Agricultural activities are constantly taking place on vast areas of land: from sowing to harvesting, farmers are constantly working on hectares of land.
Fortunately, modern agricultural equipment has made this process much easier, especially with the advent of multifunctional equipment.
A single piece of agricultural equipment carrying different implements can perform different agricultural activities, simply by changing the farm equipment to the next operating environment.
Most of the farm implements are driven by hydraulic systems and therefore need to be connected to the hydraulic lines of the agricultural equipment.
However, the connection process can be problematic.
First of all, when the lines are disconnected, there is a risk of leakage of the hydraulic lines, which may contaminate the environment: this may be the case in many applications, but it is more serious in agricultural environments, where the land is the basis of agriculture, and soil contamination is and its serious consequences.
By the same token, it is forbidden for pipelines to leak once they are connected. Once it happens, that will pollute the soil, and at the same time cause the system pressure relief, reduce the efficiency of the system.
In addition, agricultural equipment replacement of agricultural implements is a highly efficient way of working, which requires the rapid realization of hydraulic pipeline docking and disconnection without the aid of tools. Finally, agricultural equipment works in a dusty, contaminated environment where these foreign objects can cause docking failures or enter the hydraulic system. Agricultural activities require efficient solutions for docking and disconnecting hydraulic lines.
With more than 20 years of experience in designing and manufacturing quick release couplings, Cryolite offers different solutions for hydraulic systems in various fields, including agricultural equipment.
In agricultural activities, due to the Cryolite quick couplings valve construction and other system designs, flat valve quick couplings have many advantages that provide maximum efficiency and reliability to the system.
Specifically, flat valves are contamination resistant, avoiding contaminants from entering the system and hydraulic fluid from leaking into the environment: in fact, this spool structure minimizes the contact area between the environment and the system, while avoiding hazards to the environment or the system.
In addition, the Flat Valve quick couplings can be quickly docked or disconnected to ensure no leakage under pressure. For even faster operation, flat face valves can be integrated with special spools that allow operation under residual pressure, especially due to changes in ambient temperature.
Finally, the materials used in the production of our quick release couplings are able to withstand prolonged system loads and meet different environmental requirements.