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Comparison of DIN and Tri-clover fittings
Hello. In our brewery we use tri-clover fittings for almost everything. I see DIN connectors appear to be more common in the distilling industry (at least than the brewing industry).
I’m more familiar with tri-clover and would be more comfortable using them for the distillery. Any opinions on how or why of tri-clamp vs. DIN connectors. Some of the quotes I’ve gotten for stills had DIN connectors, and I was going to have them swapped out for tri-clover. Any reason not to do this?
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16 Replies
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A lot of the European equipment comes standard with DIN fittings. We ended up just getting a bunch of DIN to triclamp adapters with teflon gaskets and were way cheaper than getting the pieces switched out by the manufacturers. Unless you were really tight on space I would recommend just getting adapters.
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Assuming you’re in the US, Tri Clamp will be way cheaper, and way the heck more common. Hoses, valves, pumps, etc., will all be tri clamp by default, and you’ll have to search or adapt to DIN, and pay more in the process. DIN is nice in that you can put it on one handed (till you have to tighten it down), but in all other senses doesn’t make much sense. Again, assuming you are based in the US. If you’re in Europe, perhaps it’s more common.
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Din is nice for fixed assemblies, it doesn’t hold a candle to the flexibility of triclamp otherwise.
Camlock is an interesting option for hoses, but like Michael says, most everything is triclamp by default.
They do make spring clip triclamp clamps that does make tricky connections easier when you don’t have a third hand.
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Worked at a winery/distillery that used camlock; pain in the ass having sexed fittings.
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If you are an American, you should resist ALL of the Metric System with every Fiber of your being……
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This ^ We use camlocks for transfer hoses. We have males on the vessels and females on the hose ends. It helps but it’s still a pain.
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Nope. Most of it makes way more sense.
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There is no question that it is an international Communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids.
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Why? I’m old enough that they didn’t teach the metric system when I went to school, however I taught myself. Since it’s based on 10 it is simple to learn. All that you have to do is understand the Latin root words.
I can tell you without a doubt that the metric system works really well when it comes to engineering, design drawing, science and research. Since the metric system is based on 10, it is so much easier to use and learn. Resisting a system that is in common use in the US is not very smart. You limit yourself in huge ways. If you don’t understand the metric system and don’t want to use it you are making your own life difficult. Basically you are partially illiterate when it comes to quantitative systems of measurement. It’s like not knowing how to read and not wanting to. It makes no sense.
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Have a strict no sex with fittings policy…
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Paul, I take the nonsense you are speaking as a ” Compliment.”
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If you give me one good reason, I’ll consider it
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That’s fine. Please tell us why we should resist the metric system?
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Why are all the crazy people from Utah?
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Because real estate got too expensive in Florida. 🤪
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In my experience they aren’t more or less common, it just depends where the equipment comes from. I used to be a brewer and every German brewhouse I worked with was set up with DIN (it’s the German standard). I’m from the UK originally and everything there is set up with RJT, then I’ve also worked with SMS.
For what it’s worth, even though DIN logically makes the most sense by far (in my opinion), I second the advice to either buy/make converters or ideally just hack off and re-weld any Euro fittings to Tri Clamp. I’ve found it next to impossible to find appropriate ID/OD matches for metric piping in my Italian packaging line here in Canada for one thing, and the fact I have to keep metric and imperial brewing hose around is a pita.
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