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Products => Test Equipment => Topic started by: seba on October 07, 2015, 05:57:58 pm
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I got a weller wdd161v second-hand. It has a desoldering iron, but apparently you need to connect an external air supply to the back of the unit.
I've got 2 air compressors, but I do not recognize the type of connection that is on the back of the unit. Basically I do not know how to connect my air supply to the unit correctly.
Does somebody know how to connect this or has pictures of the connection pieces?
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Only google search was this post lol.
Can you post a picture of the connection port?
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I can't find anything on it either. What kind of connection port does it have - male, female, tapered thread?? Are there any other possible model numbers on it that might help identify it? And I'll second the request for a photo.
-Pat
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Okay, here's a picture.
The left port has an indicator that it is for the air supply. No idea what the right port is supposed to be, but maybe it is also usable as air supply.
(http://i58.tinypic.com/15eizpy.jpg)
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IT looks like those connector 3d printers use for pfte quick connect type.
Google for "air fittings ptfe"
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No idea what the fitting on the right is, but the left one just uses a semi rigid hose of the correct diameter to connect directly to it. Just push it in an done. To disconnect, press in the blue plastic ring while pushing the hose in and then pull out while still holding the ring.
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I think they are similar to this:
http://www.use-enco.com/CGI/INPDFF?PMPAGE=1047&PMCTLG=00 (http://www.use-enco.com/CGI/INPDFF?PMPAGE=1047&PMCTLG=00)
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Left port is a Festo Push-In Connector (https://www.festo.com/cms/en-us_us/8597.htm?nmcmpid=02d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e202). The number molded into the blue plastic collar is the OD size of the semi-rigid tubing in millimeters (6mm in this case). Right port is the air exhaust.