The patented technology of "ixPress" fitting is based on its steel sleeve, that grips the pipe, making it the only press-fitting without tools. The patented "ixPress" sleeve is made from a heat-treated special steel alloy, that has a unique spring behaviour. This unrivalled patented tecnhology comes from the Japanese automobile industry.

After inserting the pipe into the fitting, the small pink obstacle jumps out and the "ixPress" sleeve starts compresing the pipe with total security, perfectly absorbing the dimensional changes that occur in the pipe.

The key characteristic of the "ixPress" fixing sleeve is that its spring effect guarantees a life time waterproof connection, thanks to the constant pressing force that it is applying to the pipe, perfectly absorbing any possible fluctuation in the dimension of the pipe.

The weak point of all the other toll-free fittings, like the "push-fit" types, is how they absorb the dimensional fluctuations of the pipe. In real life, the pipes never have the nominal dimensions, either because of the manufacturing tolerances, the norms permit up to 0.3 mm of tolerance in the external diameter and up to another 0.3 mm in the wall-thickness of the pipe, or because of the dimensional changes that the pipe suffers when functioning connected to the fitting, the well-known creep effect.

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The "ixPress" pressing sleeve perfectly absorbs the above-mentioned dimensional changes guarantees a constant lifetime pressing force and, thus, the most secure connection. this fact makes the new "ixPress" fitting the safest one in the market, even safer than the traditional press-fittings and permits us to grant a 25 year guaratee, which is the longuest ine in the market.

This patented sleeve tecnhology distinguishes the "ixPress" fottong from the other fittings without tool available in the market. In the other fittings, like in the push-fit types, the dimensional variations of the pipe affect the gripping force, thus, reducing the security of the connection and provoking a high risk of leakage.

For an additional secutity the "ixPress" fitting has a double conical secutity system than would bite firmly the pipe, blocking it, in case that the pipe could start sliding out of the fitting.

The "ixPress" fitting system uses the best combination of materials, metals and plastics of the lastes generations:

• 1.High quality brass for the body of the fitting (according to the European Norm EN12165).
• 2.Heat-treated special steel alloy for the gripping sleeve.
• 3.A blend of PPSU for the black part of external cap.
• 4.A PPSU for the transparent part of the external cap.
• 5.Ultrasound welding for the connection of the two parts of the external cap.
• 6.EPDM for the o-rings.
• 7.Nylon for the guiding ring.
• 8.PPSU fro the double conical security system.