Industrial Hose Replacement: Core Tube Material Considerations
Industrial Hose Replacement: Core Tube Material Considerations
Jordan Hancock is the Hose Advisory Specialist here at Swagelok Calgary. His advice to customers? Spend more time thinking about one of the most overlooked (and potentially costly) areas of your operation – hose assemblies.
Hose selection requires making choices around the materials of construction that make up a hose assembly, while also paying close attention to the variables in your application. One of the main considerations is that of core tube material. Doug Nordstrom, Swagelok Senior Product Manager for Hose, takes a deep dive into hose core tube materials and addresses several key questions to consider.
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Don’t make hose a complex and convoluted issue at your facility – follow these simple steps to simplify hose:
- Conduct an application audit: Swagelok can assist by walking your facility with you to formally document different hose/assembly types.
- Set a preventative maintenance schedule: By monitoring hoses and forecasting their future life, companies can reduce the risk of injury and downtime. Scheduled shutdowns are an ideal time to inspect and replace hoses pre-emptively.
- Standardize on fewer selections: Customers often have multiple applications where the same hose can be used, but they are unaware of it. By standardizing sizes, lengths, and end-connections across your operation, it's possible to greatly reduce the number of critical spares needed and lower your costs at the same time. An on-site audit is the best place to start.
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