360 Degree Rotating Pneumatic Fitting

[skippytheturtle]

Hi, this is my first post, feel free to move it if it's is the wrong section.

I am looking for a 360 degree rotating air fitting.

I have some spinning equipment and a stationary air hose that I don't want to get all twisted up. You could think of the equipment as a merry go round, it spins around a center point, but the horses require air. The center point spins as well, but is the best place to connect the air, but will spin the air hose around and around.

I hope this makes some sort of sense, I will draw it when I get home. I just need a fitting that can spin 360 degrees while the hose does not spin.

THANK YOU!

 

[SteveCh]

I bought one at Home Depot last year to replace the one on my hose reel. Don't recall the exact cost, but it was I believe $5. There are probably many other sources, I just happened to find this one immediately and quit looking. You didn't say what size you need.... And mine is a ninety-degree angle, what so you need?


No doubt someone will soon chime in with a bunch of sources.

 

[skippytheturtle]

Here is a rough drawing

 

[Dingleburry]

You need a Rotary Union
Duff-Norton
Deublin

 

[bp460]

https://www.mcmaster.com/#4480k11/=164jj2u

-Brad

 

[skippytheturtle]

https://www.mcmaster.com/#4480k11/=164jj2u

-Brad

Thank you!

 

[skippytheturtle]

You need a Rotary Union
Duff-Norton
Deublin

Thank you!

 

[larry_g]

Do not mistake a adjustable fitting for a rotary union. A fitting is not made for constant motion, mainly a fixed position. A rotary union is made for constant motion, like a merry go round. There are single passage and multiple passage depending on where you have your control valves. A rotary union has bearings and a fitting does not.

lg
no neat sig line

 

[skippytheturtle]

Do not mistake a adjustable fitting for a rotary union. A fitting is not made for constant motion, mainly a fixed position. A rotary union is made for constant motion, like a merry go round. There are single passage and multiple passage depending on where you have your control valves. A rotary union has bearings and a fitting does not.

lg
no neat sig line

The equipment I have only rotates a couple times per day, Not continuous like a merry go round ...just the easiest example I could come up with that everyone would understand

Thanks!

 

[md21722]

I think of those swivels like the one from McMaster as ones you can turn by hand, similar to air swivels that are built into some tools. They have resistance. A rotary union would turn much more freely.

 

[skippytheturtle]

I think of those swivels like the one from McMaster as ones you can turn by hand, similar to air swivels that are built into some tools. They have resistance. A rotary union would turn much more freely.

Are there rotary unions that have 1/4 npt threads on both ends?

 

[md21722]

http://www.deublin.com/1102-070-081