Carstick® is a fully integrated one-piece cartridge providing instant connection between the housing and the tubing. It can be inserted in elastic polymers, brass, aluminum non-threaded and non-grooved cavities. Carstick® allows the optimization of your system design and enables the automation of your manufacturing process. This is the right connection solution for energy, space and time saving.

Carstick+ is an extended version of Carstick®. This push-in fitting can be inserted with a low effort. It is suitable for a large range of housing materials including non-elastic polymers. It is removable without damaging its cavity making it reusable.

Carstick® and Carstick+ push-to-connect cartridges enable a quick tube connection and can be used in various low-pressure applications such as liquid and pneumatic applications. Please, look out for the below list of industries Carstick® and Carstick+ can be used for:

Industries:

•Automation

•Industrial

•Transportation

•Food & Beverage

•Thermal Management

•Life Sciences

Features/Benefits:

Carstick®

•Media: Drinking water, beverage, steam, glycol, deionized water, coolant, compressed air, inert gas

•Materials: technical polymer, brass or chemical nickel-plated brass, stainless steel, NBR or EPDM (FKM on demand)

Compressed air applications (NBR)

•Pressure: vacuum to 20 bar

•Temperature: -20°C to +80°C 

Liquid applications (EPDM)

•Pressure: vacuum to 16 bar

•Temperature: -20°C to +95°C (+130°C for D4, D6, D8)

Low temperature applications (NBR)

•Pressure: vacuum to 16 bar

•Temperature: -40°C to +80°C

Carstick+

•Media: drinking water, beverage, steam, glycol, deionized water, coolant, compressed air, inert gas

•Materials: technical polymer, stainless steel, EPDM or FKM (NBR on demand)

EPDM version

•Pressure: up to 16 bar

•Temperature: up to +120°C

FKM version

•Pressure: up to 16 bar

•Temperature: up to +140°C

Shared benefits of Carstick and Carstick+

•Productivity Saving – one single component

•Carstick® and Carstick+ are designed to be automatically inserted

•No need to groove your cavity

•Seal pre-assembled and protected

•Ready-to-use packaging - Carstick® and Carstick+ packaging facilitates the automatic assembly process

•Fluid integrity is assured since the only component in contact with the convey fluid is the seal

Carstick+ additional benefits

•Removable – in case of failure during the insertion Carstick+ can be removed without damaging the housing

•Universal cavity – Carstick+ can be inserted in various materials without any specific development

•Space saving – This is the most compact cartridge on the market

Applications:

For Automation & Industrial:

•Packaging manufacturing

•Robotic

•In-plant automotive

•Pneumatics

•Solenoid valves

•Pneumatic cylinders

For Food & Beverage

•Coffee machine

•Water dispenser

•Water treatment

For Thermal Management

•Semiconductor manufacturing

•Power generation (li-ion battery, frequency converter, drive)

•Welding device/robot

•Data center

•Supercomputer

•Lithography machinery

For Transportation:

•Pneumatic suspension

•Auxiliary pneumatic system for cab and seat

For Life Sciences:

•Medical respiratory device

•Anaesthesia machine

• Dental chair 

Regulations:

Carstick® and Carstick+ ranges comply with industrial and food regulations:

Industrial regulations

•ISO 14743

•PED

•RoHS

Food regulations

•1935/2004

•FDA: 21CFR

•NSF 51

•WRAS

•ACS

•DM 174

•KTW / UBA