Hose & Hose Accessory Industry Blog

The goal of a game of basketball is simple: get the ball into the hoop to score your team points, and the team with the most points at the end of the time wins. Pretty easy right? On the surface the game is very simple, and can be easily understood by just watching. But the more you dig into it, the more you see and understand all the nuances of the sport that make it exciting and interesting to watch and play. All of these idiosyncrasies have names and acronyms to describe them, which make it easier for a group of fans or athletes to communicate (read: yell) with each other. But for those of us who are not so familiar, myself included, listening to a conversation between a bunch of super-fans can start to sound like a foreign language and can quickly get confusing.

When it comes to industrial products and applications, much of the discussion is focused on how to pair the right product and the right application. There are so many different manufacturers of components that offer different features and benefits to suit the huge variety of factors that can affect plant components regardless of the industry. Vibration, corrosion, media consideration, service life, flow velocities, fluid dynamics…there are too many to list here! But what often gets ignored is how to handle and store those products before they ever get put into service.

Hose applications can be tricky, and misapplying or improperly installing a hose can severely limit it's ability to perform in service and can reduce it's lifespan. Erik Kane from Hose Master explains some key “Do’s and Don’ts” for maximizing your hose life and personnel safety in part 2 of this video series.

Hose applications can get pretty complicated, but even with the best-designed hose assembly, factors that we face in the field can make it really hard to properly install an assembly. Erik Kane from Hose Master explains some key “Do’s and Don’ts” for maximizing your hose life and personnel safety in part 1 of this new video series.

Lateral offset hose applications are one of the most commonly encountered hose installations. Whether it’s used to compensate for moving equipment, misalignment in a piping system, or as a temporary connection for an emergency or maintenance situation, lateral offsets play a big part in metal hose applications.

In the world of material transfer systems there are two main ways to get materials from point “A” to point “B”, either via a mechanical system (conveyors, tracks, belts) or through a pneumatic system. Pneumatic systems offer several benefits for conveying materials, and the design of these systems are largely dependent on the type of materials being transferred. However, if you’ve already decided that a pneumatic material transfer system (or troubleshooting one for any reason) is the one for you, pneumatic conveying systems operate in one of two different transfer modes, dilute or dense phase.