Plasson Bucchi Easy/Quick Tank Adaptor Fitting for Installation on tanks with curved or uneven walls

Fitting connectors to tanks has always been a time consuming and tricky task. Now you, yes you alone, can fit a connection in seconds! The QJ® is fitted from the outside of the tank so you don’t need access to both sides of the tank wall. On tanks with curved or uneven walls, for water, fuel and even aggressive liquids! PLASSON is proud to offer Australia the BUCCHI Quick Joints range to help get you connected fast and fuss-free. QJ® is a quick push-in polypropylene (PP) coupling for tanks and containers made PE and IBC containers.

FEATURES

• Plastic or Steel Tanks
• Between 2mm and 12mm wall thickness
• Special Bucchi QJ gasket to seak watertight on irregular walls of variable thickness
• Size range of 3/8" (10mm) to 2" (50mm)
• Temperature, Stress, Vibration, and Weather Condition resistent
• Hydraulic seal up to 4 bar
• Food grade EPDM gasket

APPLICATIONS

• Water storage: tanks and plants
• Water supply: machines and equipment
• Yaught and caravans

HOW TO INSTALL

1. Select correct size bucchi tank adaptor
2. Drill hole size according to chart overleaf
3. Insert so adaptor gasket is inside the tank 
4. Tighten until gasket is flat against the tank wall
5. Tighten with a wrench to ensure secure seal
6. Apply thread tape and install fittings

BEHIND THE TANK FITTING

Fitting tank connections is a fiddly, frustrating job usually requiring two people and exceptional hand-eye co-ordination but a clever Italian company is changing all that.

BUCCHI have spent years perfecting a tank connector design, called Quick Joints or QJ. Quick Joints can be installed in tank walls from the outside, without the need for welding, sealants or locknuts, and installation can be done by one person in a matter of seconds.

For over 40 years BUCCHI have developed fittings for farming, gardening, heating and air-conditioning. The quality of their seals is paramount so BUCCHI produce high-tech elastomer seals designed to handle dynamic movement and significant elastic deformations without changing original shape.

Dr. Anna Valentini, Head of Laboratory and Quality Control of BUCCHI, explains:

EPDM

An ethylene and propylene-based rubber with a third monomer (diene). It is particularly resistant to fluids such as water and vapour.
The gaskets in E.P.D.M. have high resistance to permanent deformation and a good breaking load (up to 180 kg cm2), with an operating temperature from -45° to + 130° C.

The EPDM compound resists corrosive chemical agents, oxidation, the ozone, heat, heat ageing; its resistance to high concentration acids is also good.