The filler-breather adapter contains a center channel to allow air to flow freely between the reservoir head space and the filler-breather cap. Two side ports provide auxiliary suction and return lines for convenient connection of a kidney loop or additional hydraulic pump.Now there’s a simpler way. Tom Nell, certified fluid power engineer at Flpwr.com, has developed an adapter that contains connections to draw fluid and return fluid from a hydraulic reservoir. The adapter fits between the reservoir and filler breather. It comes with the hardware to mount the adapter to a standard filler-breather port on a reservoir and provides a mounting surface for mounting a standard filler breather on top of it.
The benefit of the adapter is a pair of SAE -12 ports that each lead to a ¾ in. vertical tube that extends into the hydraulic fluid in the reservoir. One tube can be used for suction and the other for return, simply by connecting suction and return lines to the respective port.
The adapter makes it easy to tap into an existing hydraulic system to add an auxiliary circuit or an off-line filtration circuit (kidney loop). The ports can also be used for adding fresh fluid to the reservoir without having to remove the filler breather cap—which would open the reservoir to atmosphere, especially if the cap is inadvertently left off.
Nell says the adapter can immediately pay for itself several times over just by reducing the labor costs otherwise associated with conventional methods requiring installation of tee fittings.
For more information on the adapter, contact Tom Nell at [email protected].
