How to Choose the Right Swagelok Hose for Your Application
Selecting the right hose for a fluid system application involves more than matching pressure, temperature, and media requirements. Proper hose selection, installation, and lifecycle management can play a significant role in supporting system safety, reliability, and operational efficiency. In this video, you'll learn key factors to consider when choosing a hose, including material compatibility, flexibility, routing requirements, and environmental conditions. Understanding how hose construction impacts performance can help reduce the risk of leakage, premature wear, and unplanned downtime. Swagelok also emphasizes the value of proactive hose management programs, which can help identify aging assemblies, improve maintenance practices, and enhance plant safety.
Video Transcript
A question that comes up quite regularly is, “What kind of hoses does Swagelok have to offer?” In fact, Swagelok offers a wide variety of hoses, from our all-metal hose for critical applications, our PFA core hose for sanitary and biopharma applications, our PTFE hose for severe service and critical applications, our nylon core hose, and our general-service nylon push-on hose. And we just introduced our brand-new, 6,000-pound-rated stainless steel all-metal hose.
Swagelok hoses are available in various sizes, from 2 inch all the way down to 1/8 inch. They are also available with Swagelok end connections, flange end connections, flare connections, tube stubs, male and female pipe, VCO, and VCR.
One question that frequently comes up is, “What kind of hose do I want to use for a vacuum application?” And that depends on the application. If you need a full-flow, smooth-core hose, you may want to consider a PTFE hose. However, you need to consider that PTFE is permeable, and you may have some loss in vacuum. If your vacuum application is more critical, you may want to consider Swagelok’s all-metal hose so there will be no loss of vacuum.
Another question that comes up is in reference to Swagelok general-service PB push-on hose: “Do I need to use a hose clamp?” Swagelok has specifically designed the hose barb in this hose to go along with the rubber hose that we use so that no hose clamp is required. In fact, if you do use a hose clamp, you run the risk of damaging the inner core of the hose.
Swagelok’s hose offering, from all-metal to rubber hose, two inches to 1/8 inch—more products to make your job easier.
