CN222650631U - A fully automatic maintenance-free check valve - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a fully automatic maintenance-free check valve, which is provided with a valve ball, a valve body and a valve seat, wherein a liquid inlet and a liquid outlet are provided in the valve body, and the valve ball, valve seat and pressure sensor are all installed in a ball cage provided with a flow guide groove, wherein the ball cage is installed in the valve body and the flow guide groove is connected with the valve body; a sealing box, a pressure cover, a ball cage seat and a valve body are connected in sequence, a servo motor is fixed on the sealing box provided with a seal, and a cleaning and dredging shaft provided with a paddle at the lower end passes through the ball cage seat, the pressure cover and the sealing box and is connected with the servo motor; the servo motor is connected with a PLC in an electrical control cabinet through a cable, and the pressure sensor is wirelessly connected with the PLC. The utility model can ensure the normal use of the check valve without cleaning and maintenance while limiting the reverse flow of liquid, the overall structural design of the device is reasonable, the working cycle of its cleaning operation is more reasonable, and the wearing parts are easy to disassemble and replace, thereby improving the conveying efficiency of the conveying pipeline and conveying process.

Description

Full-automatic maintenance-free check valve

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a check valve for restricting the reverse flow of liquid in oil gas production, gathering and transportation and industrial production, in particular to a full-automatic maintenance-free check valve.

Background

The check valve is widely installed on various pipelines and pipe network flows in industry and petroleum industry, and has the function of preventing production accidents caused by the reverse flow of liquid flow when equipment provided with the check valve stops and pauses working while ensuring that the liquid can only flow unidirectionally.

Because the single-flow valve is arranged on the pipeline and the flow, the working environment where the internal components of the single-flow valve are positioned is complex, and especially the single-flow valve arranged on the oil gas transmission pipeline, the water injection pipeline, the flow and other parts in the oil gas industry is always in the fluid with high oil content, high mineralization, muddy quality, various chemical agents and other complex components, the failure phenomena such as corrosion, blockage, leakage and the like of the single-flow valve are easily caused, and the maintenance are required to be carried out by staff irregularly. The single-flow valve is widely used in oil and water wells, oil and gas gathering pipelines and processes at present, and mainly comprises a valve body, a valve ball, a valve seat, a plug and other parts, and has the advantages of simple structure, convenient use and detachable valve.

However, the check valve has the following defects that as the working environment of the valve in the oil gas transmission pipeline and the flow is bad, in order to ensure that the check valve does not fail, the parts such as a valve ball, a valve seat and the like need to be cleaned, maintained and maintained in time so as to ensure that the check valve works normally. And the staff does not regularly maintain, need consume a large amount of operating time, influence work efficiency.

During maintenance of the check valve, it is common to take the piping and flow path fluid to bypass the valve or shut down the service equipment to which the check valve is attached. The most common operation mode comprises the steps of A, stopping medium conveying, emptying the medium in the medium, B, disassembling the plug, fishing out the valve ball, cleaning the valve ball, C, flushing the valve seat, D, putting the valve ball after cleaning, and plugging the plug.

The whole maintenance operation process is long and the procedure is complicated, thereby reducing the time rate of opening the oil well and the water well and increasing the production cost.

Because the check valve often works under the environment with pressure, when maintaining, dismantling the check valve, can cause the conveying medium in pipeline and the flow to spill over, protect improper can cause the pollution to the environment, cause harm to staff's health.

The currently used check valve pollutes the environment and causes harm to the health of staff while increasing the workload of workers, thereby reducing the benefit of enterprises.

According to the search, the patent application number CN201420541925.2 discloses a check valve which comprises a shell, a valve seat, a valve cover and a valve ball, wherein the shell is a three-way valve body, the valve seat is arranged at the lower end inside the shell and is in threaded connection with the shell, the valve cover is in threaded connection with the valve seat, and the valve ball is arranged in a space formed between the valve seat and the valve cover. The valve seat is provided with a central hole, the valve ball is positioned in the central hole, and the inner surface of the central hole is a conical cambered surface. Said utility model can implement non-moving fire maintenance of check valve, greatly reduce well-stopping time, and its structure is simple, use is convenient, valve can be dismantled, and its service cycle is effectively prolonged, and can implement periodic inspection, and can be quickly and conveniently replaced.

