Material: Natural, virgin polypropylene Thread Sizes: SP400-38mm ChemQuik® CQH06/CQV06:...

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SMC SERIES Pressure: Vacuum to 100 psi, 6.9 bar Temperature: Acetal, Chrome-Plated Brass: -40°F to 180°F (-40°C to 82°C) These graphs are intended to give you a general idea of the performance capabilities of each product line. The shaded area of each graph represents the operating range of the product family, i.e., upper and lower values are shown. Therefore, depending on the exact coupling congurations selected, you can reasonably expect values to fall within the shaded area. Polypropylene: 32°F to 180°F (0°C to 82°C) ABS: -40°F to 160°F (-40°C to 71°C) Materials: Main components: ABS, acetal,...

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*Prices are pre-tax. They exclude delivery charges and customs duties and do not include additional charges for installation or activation options. Prices are indicative only and may vary by country, with changes to the cost of raw materials and exchange rates.