A new durable cover for hoses has been developed that offers sturdy protection against the impacts of harsh environments.
Hoses are critical components in hydraulic systems used in various types of equipment, from industrial machinery to construction vehicles.
So it’s important that they are protected from impact damage from external factors, particularly in harsh working environments.
For a long time, the best alternative for rugged applications has been to use expensive hose guarding or complicated routings to protect the hose, both of which are less than ideal and incur extra handling and additional labour costs.
Reducing maintenance time and expense is important. If a hydraulic hose can last longer, productivity increases, leading to savings across the board.
But there’s a better way of damage control than using clumsy guards, or complex bend radius and clamping configurations which add to the weight.
The Hose Products Division of Parker Hannifin Corporation, the global leader in motion and control technologies, has developed a hose cover that offers sturdy protection against the roughest of elements.
Parker has long led the way when it comes to providing durable, long-lasting hydraulic hoses, with its product line renowned for its sturdiness, radius flexibility, resistance to temperature, bursting and impulse pressures, and chemical compatibility.
With more than 100 years of engineering excellence in a wide range of diversified industrial and aerospace markets, Parker has acquired the engineering expertise and a broad range of core technologies that helped uniquely position the company to help solve the world’s most significant engineering challenges.
Parker designed the Global Core range, consisting of six hydraulic hoses and two fittings series, which provided the first comprehensive hose and fitting system that encompasses the most common constant working pressure classes.
The Critical Protection Hose Cover is the latest addition to this range, which is fast establishing a new standard for hose failure prevention.
What makes this cover unique is the combination of impact and abrasion resistance, making it the ideal choice in any application where the hose is exposed and could be subject to external damage.
Imagine, for example, if rocks fell onto hoses out in open terrain; without adequate protection, they would split the covering and break reinforcement layers, leading to hose failure.
Parker’s CP cover for hoses, developed from bullet-proof body armour and using shear-thickening fluids (nano technology), offers protection against such impacts, without the need for operators to use spiral guards and other similar forms of wraps and sleeves.
The weather-resistant, black synthetic cover is embedded with an orange nylon leno fabric, a weave in which two warp yarns are woven around the weft to provide a strong yet sheer product.
The covers have been extensively tested in the field, where they have demonstrated reduced maintenance time and expenses and allowed for increased productivity.
In some applications, hoses with the CP cover had double the life of other abrasion-resistant hoses.
In short, the CP Hose Covers serve customers facing demanding applications without sacrificing hose performance or flexibility.
They are available in sizes 8, 12 and 16 on GlobalCore 487, 777, 787 and 797 hoses. The hose covers are available through
Parker’s national distribution channel of ENZED Service Centres and Hose Doctors, the supplier of choice across a wider range of Australia’s largest industries.
ENZED boasts extensive experience and a strong record of delivering high quality products and services including flexible hose, fittings and adaptors for all hydraulic, pneumatic and industrial machinery.
ENZED’s capability is more than technical know-how and product solutions: it encompasses accreditation, scale, experience, distribution and the dedication of the ENZED network of brick and mortar franchised Service Centres and mobile 24/7 Hose Doctors.
Hose Doctors provide services akin to mechanical house calls, providing onsite maintenance as well as emergency call-out services, helping to maintain plant and equipment efficiently and always at the ready to service and replace all types of industrial and hydraulic hose and fittings.