However, the single-flow valve has no self-cleaning function, so that the problem of high maintenance difficulty cannot be solved, and the unscheduled manual maintenance is needed.

The patent application number CN201711391935.7 discloses a one-way throttle valve, which comprises a valve body, wherein a first through flow groove and a second through flow groove are arranged in the valve body, a partition plate is arranged between the first through flow groove and the second through flow groove, a first through flow hole communicated with the first through flow groove is formed in the outer wall of the valve body, a second through flow hole communicated with the second through flow groove is also formed in the outer wall of the valve body, a valve core capable of axially moving is arranged in the valve body, a spring is sleeved in the valve core, the valve core is provided with an orifice, when the valve core moves leftwards, the spring is compressed, the valve core cuts off the second through flow groove and can control the opening of the first through flow groove, and when the valve core moves rightwards, the valve core is communicated between the first through flow groove and the second through flow groove. The device has the advantages of integrating the one-way valve and the throttle valve, along with reasonable and compact structure and small flow resistance.

However, the one-way throttle valve is arranged in the pipeline and the flow, cannot be detached and maintained, and is only suitable for being used in a medium with better conveying components. When used to transport complex media, they are prone to failure and are not maintainable.

The patent application number CN201721776506.7 discloses a valve capable of controlling the unidirectional flow direction for oil and gas transportation, which comprises a valve body, a plunger located in the valve body and a runner arranged on the plunger, wherein the valve body protrudes towards the two ends of the plunger, a connecting cavity and a non-return cavity are arranged in the valve body, two ends of the plunger are respectively located in the connecting cavity and the non-return cavity, one end of the plunger located in the connecting cavity is fixedly connected with a valve rod, a sealing gasket is sleeved on the valve rod, an elastic piece is further arranged in the connecting cavity, one end of the elastic piece is fixed on the valve rod, the other end of the elastic piece is fixed on the inner wall of the connecting cavity, a gap is reserved between one end of the plunger located in the non-return cavity and the side wall of the non-return cavity, two feedback pipelines are further arranged, one ends of the two feedback pipelines are respectively communicated into the valve body at two sides of the plunger, the other ends of the two feedback pipelines are both communicated into the non-return cavity, and stop valves are respectively arranged on the two feedback pipelines. Said utility model solves the problem of inconvenient control of one-way flow in the prior art, and can implement the goal of flexible non-return of plunger valve from two flow directions.

However, the valve for oil and gas transportation capable of controlling the unidirectional flow direction has no self-cleaning function, and still needs manual unscheduled maintenance and maintenance, so that the problem of high maintenance difficulty cannot be solved.

In view of the above, the maintenance conditions of the single flow valves currently operating under severe operating environmental conditions need to be changed.

Disclosure of Invention

The utility model aims to provide a full-automatic maintenance-free check valve, which solves the problems of low labor efficiency, environmental pollution caused by leakage of a conveying medium and harm to staff health in the process of manual unscheduled operation in the existing check valve maintenance process, and realizes the automatic maintenance-free operation of the check valve. The environmental pollution caused by emptying the conveying medium is avoided, the body of workers is prevented from being damaged, and the working efficiency is improved.

The full-automatic maintenance-free check valve comprises a valve ball, a valve body and a valve seat, wherein a liquid inlet and a liquid outlet are formed in the valve body, the valve ball, the valve seat and a pressure sensor are all arranged in a ball cage provided with a diversion groove, the ball cage is arranged in the valve body and communicated with the valve body, a sealing box, a gland, a ball cage seat and the valve body are sequentially connected, a servo motor is fixed on the sealing box provided with a sealing piece, a cleaning dredging shaft with a blade at the lower end penetrates through the ball cage seat, the gland and the sealing box and is connected with the servo motor, the servo motor is connected with a PLC in an electrical control cabinet through a cable, and the pressure sensor is in wireless connection with the PLC.

Preferably, the servo motor is a linear telescopic stepping motor, the cleaning and dredging shaft is a spline shaft, and the paddles connected below the cleaning and dredging shaft are arranged on more than two paddles.

