Karl with Barb-Tech Tools™.
Today, we want to talk a little bit
about a new hose that is out being
used in a lot of industrial automation
applications. I think a lot of robot
applications also, but it's a
polyurethane hose and it's got a slight
finish on the outside.
So we've got a lot of inquiries here
of our Barb-Tech Tools™ about a way to
hold onto this hose and be able to
push fittings in the manufacturer or
actually uses the same fitting is as
the Push-Lock. That is a 3 barb system
that doesn't need a clamp.
It's a lot harder to hold on to and
it's a lot stiffer to be able to push
your fitting into. So one of the
things we've done is come up with a
new clamping system to be able to grab
on to this slippery hose.
And so I kind of want to give you a
little quick little demonstration
today of what we've come up with for
being able to do that. So a couple of
the hoses that we've had requests for,
people that are using.
One of them is is a LEONI hose.
The other one is a is a Parker,
Parflex product.
They are both polyurethane.
You can see they are pretty shiny, so
they are slippery. The conventional
clamp that we had for EPDM or rubber
hose, it does a good job of gripping
that. But it just would not grab on to
the the polyurethane well enough for
the people to be able to install
fittings. What we've done is we have a
new clamping system that is a kind of
a multi step, not quite as elegant as
is being able to just flip the hose in
the jaws. But this is one that
actually has to be closed up and
tighten down a little bit to be able
to grab the hose. Going to give you a
quick little demonstration of how this
works. I'm going to use the Parker
Power Flex. And put that in there
with, about an inch and a half of hose
sticking out and.
This takes a little bit more of a
secondary operation.
Just tighten down the little lever.
On the hose, you can kind of see it
starts to deform a little bit of the
hose, but try to get a real tight.
I made some modifications to the clamp
system and then just lock it down.
Put your fitting on.
Get it lined up.
Presses right in.
Up to the yellow washer.
So there's your connection.
As you can see, it was pretty good,
pretty fast and easy. Us is trying to
push these things in by hand.
Doesn't require you to dip the hose in
hot water like some people do.
No additional lubricants to be able to
push that in. This is for for the
polyurethane that it's actually been
commonly used. We've got quite a few
inquiries about it. If you are using
Push-Lock, we need to talk.