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Hoses & Fittings
Hydraulic hose, fittings and adapters — wire-braid, spiral, compact and thermoplastic hose, crimp fittings and ferrules, SAE J518 flanges, quick couplers, and DIN 2353, BSP, JIC 37°, ORFS, metric and NPT thread forms. Carbon steel and SS316L.
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Safety & HSE
Hydraulic fluid injection injury: why a pinhole is a surgical emergency
A high-pressure leak can inject fluid through skin from a hole you cannot see. The entry wound looks trivial and the damage underneath is not. What it is, why it is missed, and what to do in the first hour.
4 min read
Thread & fitting identification
BSPP vs BSPT: why a parallel thread needs a seal and a tapered one does not
They share a thread form and a size designation, and they do not seal the same way. How to tell them apart on the bench, and what happens when they are mixed.
3 min read
Thread & fitting identification
How to identify any hydraulic fitting in four steps
Four thread families cover almost everything on a machine in the Gulf. Here is how to tell them apart with a caliper and a thread gauge — and why two of them will thread together and still leak.
5 min read