Q C Coupler ID Please

[L5wolvesf]

I'm going through some air fittings I have and found this Parker quick connect coupling with the number 15 stamped on it. The Parker site hows a similar coupling but it has a knurled body. As my picture attempts to show mine isn't knurled but grooved. Maybe its just a minor design change or maybe not. I would like to verify more precisely what this is so I can possibly get other fittings of the same type.

Thank you in advance.

 

[sberry]

It might be fine but thats not a great way to start a system. Make sure its compatible with something modern.

 

[L5wolvesf]

It might be fine but thats not a great way to start a system. Make sure its compatible with something modern.

Agreed, that's why I want to ID it so I know what it is compatible with.

 

[sberry]

Do you have a plug that matches? Only reason I say this is its often a temptation to start off with something oddball cause you have 1 fitting,,, personally would forget all about that one and find something modern and start there, if you find out someday it fits then great.

 

[scooterbum46]

My dad's shop used ARO B's in the 50's and early 60's . Not the best or safest, not popular any more, but when he got out of wrenching, he brought a few tools home, so we set up with the same. I've got a large inventory of impacts, nailers, sanders, paint guns and all of them use the same. My neighbors use whatever the chinese supply on their air tools, so I've offered up an ARO chuck, which apparently wasn't all that attractive an offer. My air tools stay home..

 

[The Cobbler]

I agree that if you use an oddball fitting, the cost to purchase more outweighs the benefit of going with a common fitting. many air tools come with a Milton M style connector already . .

 

[L5wolvesf]

It does attach to a couple no name fittings I have but that doesn't necessarily mean they are the same type.

But at this point I'm just wanting to see if anyone knows which model or type of Parker fitting this is.

 

[seber]

It is virtually impossible to ID from the shell. If you have a plug that fits, that can be named.

 

[The Cobbler]

it could be a universal fit too.
I'd say if a "no name" ( probably Milton M style) fits and doesn't leak you have part of it figured out

 

[sberry]

It's a Parker.

 

[The Cobbler]

It's a Parker.

universal coupler
https://ph.parker.com/ca/en/quick-couplings-pneumatic-up-to-150-psi-uc-series-couplers

 

[dnschmidt]

Just go with the high flow European style (called Milton V here in America even though it's not designed by Milton) and be done with it. Use the Milton brand stubs (because they're super cheap) and Prevost couplers and your problem is solved for a lifetime.