Our Hose Advisors help you eliminate costly issues that cause unplanned downtime or low product yield.
This video demonstrates how we help ensure you have the right hoses, increasing your uptime and lowering costs. Swagelok Edmonton offers experts trained in diagnosing fluid system issues and advising on how to enhance hose selection, installation, inspection and maintenance procedures to improve hose life and performance. Our experts help you develop preventive maintenance schedules and identify components to keep in inventory, including standardized end connections and couplings that will help improve your productivity.
There's no reason to put up with the costs and dangers of even one worn out hose. We inspect hoses without slowing operations.
Hose Challenge
Hoses are often used in places where there's too much vibration for rigid tubing. The flexibility of hose makes it a good choice, but those vibrations ultimately will take their toll. Keep any hose in service too long, and you'll start to get leaks. The lower the quality of the hose, the faster the leaks will spring up. But many plants don't have a record of when hoses were installed. That's where we come in.
Swagelok Edmonton Hose Advisors know what to look for. The issue might be kinking, or selecting the wrong hose for the job, or chemical compatibility issues. A hose might be laid out in the wrong plane. Maybe the end connection is not able to hold a bend on the radius. Maybe materials in the hose are susceptible to electrostatic discharge. Even the length of the hose can make a big difference.
We look over each hose end to end, noting connection types, connected components, wear, damage, materials of construction, size, and length. We check type, temperature, and pressure of fluid running through. Then you get a detailed report on which hoses are at risk of premature failure, the root cause, and the type of solution needed. We establish a site-specific preventive maintenance cycle.
We talk with you to gather information about the problem. We want to learn about your application, operations, and current challenges.
Evaluation
We inspect fluid systems at your facility or virtually. The specifics of inspection vary by program. We note potential safety hazards, misapplication of components, installation issues, and excessive wear or damage.
Analysis
We quantify each issue's impact on your operation, factoring in overall system reliability, energy costs, emissions, potential impact on product quality and worker safety, and several other factors.
Recommendations
We deliver and discuss recommendations. Reports summarize what was evaluated and our top recommendations then show detail on each issue in an appendix. You have as much time as you need to discuss.
Get Started
Having a conversation creates no obligation. We are here to provide information and help you identify options. To get the ball rolling, please tap/click a green button then fill a short form. A senior team member will follow up.
James Dickie, Field Advisor, Services and Training Lead
Swagelok Edmonton Main office 780.437.0640 (Mon-Fri 7:30am-5:30pm MT)
.webp)
.webp)
.webp)
