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What is skiving, and when should you use it on your hose assemblies?

December 3, 2020 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

Skived hose Image courtesy of Uniflex

Skiving is removing the outer cover at the end of a hydraulic hose in the location of the crimp fitting. For some high-pressure applications, the hose’s inner tube ID may be skived to allow the hosetail to better fit. Using a specialized machine with externally rotating mandrels, the tooling cuts and then peels the outer […]

Filed Under: Accessories, Crimpers, Featured, Hydraulic hose, Rubber

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

USCG-accepted high-temperature hose for medium and high-pressures

September 8, 2020 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

Kurt Hydraulics High-Temperature-hydraulic Hose and Couplings

Kurt Hydraulics introduces two new lines of US Coast Guard (USCG) accepted high temperature hose. Kurt High Temp Hydraulic Hose (SAE R16 DIN EN 853) — Recommended for high pressure, high temperature hydraulic oil lines, this Kurt hose handles both high pressure, high temperature applications. It is SAEJ1942 USCG accepted hydraulic only. It features two […]

Filed Under: Featured, Hydraulic hose, Rubber Tagged With: kurthydraulics

Continental introduces eco-friendly hose

August 13, 2020 By Ken Korane Leave a Comment

The Continental business unit of ContiTech has introduced a new eco-friendly garden hose called EcoRubber that uses sugar cane ethylene, rather than petroleum-based products, thereby reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 85%. It is reportedly the first plant-based polymer hose in the world. “Continental is paving the way of a circular economy by consistently evaluating renewable […]

Filed Under: Featured, Hydraulic hose, Industry News, Uncategorized Tagged With: continental

Hydraulic hose expertise helps a customer fulfill his green-living dream

July 28, 2020 By Mary Gannon 1 Comment

Power Drives Inc hydraulic hose expertise

Power Drives Inc., a manufacturer and distributor specializing in fluid transference and filtration, was faced with a unique challenge when a customer came into one of their Express Hose Centers with the intention of fully restoring a 1960 Case 430 backhoe loader. The customer was looking to bring the tractor back to its former shape […]

Filed Under: Featured, Hose Assembly Blog, Hydraulic hose Tagged With: powerdrivesinc

How are clamping systems used in fluid power?

May 20, 2020 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

Stauff-Clamps-feature

From a fluid power design perspective, the circuit and subsequent major components take the majority of the focus. Actuators, valves, pumps and conditioning components rightfully take center stage, leaving accessory components out of the design stage and left for the technicians to worry about during fabrication. However, factoring all parts – no matter how insignificant […]

Filed Under: Featured, Hydraulic hose, Pipe and tube

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

IFPE Download: Heat-shrink hose assembly sealing system prevents contamination

March 11, 2020 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

Ultra Clean's Clean Seal System

At IFPE 2020 this week, Ultra Clean Technologies is highlighting its Clean Seal System to protect cleaned hoses, tubes and pipes. The Clean Seal System heat-shrinks a Clean Seal Capsule tightly around assemblies and utilizes just 11 sizes for most needs. This eliminates possible re-contamination that is problematic with traditional capping and plugging methods. Re-contamination […]

Filed Under: Accessories, Featured, Hydraulic hose Tagged With: ultraclean

Manuli Rubber Industries and Ryco announce merger

February 3, 2020 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

Manuli Rubber merges with Ryco

In yet more fluid power consolidation news, Manuli Rubber Industries SpA (MRI), headquartered in Milan, and RYCO Hydraulics Pty Ltd (RYCO), headquartered in Melbourne, today jointly announced that MRI has completed the acquisition of a majority shareholding in RYCO. MRI will merge its wholly owned Manuli Hydraulics and Fluiconnecto divisions with RYCO to provide an […]

Filed Under: Hydraulic hose, Industry News Tagged With: manulihydraulics

NewAge Industries introduces phthalate-free Clearflo 70 tubing

January 22, 2020 By Paul Heney Leave a Comment

New from plastic tubing manufacturer NewAge Industries is Clearflo 70 PVC tubing, a phthalate-free product. Clearflo 70 was developed in response to customers’ interest in fluid transfer products that do not contain leachable phthalates such as DEHP (Di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate) or BPA (bisphenol A). Some studies indicate that phthalates – chemicals used to make certain plastic […]

Filed Under: Hydraulic hose Tagged With: newageindustries

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