As a local distributor of hydraulic hose assembly, do you sometimes feel confused how to select a hose assembly for your customer? First you need to be familiar with your customers’ equipment system, its working parameter, especially the required working pressure, since as a distributor, you have to ensure its safety using your hose assembly, additionally, you also need to consider its service life, whether it is economical to your clients too. As an end-user, it is same either.
There are many factors we need to consider for customers or for our own-use when selecting a hydraulic hose fitting. But today we only analyze two aspects: 1. What is the difference between one-piece hydraulic hose fitting and two-piece hydraulic hose fitting. 2. Which one is much more beneficial to end-user and how does it do?
One-Piece Hydraulic Hose Fitting:
One-piece hydraulic hose fitting is an integrated hose fitting, in short, the ferrule is pre-crimped on the hose fitting at the factory. One-piece hydraulic hose fittings are normally applied for basic applications and quick assemblies due to its advantages:
- The ferrule would not slip out of alignment.
- No need take much time to select ferrules to match hose fitting.
- Save operation cost and time for distributors and end-users.
Two-Piece Hydraulic Hose Fitting:
The most apparent feature of two-piece hydraulic hose fitting is to provide wider selection of hose and fittings since end-user can crimp hose assembly at their own facility. Of course, you have to prepare at least a crimping machine at your factory, and stock enough fittings to meet different sizes, working pressure requirement.
- Large quantity fittings, hose and machine increase operational cost.
- It is easy to make installation mistake from thousands hose fittings sizes.
- Unstable quality level hose assembly from various crimping machine.
Which one is much better to distributors and end-users?
We can’t simply say which one is better, just analyze it from aspects of 1.final application, 2.identity as a distributor, repair shop, equipment supplier, etc. 3.cost factor.
As an end-user, for an instance, you are a mine field company, the specification of the hydraulic hose fitting assembly you need for correlatively machines are limited, therefore from this point, one-piece fitting is more suitable.
If you are a distributor in local market, and your clients are from various industries, that would refer to many hose fittings standards, in that case, it is suggested you prepare sufficient stock for selection, two-piece will absolutely become the first choice.
As a aftermarket repair service, or an equipment supplier, installation time, downtime, whether a replacement hose fitting assembly could provide equal service life, is it safety to site-scene workers, are also factors need to be considered.
We encourage our clients who received our samples to do a strict quality testing if their test equipment allows. Though it would take as long as to three months to finish the test, but that is the start of our real long-term business.
The quality testing is suggested to conduct from three aspects: 1. Sealing test: if there is any leaking there during a fixed period time. 2. Hardness test: if the material can meet environmental requirement. 3. Working pressure test: particularly the influence to hose assembly from pressure surge need to be noticed.
If you are interested in our line of hydraulic hose fittings, contact our sales engineer to get the latest catalog.
