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How do you identify fitting thread types?

October 15, 2020 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

Thread-measurement-feature

There are several thread types available when selecting the correct fittings for your pneumatic equipment. Choosing the correct thread type will ensure optimum compatibility with your equipment and avoid malfunction. You will find yourself looking through an endless amount of fitting options, so how do you select the right one? This guide will help you […]

Filed Under: Featured, Fittings, Pneumatic Tagged With: trimantec

Beswick expands adjustable and fixed position elbow fittings

October 1, 2020 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

Beswick Elbow fittings

Beswick Engineering Co. Inc. has expanded its family of adjustable position and fixed position elbow fittings from the common 10-32 UNF thread size to include both smaller and larger thread sizes. In addition to several 10-32 threaded elbow models, the company now offers M3 metric, M5 metric, ¼-28 UNF, 5/16-24 UNF, 1/16 NPT, 1/8 NPT, […]

Filed Under: Fittings, Pneumatic Tagged With: beswick

What measurements are required for hose assembly sizes?

October 1, 2020 By Mary Gannon 1 Comment

Figure 1. Hydraulic hose assembly sizes

With hydraulic hose assemblies, one should consider several measurements to ensure their correct size — ID (inner diameter), OD (outer diameter), and length. Inner diameter is the bore of the hose and the size of the orifice that the fluid has to travel through over a particular length. The OD of the hose could be […]

Filed Under: Accessories, Crimpers, Featured, Fittings, Hose Assembly Blog, Hydraulic hose

Cracking the code on existing pneumatic fittings

June 21, 2020 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

Figure 1. Pneumatic fittings come in a variety of styles and materials with threaded ports or push-to-connect designs to attach pneumatic tubing to valves. All courtesy of AutomationDirect

Here are some tips to properly identify pneumatic fitting and component sizes when working on or retrofitting existing older machines. Contributed by Kevin Kakascik, Technical Marketing Engineer, AutomationDirect It’s just another typical day in your operations office, located right off the manufacturing floor. Demand for the company’s product is very high and the entire production […]

Filed Under: Featured, Fittings, Pneumatic Tagged With: AutomationDirect

High performance from stainless-steel couplings

June 18, 2020 By Ken Korane Leave a Comment

RYCO offers an extensive range of stainless steel couplings and adaptors that accommodate various types of hose while meeting performance, reliability and safety requirements. Stainless steel is a family of alloy steels containing 10.5% or more chromium, which offers high resistance to chemical attack and corrosion, along with strength and durability comparable to standard steel. […]

Filed Under: Fittings, Hydraulic, Industry News Tagged With: Ryco

Thermoplastic hydraulic hose and fittings designed to work together

March 25, 2020 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

eaton synflex optimum thermoplastic hydraulic hose and fittings

Late last year, Eaton launched the Synflex Optimum family of thermoplastic hydraulic hoses and fittings, designed to work together to improve hydraulic system performance, simplify assembly and optimize inventory. This was one of the key lines Eaton would have been exhibiting at IFPE 2020 earlier this month, but they pulled out due to concerns over […]

Filed Under: Fittings, Hydraulic, Hydraulic hose, Thermoplastic Tagged With: eaton

Stainless Hose Fittings joins Harbour Group family of companies

February 7, 2020 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

Stainless Hose fittings logo

In only its second acquisition of a company in the hose assemblies space, the Harbour Group of companies has acquired Stainless Hose Fittings (SHF Inc.). Harbour Group is a privately owned, operations focused company based in St. Louis, Mo. It also owns Reelcraft. Its companies are engaged in manufacturing and distribution across diverse industries including […]

Filed Under: Fittings Tagged With: stainlesshosefittings

Designing with hydraulic fittings and couplings on mobile machinery

February 6, 2020 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

Adaptall hydraulic fittings and couplings

By Josh Cosford, Contributing Editor Hydraulic fittings and couplings get taken for granted, especially with mobile machinery, where profit margin can overshadow design. The reality is that fittings and couplers are as crucial to the design of a machine as are the pumps, valves and actuators. Let’s consider what makes a hydraulic fitting functional: it […]

Filed Under: Couplings, Fittings, Hydraulic, Hydraulic

Midland Industries and Wynnchurch Capital add Stainless Adapters to platform

January 8, 2020 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

Midland Industries logo

Wynnchurch Capital LLC and Midland Industries announced the completed acquisition of Stainless Adapters Inc., (SAI), a Houston-based manufacturer of premium stainless steel hydraulic adapters and pipe fittings servicing the oil and gas, marine, manufacturing, construction, carwash, automotive and agriculture industries worldwide. Michael Baker, SAI CEO, will join Midland Industries as General Manager of the new […]

Filed Under: adapters, Fittings Tagged With: midlandindustries

Product guide simplifies tubing and barbed fitting installation, removal

November 11, 2019 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

Beswick barb fitting and tubing removal guide

Tubing assembly and removal may seem simple, perhaps even trivial, until you have to do it yourself or you are responsible for writing assembly instructions. This is why Beswick has created its “How to install and remove polyurethane tubing when using barbed style fittings” product guide. It provides step-by-step installation and removal tips, complete with […]

Filed Under: Fittings, Pneumatic Tagged With: beswick

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