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When should you use brass fluid power fitting materials?

June 4, 2025 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

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Editor’s Note: This is the first in a multi-part series on materials used in fluid power fittings. We will cover carbon steel, stainless steel, brass and plastic. By Josh Cosford, Contributing Editor Brass is an alloy primarily made of copper and zinc, and depending on the formulation, it may also contain small amounts of lead […]

Filed Under: Featured, Fittings, Pneumatic

A primer on hose fittings materials

May 23, 2025 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

Forged steel fittings

By: Josh Cosford, Contributing Editor Editor’s Note: This is the first in a multi-part series on materials used in fluid power hose fittings. We will cover carbon steel, stainless steel, brass and plastic. Fittings and adapters used in fluid power are manufactured using various materials selected by designers to suit the specific needs of the […]

Filed Under: adapters, Featured, Fittings, Hydraulic, Pneumatic

Synflex 3TMH thermoplastic hydraulic hose for material handling

April 15, 2025 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

Synflex by Danfoss. 3TMH thermoplastic hydraulic hose

Danfoss Power Solutions today announced the launch of its Synflex by Danfoss 3TMH thermoplastic hydraulic hose. The hose is designed to bring superior performance to material handling machinery such as telehandlers, boom lifts, scissor lifts, and more. Synflex 3TMH hose offers excellent durability and reliability. The hose is 10 times more abrasion resistant than comparable […]

Filed Under: Featured, Hydraulic hose Tagged With: danfosspowersolutions

What’s the difference between seamless and welded hydraulic tubing?

April 4, 2025 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

seamless tube milling

By Josh Cosford, Contributing Editor There are two major players in the hydraulic tubing game, and depending on who you ask, there might be two and a half, but I’ll get to that later. If you’re like me, you’ve heard of both seamless and welded tubes yet had no idea what made them different. Hopefully, […]

Filed Under: Featured, Pipe and tube

How should you store hydraulic hose?

April 4, 2025 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

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By Josh Cosford, Contributing Editor Proper storage of your training and test stand hydraulic hose is crucial to maintaining its performance and longevity. Neglecting best practices can lead to premature hose failure, inconvenient leaks, and even safety risks. This article outlines the key considerations and recommendations for storing hydraulic hoses effectively. Because hydraulic hoses are […]

Filed Under: Featured, Hose Assembly Blog, Hydraulic hose

Spir Star marks 30th anniversary in May

March 25, 2025 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

Spir Star Ltd celebrates its 30th anniversary in May.

Spir Star Ltd. announces its 30th anniversary beginning May 19, as a provider of specialty high pressure hose products to the waterblast, oil & gas, hydraulic, hydrogen, and automotive industries. Spir Star manufactures high pressure hoses, adapters, valves, and quick disconnects with working pressures up to 60,000 psi. From humble beginnings in 1981 as part […]

Filed Under: Featured, Hydraulic hose Tagged With: spirstar

App simplifies hose assembly management for distributors and OEMs

February 21, 2025 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

The Goldleaf App allows users to select hydraulic hose. Here, a menu shows pricing and inventory available.

For hose distributors and users, specifying, designing and selling multiple assemblies can be a time-consuming task, as one must review multiple pieces of data before creating a full order. But a new software program, the Goldleaf App, promises to transform the way distributors and OEMs manage, configure, and quote their hydraulic hose assemblies. The app […]

Filed Under: Featured, Hose Assembly Blog Tagged With: goldleafapp

How does fluid selection affect hose assemblies?

February 6, 2025 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

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By Josh Cosford, Contributing Editor Hydraulic hoses are constructed from a combination of soft polymers and wire reinforcements, most commonly made from high-tensile steel. Although the choice of hydraulic fluid plays little role in the degradation of steel, the materials chosen for the inner tube and outer cover are affected by the fluid you run […]

Filed Under: Featured, Hydraulic hose

A review of push-to-connect pneumatic fittings

January 28, 2025 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

By Josh Cosford, Contributing Editor Push-to-connect fittings are a staple in pneumatic systems worldwide. Earlier pneumatic compression fittings using nuts and sleeves were more complicated and fussy, with no standard between manufacturers to allow interchangeability. If you needed to replace a sleeve, for example, you were often limited to a few manufacturers offering the same […]

Filed Under: Featured, Fittings, Pneumatic

When should you use welded or bolted flange connection systems?

December 6, 2024 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

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By Josh Cosford, Contributing Editor There are three ways to plumb a hydraulic system — rigid systems, flexible systems or a combination of the two. Rigid systems include pipe and various forms of tube, while flexible systems are assembled using only hydraulic hose. Most machines today are created using a combination of fixed plumbing, where […]

Filed Under: Featured, Fittings

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