OilQuick system
You want to change tools, hydraulic ones included, without leaving the cab.
Three points decide:
the number of tools to equip, how often you change, the hydraulics and control available on the excavator.
A photo of the end of the dipper arm and the list of your tools are enough to start.
the hydraulics connect at the same time as the tool.
Suitable if every tool in the fleet carries the same plate; limit:
a tool without the equipment is connected by hand.
Photo:
StromBer, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized, sticker removed.
A fully automatic coupler:
the hydraulic connection is made with the locking.
The driver no longer has to get down to connect a hose, provided every tool carries the system's equipment.
Other names for this tool: OilQuick, OilQuick automatic coupler.
- Family
- Coupling and adapting
- Classes (t)
- Depending on the size of the system
- Coupler
- Its own system, through a dedicated mounting plate
- Power source
- Hydraulic, with a dedicated control — flow and pressure: we calculate it with you for your machine
What it is for
Right: a tool that is not equipped means the hoses have to be connected by hand.
What sets it apart:
the calculation is made on the number of tools and the frequency of changes, never on the purchase price.
Computer-generated image.
one dirty ball, and the automatic connection no longer takes place.
Synthetic image.
the hook that takes the pin, the locks and their position indicator.
The image shows the locking principle, common to all standards;
it does not show the built-in hydraulic couplings of an automatic system.
Illustration based on an existing product.
It is the best-known representative of the fifth hitching technology:
the one that does away with handling hoses.
On a demolition or sorting site, where a grab, a bucket and a breaker alternate in the same day, the time saved is the driver's.
The reasoning to be followed is not that of a tool but that of a fleet:
every tool that is to be fitted must carry the matching equipment.
One tool not equipped, and the driver gets down again. That is why the decision is taken on the complete inventory of the fleet, never on a single tool.
See the fully automatic coupler.
On which machine?
They exist for machines from 1 to 132 t.
This excavator quick coupler system works with its own dedicated mounting plate.
The excavator class, the system size and the control in the cab: we calculate them with you for your machine.
What the tool does
Locking is hydraulic, controlled from the cab, with a locking indicator.
The pin centres, the pin diameter, the width and the weight of the coupler: we calculate them with you for your machine.
The fitting kit is charged separately.
What is needed on the hydraulic side
It works hydraulically, with a dedicated control, for locking and for the connected tools.
The locking and working pressures, and the through-flow: we calculate them with you for your machine.
Figures taken from 16 models on the market.
Your study sets the exact value for your machine.
Don't have these figures?
A photo of the machine is enough to start.
Have your machine checked.
Tell us how many tools you have, which of them are hydraulic, and how many times a day you change them.
- Your machine Its make and its tonnage.
- The auxiliary circuit Its flow in l/min, its pressure in bar, single- or double-acting.
- The coupler in place Its system and its class.
- The work The use, and the material.
Without these details, the study still begins: we will ask you for them.
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Written study within 3 working days, once the file is complete.
What determines the choice
Each point says what changes the choice.
The values, we check them in your carrier's instructions and in the tool's.
- 01 — The number of tools in the fleet It makes the real cost, and it makes the gain.
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02 — The frequency of changes
Several a day:
the calculation holds.
A few a week:
it does not. -
03 — The hydraulics available on the machine
The system needs a control in the cab for its locking, and lines for the tools it connects:
their number and their flow are measured on the machine. -
04 — Safety on the ground
Fewer operations around the machine.
On some sites, it is the decisive argument.
What is checked before ordering
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The inventory of the fleet, tool by tool
Without forgetting any:
that is where the costing is decided. - The number and flow of the hydraulic lines Read off the machine.
- Training the driver The movement changes.
- Converting the existing tools It can be costed, and it is rarely nil.
- Family
- Coupling and adapting
- Compatibility
- The seven criteria in detail →