Preferably, the servo motor is an asynchronous rotary motor, and the paddles connected below the cleaning and dredging shaft are arranged on more than two paddles.

Preferably, the upper outer circle of the ball cage seat is in threaded connection with the gland, the lower outer circle of the ball cage seat is in threaded connection with the inner circle of the ball cage, and the gland and the ball cage seat are respectively provided with a motor shaft penetrating hole which is larger than the outer diameter of the cleaning dredging shaft.

Preferably, the ball cage is a cylindrical body, the inner cavity is a non-constant diameter inner cavity, and the inner cavity at the lower part of the ball cage is provided with a valve seat clamping step and a limiting ring assembling connection step.

Preferably, the inner thread at the upper end of the inner cavity of the ball cage is in threaded connection with the ball cage seat, the inner thread in the limit ring assembly connection step at the lower end of the inner cavity is in threaded connection with the limit ring, and a sealing ring is arranged between the outer wall of the ball cage seat and the inner cavity of the ball cage and the inner cavity of the valve body.

Preferably, the valve seat is arranged between a valve seat clamping step and a limiting ring in the ball cage, and the sealing box, the gland, the ball cage seat and the valve body are sequentially connected in a threaded manner.

Preferably, the diversion trench in the ball cage is an axial vertical trench and is arranged at more than two diversion trenches, the width of the diversion trench is smaller than the outer diameter of the valve ball, and the axial height is three times of the valve ball.

Preferably, the inner diameter of the upper part of the valve body is larger than the outer diameter of the ball cage, a gap of 0.5cm-2cm is arranged between the inner diameter of the valve body and the outer diameter of the ball cage, and nano nickel-phosphorus plating anti-corrosion and wear-resistant layers are arranged on the surfaces of the inner cavity of the valve body, the inner cavity and the outer wall of the ball cage, and the outer surfaces of the blade and the cleaning dredging shaft.

Preferably, the pressure sensor is fixed at the lower end of the ball cage seat and is positioned in the ball cage, and the liquid outlet is in threaded connection with the quick connector and is connected with a pipeline or a flow pipeline through the quick connector by a self-locking clamping ring.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the advantages that the normal use of the check valve can be ensured without cleaning and maintenance while the reverse flow of liquid is limited, and the check valve is specifically expressed in:

1. The utility model can ensure the unidirectional flow of fluid and prevent the recharging loss of the produced fluid of the oil well in time. The pressure sensor is used in the utility model, so that the blocking condition of the valve body can be quantitatively measured, and the defect that the conventional check valve is required to be checked and cleaned regularly and is not timely and effectively cleaned is effectively overcome.

2. According to the utility model, the servo motor is connected with the cleaning and dredging shaft, the lower end of which is provided with the blade and penetrates through the sealing box, the gland and the ball cage seat, and the cleaning and dredging shaft and the blade are driven by the servo motor to clean the ball cage and the inner cavity of the valve body, so that cleaning and maintenance of the check valve are realized without manual disassembly, the risk of environmental pollution is reduced, and the physical health of staff is ensured.

3. The device has reasonable overall structural design, more reasonable working cycle of cleaning operation, convenient disassembly and replacement of vulnerable parts, and improved conveying efficiency of conveying pipelines and conveying processes.

4. The utility model can rapidly and effectively clean the valve body and the ball cage, and can finish the blocking removal within one to three minutes, and well stopping and pump stopping are not needed during cleaning operation, thereby reducing the yield loss caused by cleaning operation and reducing the damage and tripping accidents of the underground pipe rod caused by restarting the well after well stopping.

In summary, the utility model eliminates or reduces the phenomenon of blocking of the check valve by adding the pressure sensor and the servo motor, monitors real-time work in real time, ensures high-efficiency transmission of the conveying medium, and has the effects of improving the working efficiency and reducing the production cost.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the utility model and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate the utility model and together with the embodiments of the utility model, serve to explain the utility model. In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of the present utility model.

