Extending Hose Service Life

Is extending hose service life important to your operation? Amazon Hose and Rubber Company is a proud distributor of Atlantex Manufacturing (pictured left) and Eaton Weatherhead, hose protection products. We offer several options to help protect and increase the service life expectancy of your hydraulic and industrial hoses by using hose sleeves and guards.

Common applications for these products include Thermal Protection, Wear Protection, Splash Protection, Impact Protection and Kink Resistance.

Thermal Protection characteristics are:

• Self-extinguishing thick-walled insulating sleeve for excellent thermal protection
• Sheds molten metal splash and resists direct flame impingement
• Lightweight and highly flexible composite protective sleeve with exceptional elasticity
• Will not melt, burn, or support combustion- does not emit toxic smoke
• Resistant to hydraulic fluids, fuels, lubricating oil, and water
• Extends service life of assemblies and provides personnel protection

The maximum continuous working temperature for the Thermal Protection sleeve is 500º F (260º C), and the short term working temperature is rated at 2200º F (1200º C). All of these features help extend the service life of your hoses.

The material composition includes:

• Highly texturized E-Glass fiber
• Tightly braided insulating substrate
• High-temperature Silicone polymer
• Various colored coatings available

Other protections for wear are the spring guard product from Eaton Weatherhead (pictured right), it is another great way to help protect against hose abrasion and impact. Spring guards should be considered for applications that call for tough, steel armor protection. They offer heavy-duty defense against cuts and abrasion, with the added benefit of kink resistance and the ability to mold hose assembly routing for applications requiring tight bends. Visual inspection of hoses are possible with this open-pitched product. They are made of hot dipped Galvanized steel, chemically treated and oiled. Below are the spring guard specs from Eaton Weatherhead:

Guard                  Package                          Wire
I.D.                        Length (ft)                     Diameter                     Pitch
0.532                      100                                       0.063                                0.188
0.532                      20                                         0.063                                0.188
0.532                      100                                       0.063                                0.188
0.532                      20                                         0.063                                 0.188
0.610                      100                                       0.063                                 0.188
0.610                      20                                         0.063                                 0.188
0.660                      100                                       0.080                                 0.188
0.660                      20                                         0.080                                 0.188
0.750                      100                                       0.080                                 0.188
0.750                      20                                         0.080                                  0.188
0.840                      100                                       0.080                                 0.188
0.840                      20                                          0.080                                0.188
0.910                      100                                        0.080                                0.188
0.910                      20                                          0.080                                 0.188
0.990                      100                                        0.080                                 0.188
0.990                      20                                          0.080                                 0.188
1.048                      100                                        0.080                                 0.188
1.048                      20                                          0.080                                  0.188
1.340                      60                                          0.105                                  0.375
1.642                      60                                          0.120                                  0.375
1.880                      60                                          0.120                                   0.375
2.125                      40                                          0.120                                   0.375
2.300                      40                                          0.120                                   0.375

The utilization of the proper hose protection products will result in longer service life of your hose with minimum down-time. Whenever you have heat, abrasion or high impact issues, please give us a call so we can help you with the proper recommendations or contact us online at www.AmazonHose.com!