Overview

Rotary Union and ROTOCON Slip Ring Combinations for an All-in-One Solution

  • Our rotary unions are available standalone or paired with ROTOCON slip rings for an all-in-one rotary fluid and electrical transfer solution
  • Standard and custom-engineered rotary unions tailored to your exact application requirements
  • Enables simultaneous transfer of electrical signals / power and various media types, including water, steam, chemicals, coolant, gas, mud, cement, cryogenics, oils, and more

For applications requiring both electrical and fluid transfer while rotating, Meridian Laboratory provides fully integrated rotary union and slip ring solutions. Our extensive selection of standard rotary unions is designed to accommodate a wide range of industries and applications. Additionally, we offer customized configurations to meet specific needs, including factors such as passage count, media type, pressure, speed, temperature, and electrical requirements.

With precision engineering and robust sealing technology, our rotary union and ROTOCON slip ring combinations deliver reliable, maintenance-free performance, ensuring uninterrupted operation in even the most demanding environments.

Advantages

Why choose Rotary Union and ROTOCON Brushless Slip Ring Combinations?

ROTARY UNION & ROTOCON SLIP RING COMBINATIONS

Meridian Laboratory provides fully integrated rotary union and ROTOCON electrical slip ring combinations, enabling the seamless transfer of fluids, electrical power & signals in a single assembly. Designed for easy integration, these solutions ensure reliable performance from a single source.

STANDARD & CUSTOM SOLUTIONS

Meridian Laboratory provides standard rotary unions that integrate with a wide range of ROTOCON electrical slip rings. For specialized applications, we also offer fully customized rotary solutions, designed and manufactured to meet your exact specifications—ensuring efficiency in both cost and lead time.

EFFICIENT SOLUTIONS FOR ALL VOLUMES

Meridian Laboratory is committed to supporting your needs at every stage, from initial prototyping to full-scale production. Whether you require a single unit or high-volumes, our expertise ensures cost-effective solutions with optimized lead times to keep your project on track.

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FAQs

Common Questions about Rotary Union Combinations

Do you offer standard rotary unions?

Yes, we offer general purpose rotary unions standalone, or combined with ROTOCON rotary electrical connectors.

Do you offer custom rotary unions?

Yes, we offer the ability to make simple customizations to standard rotary unions – as well as working to deliver completely custom rotary unions to meet your exact specifications and requirements.

Can you integrate a ROTOCON slip ring to our existing rotary union?

Absolutely. Meridian Laboratory offers a wide variety of standard and customized ROTOCON slip rings which can be configured to integrate with your existing rotary unions.

Are rotary unions rebuildable?

Generally speaking, yes – most components on a rotary union can be rebuilt after use.

Customization

Rotary Union and Slip Ring Combination Options

Meridian Laboratory offers rotary unions designed for compatibility with a wide range of media types and pressure requirements, ensuring reliable performance across diverse applications and environments.

  • Supports pressures up to 5000 PSI (34.5MPa)
  • Suitable for air/gas, chemicals, coolants, DI/tap water, food-grade materials, oil/hydraulic fluids, steam, concrete, water/glycol, and more

Standard rotary unions can be customized to fit specific mounting and form factor requirements, ensuring seamless integration into your existing equipment and designs.

  • Flexible mounting and form factor options to easily integrate into existing equipment and designs.
  • Supports rotational speeds up to 15,000 RPM

Rotary unions by Meridian Laboratory can be designed to meet unique and challenging environments for a wide variety of applications and uses.

  • Available in corrosion resistant and high-performance metallic materials to withstand harsh conditions and various media types
  • FDA / H1 Approved lubricants available for food and medical applications.
  • Clean In Place (CIP) Compatibility
  • Custom designs available for environments sensitive to off-gassing.

Rotary unions utilize dynamic seals to securely contain the media passing through them. Factors such as rotational speed, media type, temperature, pressure, and operating environment all influence their performance. Meridian Laboratory offers a range of sealing technologies, customizable to meet the exact requirements of your application for optimal efficiency and reliability.

Meridian Laboratory provides both standard and custom-engineered solutions that integrate rotating electrical power with rotary fluid unions. Our expertise ensures high-quality, reliable solutions tailored to meet the most demanding requirements of customers worldwide.

  • ROTOCON high current rotary grounds combined with rotary unions for grounding rotating welding carousels with shielding gas to the rotating workpiece.
  • ROTOCON multi-channel slip rings combined with rotary unions for providing electrical power and signal to rotary index tables.

APPLICATIONS & USES

Common Uses for Rotary Union and Slip Ring Combinations

Rotary Welding Positioners

Rotary unions are combined with high current ROTOCON rotary grounds to provide an electrical ground circuit along with shielding gas to rotary welding applications.

Semiconductor Wafer Processing

Rotary unions are combined with brushless ROTOCON rotating electrical connectors to pass coolant and other fluids alongside electrical power and signal for accurate measurements and wafer processing.

Indexing Turntables

Rotary unions are combined with brushless ROTOCON slip rings to provide pneumatic and electrical control to devices on the rotating platform of assembly and manufacturing equipment.

Industries

Industries that use Rotary Union and Slip Ring Combinations

heavy equipment digging

Semiconductor

Application & Uses

  • Chemical Mechanical Planarization (CMP)
  • Ingot Production
  • Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD)
oil gas building

Food and Beverage

Application & Uses

  • Rotary Can Filling Equipment
  • Rotary Bottle Capping Machinery
  • Blending & Mixing Systems
welding sparks

Manufacturing & Production

Application & Uses

  • Rotary Indexing Tables
  • Slurry Mixing Equipment
  • Rotational Packaging Machinery

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