In the figure:

The cleaning and dredging device comprises a sealing box 1, a gland 2, a cleaning and dredging shaft 3, a blade 4, a ball cage 5, a valve ball 6, a valve body 7, a valve seat 8, a limiting ring 9, a pressure sensor 10, a servo motor 11, a liquid outlet 12, a quick connector 13, a ball cage seat 14, a diversion trench 15, a liquid inlet 16 and a sealing piece 17.

Detailed Description

The drawings are for reference and illustration purposes only and are not intended to limit the scope of the present utility model. The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present utility model. It will be apparent that the described embodiments are only some, but not all, embodiments of the utility model. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the utility model without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the utility model.

The present utility model will be described in further detail with reference to the drawings and examples, in order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present utility model more apparent. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are for purposes of illustration only and are not intended to limit the scope of the utility model.

In the description of the present utility model, it should be understood that the terms "length," "width," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientation or positional relationships shown in the drawings, merely to facilitate describing the present utility model and simplify the description, and do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a specific orientation, be configured and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the present utility model. Furthermore, in the description of the present utility model, the meaning of "a plurality" is two or more, unless explicitly defined otherwise.

Referring to fig. 1, a full-automatic maintenance-free check valve is provided with a valve ball 6, a valve body 7 and a valve seat 8, wherein a liquid inlet 16 and a liquid outlet 12 are formed in the valve body 7, the valve ball 6, the valve seat 8 and a pressure sensor 10 are all installed in a ball cage 5 provided with a diversion groove 15, the ball cage 5 is installed in the valve body 7 and the diversion groove 15 is communicated with the valve body 7, a sealing box 1, a gland 2, a ball cage seat 14 and the valve body 7 are sequentially connected, a servo motor 11 is fixed on the sealing box 1 provided with a sealing piece 17, a cleaning dredging shaft 3 provided with a blade 4 at the lower end is connected with the servo motor 11 through the ball cage seat 14, the gland 2 and the sealing box 1, the servo motor 11 is connected with a PLC in an electrical control cabinet through a cable, and the pressure sensor 10 is in wireless connection with the PLC.

The utility model uses a servo motor 11 and a pressure sensor 10, and sets a cleaning program of a check valve in a PLC of an electrical control cabinet. Since the ball cage 5 and the valve body 7 in the uniflow valve are blocked by dirt, the pressure of the fluid flowing therethrough is raised, and the present utility model utilizes this phenomenon to transmit the change of the pressure of the fluid therein to the PLC, i.e., the PLC can be a logic controller, in real time by the pressure sensor 10 installed in the ball cage 5.

The pressure sensor 10 transmits the received pressure information in the ball cage 5 and the valve body 7 to the PLC, and the PLC sends a cleaning instruction to the servo motor 11 according to the cleaning pressure set for the ball cage 5 and the valve body 7 in the uniflow valve cleaning program, and cleans the ball cage 5 and the interior of the valve body 7 through the blade 4 driven by the cleaning dredging shaft 3.

After the utility model is used, the medium conveying and the medium emptying in the check valve are not required to be stopped, the check valve is not required to be disassembled, and the cleaning of the interior of the check valve is automatically performed according to the pressure in the ball cage 5 and the valve body 7 and the instruction of the PLC.

The utility model solves the problems of low labor efficiency, environmental pollution caused by leakage of conveying media and harm to staff health caused by the fact that manual unscheduled operation is needed in the maintenance process of the prior check valve, and realizes the automatic manual-free maintenance of the check valve. The environmental pollution and the energy waste caused by emptying the conveying medium are avoided, the body of workers is prevented from being damaged, and the cleaning working efficiency of the check valve is remarkably improved.

In addition to the first embodiment, the utility model also has a preferable embodiment that the servo motor 11 is a linear telescopic stepping motor, the cleaning and dredging shaft 3 is a spline shaft, and the blades 4 connected below the cleaning and dredging shaft 3 are arranged on more than two pieces. Therefore, the cleaning and dredging shaft 3 can drive the blade 4 to move up and down in the ball cage 5, can clean the inner wall of the ball cage 5 more comprehensively, prevents dirt and dead oil from adhering to the guide groove 15, and enables fluid to smoothly pass through the guide groove 15 and flow out of the liquid outlet 12, so that the blocking is prevented under the condition that the check valve is not required to be disassembled.

