Swagelok Hose Advantage
Six Ways Swagelok can Help with your Hose Application
Consider having the design advantage, safety benefits of having fewer connections, and cost reduction gained from using flexible hose.
What benefits come from having fewer connections?
- Lower cost of material and labour
- Reduced risk of leakage
- Less chance of pressure drop
- Less chance for system media entrapment
Rigid materials, such as piping and tubing, must be installed straight, perpendicular, or at angles cut perfectly to the exact lengths required. Compound directions require exact lengths and numerous connections. Because hose lends itself to convenient bending and routing, system designers can eliminate many of the connections required when using rigid materials.
Swagelok Advantage
You want a local resource with global capabilities. How fast do you need it? We stock a range of high quality hose and tubing products that can be built and customized in our local hose assembly cell for all your fluid system needs.
Your hose is built to specification, this time and every time. Everything we do is rooted in “One Swagelok,” and our local hose assembly facility is no different. Every Swagelok hose we produce is assembled using standard equipment, the same tight tolerances, and the same high-quality standards and standard work practices.
You get innovations in end connections from the company that does them well. For many PTFE and PFA core assemblies, Swagelok uses a proprietary crimp design technology to permanently attach end connections to hose. This new crimping technology works so well that 
Our 360-degree radial crimping machine is computer controlled to ensure repeatable dimensions. Multiple dies compress the crimp collar to proprietary specifications. These specifications factor in the manufacturing tolerances of the three components (hose, crimp collar, and end connections) to ensure complete and consistent assembly.
Swagelok provides all-metal hose assemblies as well. These are exclusively manufactured at our corporate manufacturing facility to exact specifications. Whether welded manually, or with Swagelok’s proprietary weld technology, each assembly is as consistent as the last.
Our push-on PB series hose can be assembled in the field, without the use of hose clamps due to the unique design of the hose barb and reinforcement within Swagelok PB series hose.
You can use identification to your advantage. Customize your hoses with variety of available tags and text. Personnel can see the hose function at a glance, which helps safety and plant efficiency. Further, when hose replacement is deemed necessary, replacements are easy to identify and procure.
We give your hose traceability. Swagelok offers fully traceable products, and this feature is standard on many Swagelok hose assemblies.
We can lower your cost of ownership. Make decisions based on the true cost of a hose, which is the purchase price plus the cost of owning and maintaining or replacing the assembly over time. All hoses wear out – this is fact. Determine how often hose replacement will be necessary and calculate the cost of replacement parts, labour and downtime.
Need help? Our Hose Advisory Specialist is available for consultation to review your facility goals.