Kurt Hydraulics line of 6W Couplings combined with high pressure braided hose are ideally suited for applications that require high pressure capabilities and temperature ranges from -40° F to 250° F for the Oil, Mining, and Heavy Off-Road Equipment Industry. The Kurt 6W Couplings are a one-piece, bite the wire crimp coupling with non-skive design […]
Hydraulic hose
Smart hydraulic hose provides easy condition monitoring
A little more than three years ago, Eaton Corp.’s Hydraulics division announced a breakthrough technology with its LifeSense Hose, a smart hydraulic hose condition-monitoring system that detects failure-related events in a hose and sends notices that the product is approaching the end of its useful life. While I was at Eaton’s Distributor Meeting last fall, […]
The lowdown on hydraulic hose
By Josh Cosford Early hydraulic systems were installed on large machines, which meant they were stationary beasts—and as a result, their plumbing systems could be hard-piped. When someone discovered the usefulness of hydraulic actuators weren’t limited to stationary machines, the first hydraulic hoses had to be invented to allow motion between two points of movement, […]