In a preferred embodiment, the servo motor 11 is an asynchronous rotary motor, and more than two blades 4 connected below the cleaning dredging shaft 3 are arranged. The servo motor 11 can drive the cleaning and dredging shaft 3 and the blade 4 to rotate in the ball cage 5 at a high speed, and clean dirt and dead oil in the ball cage 5 and the valve body 7.

In a preferred embodiment, the upper outer circle of the ball cage seat 14 is in threaded connection with the gland 2, the lower outer circle of the ball cage seat 14 is in threaded connection with the inner circle of the ball cage 5, and the gland 2 and the ball cage seat 14 are respectively provided with a motor shaft penetrating hole which is larger than the outer diameter of the cleaning dredging shaft 3.

In a preferred embodiment, the ball cage 5 is a cylindrical body, the inner cavity is a non-constant diameter inner cavity, and a valve seat clamping step and a limiting ring assembling and connecting step are arranged in the inner cavity at the lower part of the ball cage 5.

In a preferred embodiment, the internal thread at the upper end of the inner cavity of the ball cage 5 is in threaded connection with the ball cage seat 14, the internal thread in the limit ring assembly connection step at the lower end of the inner cavity is in threaded connection with the limit ring 9, and a sealing ring is arranged between the outer wall of the ball cage seat 14 and the outer wall of the ball cage 5 and the inner cavity of the valve body 7.

In a preferred embodiment, the valve seat 8 is arranged between a valve seat clamping step in the ball cage 5 and the limiting ring 9, the valve seat 8 is propped against the lower part of the valve seat clamping step in the ball cage 5 by the limiting ring 9, and the sealing box 1, the gland 2, the ball cage seat 14 and the valve body 7 are connected in sequence in a threaded manner. The cleaning and dredging shaft 3 and the sealing box 1 are sealed by a sealing piece 17, and the sealing piece 17 is extruded through the threaded connection of the sealing box 1 and the gland 2, so that the cleaning and dredging shaft 3 is sealed.

In a preferred embodiment, the diversion trenches 15 in the ball cage 5 are axial vertical trenches and are arranged in more than two pieces, and the width of the diversion trenches 15 is smaller than the outer diameter of the valve ball 6 and the axial height is three times that of the valve ball 6. The valve ball 6 can be opened and closed by the pressure difference between the liquid inlet 16 and the liquid outlet 12, the width of the diversion trench 15 is smaller than the valve ball 6, and the axial height or length is three times longer than the valve ball 6, so that the fluid transmission area in the ball cage 5 can be effectively increased, and the moving direction of the valve ball 6 can be controlled.

In a preferred embodiment, the inner diameter of the upper part of the valve body 7 is larger than the outer diameter of the ball cage 5, a gap of 0.5cm-2cm is arranged between the inner diameter of the valve body 7 and the outer diameter of the ball cage 5, an annular space is formed between the valve body 7 and the ball cage 5, fluid passing through the annular space forms a scouring effect on the inner wall of the valve body 7 and the outer wall of the ball cage 5, scaling is delayed, the working period is prolonged, and nano nickel-phosphorus plating anti-corrosion and wear-resistant layers are arranged on the surfaces of the inner cavity of the valve body 7, the inner cavity and the outer wall of the ball cage 5, and the outer surfaces of the blade 4 and the cleaning dredging shaft 3. For corrosion and wear resistance, nano nickel-phosphorus plating corrosion and wear resistance layers are arranged on the inner cavity of the valve body 7, the inner cavity and the outer wall of the ball cage 5, the outer parts of the blade 4 and the cleaning and dredging shaft 3.

In a preferred embodiment, the pressure sensor 10 is fixed at the lower end of the ball cage seat 14 and is positioned in the ball cage 5, the pressure change condition of the fluid in the valve body 7 and the ball cage 5 is transmitted from time to time, and the liquid outlet 12 is in threaded connection with the quick connector 13 and is connected with a pipeline or a flow pipeline through the quick connector 13 by a self-locking snap ring. The quick connector 13 is connected with the process pipeline through the self-locking clamping ring, so that the operation risk brought by a welding mode is avoided, and the problems that threads in the process pipeline and the valve body 7 cannot be assembled bidirectionally and are connected through a coupling are effectively solved.

