Meet the TITAN™ Swing Connect Saddle
Meet the TITAN™ Swing Connect Saddle
Picture this: You’re knee deep in a service line installation carefully positioning a saddle in place. But just as you’re about to insert the bolt, it slips through your grasp and disappears into the ditch below. After a frustrating search, you find the bolt only to discover that the threads are now caked with mud, compromising the integrity of the joint.
A.Y. McDonald’s newest innovation, called the TITAN™ Swing Connect Saddle, leaves conventional saddles in the dust. Unlike regular saddles with loose bolts that are easily lost or damaged, our TITAN Swing Connect Saddle is available with a TITAN™ bolt that comes pre-attached on a pivoting joint. This bolt includes an integrated plastic break away bolt head designed to break of at a new higher torque of 9-11 ft. pounds of torque, thus eliminating over-torquing when installing a service saddle. With the bolt and saddle perfectly aligned, cross threading is now a thing of the past.
In addition, the TITAN™ Swing Connect Saddle also has a machined slot in the foot of the saddle that makes installation faster and more convenient. Just slide it over your water main, swing the saddle shut, pivot the TITAN™ bolt in place, and tighten the connection using any method you’d like. Once the correct torque is reached, the injection molded limiting torque will break off and you’re done.
Just like the TITAN™ bolt range, the TITAN™ Swing Connect Saddle is available on the Hinge Saddle (4”, 6”, and 8”) 3/4” and 1” taps. Learn more about this innovative solution by calling our customer service department at 1-800-292-2737 or filling out a contact us form.