Tips & How To's

Care & Maintenance of Hose Products

Hose is a critical yet often overlooked link in most transfer applications. A hose or coupling failure may result in bodily injury, property damage, and/or a significant loss of the product being conveyed...
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How To Measure Threads Guide

Get out your thread gauge kit, it's time to measure some threads...
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Identifying Types & Causes of Hose Failure

1) Mis-application - Perhaps the greatest cause of failure is using a hose, fitting, or clamp in an application that it is not designed for...
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How to Measure “Overall Length” (OAL)

When assembling a hose, it is important to note when the “overall length” (OAL) is critical. In most industrial applications (such as water or general purpose) the OAL is not critical, but in many hydraulic applications the OAL can be critical due to space restrictions.
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How to Determine ‘Offset Angles’

There are two ways to determine "offset angles"; Far End Reference (Measured Clockwise) & Near End Reference (Measured Counter-Clockwise)...
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Hose Installation Instructions

Systems should be designed/engineered to allow for changes in length due to machine motion, vibration, pressures, temperatures, and basic tolerances...
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