The pressure sensor 10 in the utility model is responsible for transmitting pressure information to the servo motor 11, and instructs the servo motor 11 to drive the blade 4 to perform cleaning work through the preset critical value of cleaning pressure in the PLC, and manual maintenance is not needed, so that the utility model has good use effect.

The embodiments described above are only exemplary embodiments, but the present utility model is not limited to these embodiments, and modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the utility model. Although the utility model has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that modifications may be made to the embodiments described, or equivalents may be substituted for elements thereof. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and concept of the present utility model should be included in the scope of the present utility model. Therefore, the scope of protection is not limited to the description above.

Claims (10)

1. The full-automatic maintenance-free check valve is provided with a valve ball, a valve body and a valve seat, wherein a liquid inlet and a liquid outlet are formed in the valve body; the sealing box, the gland, the ball cage seat and the valve body are sequentially connected, the servo motor is fixed on the sealing box provided with the sealing piece, a cleaning and dredging shaft provided with blades at the lower end penetrates through the ball cage seat, the gland and the sealing box to be connected with the servo motor, the servo motor is connected with a PLC in the electrical control cabinet through a cable, and the pressure sensor is connected with the PLC in a wireless mode.

2. The fully automatic maintenance-free check valve according to claim 1, wherein the servo motor is a linear telescopic stepper motor, the cleaning and dredging shaft is a spline shaft, and the number of paddles connected below the cleaning and dredging shaft is more than two.

3. The fully automatic maintenance-free check valve according to claim 1, wherein the servo motor is an asynchronous rotary motor, and the number of blades connected below the cleaning and dredging shaft is more than two.

4. The full-automatic maintenance-free check valve according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the upper outer circle of the ball cage seat is in threaded connection with the gland, the lower outer circle of the ball cage seat is in threaded connection with the inner circle of the ball cage, and the gland and the ball cage seat are respectively provided with a motor shaft penetrating hole which is larger than the outer diameter of the cleaning dredging shaft.

5. The fully automatic maintenance-free check valve according to claim 4, wherein the ball cage is a cylindrical body and the inner cavity is a non-constant diameter inner cavity, and the lower inner cavity of the ball cage is provided with a valve seat clamping step and a limiting ring assembling connection step.

6. The full-automatic maintenance-free check valve according to claim 5, wherein the internal thread at the upper end of the inner cavity of the ball cage is in threaded connection with the ball cage seat, the internal thread in the limit ring assembly connection step at the lower end of the inner cavity is in threaded connection with the limit ring, and a sealing ring is arranged between the outer wall of the ball cage seat and the inner cavity of the ball cage and the valve body.

7. The full-automatic maintenance-free check valve according to claim 6, wherein the valve seat is arranged between a valve seat clamping step and a limiting ring in the ball cage, and the sealing box, the gland, the ball cage seat and the valve body are sequentially connected in a threaded manner.

8. The full-automatic maintenance-free check valve of claim 7, wherein the diversion trench in the ball cage is an axial vertical trench and is arranged at more than two diversion trenches, and the width of the diversion trench is smaller than the outer diameter of the valve ball and the axial height is three times of the valve ball.

9. The full-automatic maintenance-free check valve of claim 8, wherein the inner diameter of the upper part of the valve body is larger than the outer diameter of the ball cage, a gap of 0.5cm-2cm is arranged between the inner diameter of the valve body and the outer diameter of the ball cage, and nano nickel-phosphorus plating anti-corrosion and wear-resistant layers are arranged on the inner cavity surface of the valve body, the inner cavity and outer wall surfaces of the ball cage and the outer surfaces of the blade and the cleaning dredging shaft.

10. The full-automatic maintenance-free check valve according to claim 4, wherein the pressure sensor is fixed at the lower end of the ball cage seat and is positioned in the ball cage, and the liquid outlet is in threaded connection with the quick connector and is connected with the pipeline or the process pipeline through the quick connector by a self-locking clamp ring.