Polymer Cartridges: Carstick® and Carstick+

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

• NSF 61

• WRAS

• ACS

• DM 174

• KTW / UBA