Thread Identification kits are available for countless styles of hydraulic hose fittings, particularly for common styles and sizes, for example, NPT, SAE, metric and BSPP fittings. These kits are designed to reduce confusion between different styles of fittings, which have fairly similar threads. They’re also used to differentiate between male and female fittings. Although fittings […]
Fittings
How do I specify hydraulic hose fittings?
Hydraulic hose fittings connect hoses to pumps, valves, cylinders and other components used throughout a hydraulic system. These secure connections help contain and direct the flow of hydraulic fluid to where it is needed while preventing leaks and safely maintaining pressure. Experts say that it pays to differentiate the hose from a completed hose assembly. […]
Stainless-steel hydraulic hose fittings
Volz, with headquarters in Deilingen, Germany, manufactures a wide range of hydraulic hose fittings, as well as tube fittings and adapters, in both zinc-nickel coated carbon steel and corrosion-resistant stainless steel. The company’s stainless-steel hose fittings and ferrules are made from V4A materials—1.4571 (316 Ti) stainless steel. The materials are 100% traceable to the smelting […]
Extensive fitting family from Tieffe for rubber hoses
Hydraulic hose fittings from Tieffe, Cura Carpignano, Italy come in a number of series of one-piece (precrimped) and two-piece no-skive fittings. And they are available in a wide range of sizes for hose IDs from 3⁄16 to 2 in. (5 to 51 mm). Tieffe fittings are designed to handle rubber hoses with steel-wire braided reinforcement […]
New twist on JIC fittings
Engineers at Ryco, Houston Tex., have developed the JSEAL hose fitting, a JIC fitting that reportedly meets or exceeds the performance of O-ring face seal (ORFS) fittings. The design features a convex female seat that is engineered for use with any male JIC fitting. Due to a repositioned strike zone away from the male tip, […]
Braided and spiral hose fitting
Interpump Hydraulic Connectors, Muncie, Ind., supplies a complete line of hydraulic hoses and both one-piece, no-skive fittings for spiral and braided hose; and two-piece fittings in external skive and no-skive variations. The fittings come in numerous sizes and configurations. As just one example, the one-piece G series fittings offer end connections such as NPTF thread, […]
Spiral-hose fittings are suited for high-pressure hydraulic systems
Eaton, Eden Prairie, Minn. offers the 4S/6S series of spiral hose fittings, which are said to feature major advancements that help provide a robust, practical and complete engineered hose-assembly system. The fittings are designed for high-pressure hydraulic systems commonly found in mobile and industrial equipment used in the machine building, mining, construction and agriculture markets. […]
Streamlined hydraulic hose fitting line
ContiTech, with North American headquarters in Fairlawn, Ohio, manufactures an extensive range of low-, medium- and high-pressure fittings for braided, spiral and thermoplastic hose. They come in thread ends that meet all common specifications, including SAE, NPTF, JIC, British Standard, DIN, JIS, and API; and in end styles that include straights, swivels, elbow,s and flanges. […]
Bridgestone HosePower acquires Seattle-based Fittings Inc.
Bridgestone HosePower, a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Bridgestone Corp., today announced it is expanding its hose solutions business in the Pacific Northwest by acquiring Fittings Inc., a hydraulic and industrial hose sales and service company based in Seattle, becoming one of the largest networks specializing in hose sales and service in the United States. According […]
Miniature 10-32 compression fitting for use with 1/32-in. OD tubing from Beswick
Reducing dead-volume and overall component size to improve product performance can by achieved by switching to smaller diameter tubing. You may have considered switching from 1/8 or 1/16 in. OD tubing to ultra-miniature 1/32 in. OD tubing but have not switched yet because you were not certain how to connect to the smaller 1/32 in. […]