From Hose Selection to Hose Maintenance, here's everything you need to know about your hose

Step 1: Consideration | Is your hose STAMPED?

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. Despite its importance, hose selection is often treated as an afterthought. Proper hose selection starts with an understanding of the four main components of a hose:

• Core tube materials and construction
• Reinforcement layers
• Covers
• End connections

Several other variables must also be considered and evaluated - when you're ready to select the right hose, it often helps to use the STAMPED approach - Size, Temperature, Application, Material, Pressure, End Connections, and Delivery - to ensure you're specifying the correct hose for your application.

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Step 2: Purchase & Delivery

Utilizing state-of-the-art machining, tooling and standard work procedures, we locally manufacture, test, and deliver custom length Swagelok hose. Customized tags make for easy identification and each hose is hydrostatically tested for quality assurance. Better yet, many hoses can be made from our standard inventory to be available as early as same day for your just-in-time requirement.

Step 3: Installation | Installer's Pocket Guide for Swagelok Hoses

Hose installation can be more complex than you think. For example, some systems may have moving components, or experience high levels of vibration, and it helps to know the proper installation method for those applications. You can find information on hose and flexible tubing installation and use, by clicking here.

Our 161-page hose pocket guide is designed to help make your hose selection experience as seamless as possible. Throughout the hose guide, you will find a variety of information and tools including an overview of Swagelok® hoses, hose specifications, handling and installation instructions, applications, and more.

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Step 4: Creating a Maintenance Plan

Knowing the right time to replace hoses in a plant is a common concern among many of Swagelok's customers and for good reason. Waiting too long can greatly increase your risk of a failure, possibly leading to a safety issue and unplanned downtime. Replacing too early, while not a safety risk, can be costly in terms of time and money. Read our whitepaper on how Creating a Hose Maintenance Plan Could Save Your Plant Thousands.

Follow these simple steps to realize longer hose service life:

1. Identify all your hoses
2. Track the life cycle of each hose
3. Follow inspection and replacement protocols
4. Analyze your data
5. Be prepared with spares

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