DryLink UQD & UQDB quick disconnects · rack manifolds
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Machined stainless coupling bodies and turning marks on a dark bench, part drawing lines crossing the lower right

Custom couplings & manifolds

Built to your drawing

Geometry, port count, port orientation and material all come off the drawing. The first question worth settling is how few parts you can start with.

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Coaxiality control · industry practice ±0.01 mm
Sealing face finish · industry practice Ra ≤0.4 μm
Prototype start · industry-typical 5–10 pcs

What custom covers

Scope · tolerances · process control

Scope

Geometry, port count, port orientation and material follow the drawing. Orientation, bracket and marking are selectable.

Coaxiality

±0.01 mm control on the coaxial features. industry practice

Sealing face

Ra ≤0.4 μm on the sealing face. industry practice

Process control

Critical-to-quality dimensions are gauged in process and charted; 3, 4 and 5-axis machining centres. process capability

Close view of a ground sealing face, tool marks and bore edge across the metal surface
Five quick-disconnect couplings on a dark grey ground: red and teal anodised sleeves, bare metal bodies, and a black braided hose with a red anodised end
UQD line · anodised sleevesRed and teal, shown as finish samples
Eight stainless blind-mate couplings in four pairs, ascending diagonally on a dark ground
UQDB line · blind-mateBare 316L

How many, and how long

Prototype to volume · industry-typical bands

First-article samples of different sizes laid out side by side at different stages of finishing

Prototype

Stage 01 5–10 pcs to start. Industry-typical.

Pilot batch

From 50 pcs. Industry-typical.

T1 samples

2–3 weeks; 3–4 weeks where the geometry is new. Industry-typical.

Pilot after freeze

3–4 weeks from design freeze. Industry-typical.

Volume

4–6 weeks. Industry-typical.

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What ships with the parts

Documents, not adjectives

  1. FAI report. First-article inspection in AS9102 or PPAP format, whichever your quality function files under. industry practice

  2. Substance files. RoHS and REACH support files travel with the batch, keyed to the material lot.

  3. Dimensional report. A dimensional report accompanies every FAI, on the features your drawing calls out.

Two or three rounds, then it freezes

Revision control · cycle life

Successive revisions of the same coupling body side by side, differences visible between versions
  1. 01

    Typical custom geometry runs two to three prototype rounds before the design freezes. industry practice

  2. 02

    In data-centre service, the same coupling family is published at 10,000-plus connect and disconnect cycles. industry practice

  3. 03

    Every change is tracked against the drawing revision it was made on, so a part built years ago can still be traced to the document that defined it.

Check the standard lines first

UQD · UQDB · rack manifolds

Stainless quick-disconnect couplings with coloured anodised rings laid out on a dark plate
UQD quick disconnectsUQD02–08 · 1/8 in to 1/2 in
Bare stainless blind-mate couplings arranged in pairs on a dark plate
UQDB blind-mateUQDB03–06 · floating interface

Rack manifolds

Vertical 0U · horizontal front-mount · ORv3 blind-mate · EIA and ORv3 port pitches

First article first

Drawing in · inspected part out

Part clamped on an inspection bench with gauges standing around it
FAI setupClamped for inspection
An unmarked line drawing of a coupling laid beside the machined part it defines
Drawing to partSame view, side by side
Cut-away of a packing stack showing separate barrier layers around a coupling
Barrier packingLayers in section
A white-lined tank set into an aluminium frame, with a row of quick-connect fittings across it and the lid propped open
Frame stationlid propped open
Stainless quick-disconnect coupling seen from above on a dark plate

Spec sheet request

What is on your drawing?

Send the 2D or 3D file, the interface or rack standard it has to meet, and an annual quantity. A prototype build starts at 5 to 10 pieces (industry-typical), and DFM feedback comes back within a few working days.

Send your drawing One business day · English quote + a one-page spec sheet