New Synflex® Solstice™ Air Brake Tubing

Eaton is proud to introduce Solstice air brake tubing, our latest innovation focused on the commercial vehicle segment. Leveraging our long history of innovation and material development, Eaton has developed a proprietary material that alleviates supply / delivery issues tied to traditional nylon air brake tubing products. In addition, this new product meets all performance requirements of SAE J844 and DOT FMVSS 106.

Solstice is currently available only in the ¼” size under part number 4247-041. Other sizes remain available as the Eclipse™ product.

The Solstice tubing is offered in both short roll and master pack quantities. The short rolls consist of 100, 500, and 1,000 ft individual reels, and master packs consist of 1,000 ft reels with 6 reels in a carton for a total of 6,000 ft. There are 8 color configurations stocked in short rolls and 10 colors are available in master packs. Other colors are available upon request with minimum order requirements.

Synflex Solstice Air Brake Tubing

LifeSense Hose Technology

Taking The Guesswork Out Of Hydraulic Hoses is how Diesel Progress describes the impact of Eaton’s breakthrough LifeSense hose technology. Featured in the magazine’s September 2011 issue, the article presents the technical background of the LifeSense development project and covers many of the important customer benefits this new product delivers to mobile equipment users.

Eaton product marketing manager Doug Jahnke presented the LifeSense story with clear examples of both the inner workings of the technology and the ways LifeSense helps customers improve the productivity and safety of their mobile equipment.

“One of our hose engineers was in the lab … was getting the same feedback whenever a hose was about to fail. So we started a project working with Purdue University to try and expand on what he learned to confirm those consistencies.”

“… users who use a time-based replacement process would get 50% or more — and sometimes far more — life out of their hoses with LifeSense,” Jahnke said. “… preventive maintenance becomes more of a routine process, and when they do have a hose that’s been identified as going to fail, they can do it during the preventive maintenance time or they can just stop the piece of equipment and replace it without having downtime out of the blue.”

The article goes on to examine a few real-world examples of how LifeSense hose can save customers from the cost of unscheduled downtime while also improving the availability of their production equipment.

Also covered in this issue are the new coupling lines Eaton recently added with the acquisition of Hansen Couplings and Coupleurs Gromelle, plus the new FF-Series of flat-face quick-disconnect hydraulic couplings.


http://www.eaton.com/ecm/groups/public/@pub/@eaton/@hyd/documents/content/pct_303713.pdf

Tygon® ND Series

Tygon® ND Series - The Next Generation in Non-DEHP Tubing


Tygon® ND Series is a new family of tubing formulations specifically designed to meet the performance and regulatory requirements of critical medical applications.

Tygon® ND Series tubing products are formulated to meet REACH requirements and are available in a range of plasticizers and durometers based on customer preference and application.


Features/Benefits

• Ideal for contact with bodily fluids
• All formulations meet USP Class VI criteria
• Withstands EtO, gas & gamma sterilization
• Non-wetting surface permits complete drainage

Typical Applications

• Minimally Invasive Devices
• Medical Laboratories
• Blood and IV Solutions
• Dialysis Equipment
• Wound Drainage
• Inhalation Equipment
• Chemotherapy Drug Delivery
• Pharmaceutical Handling
• Kidney Dialysis Pumps
• Peristaltic Pumps
• Blood and IV Solutions
• Catheters

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"Tygon® ND Series - The Next Generation in Non-DEHP Tubing" medical.saint-gobain.com/en/products/tygon_nd.asp.

 Saint-Gobain Group n.d. Web.    13 Sept. 2011.

Price Increase on Industrial Products

To Whom It May Concern:

While we continue to closely monitor the cost of raw materials and commodities used to produce our hose and couplings, our suppliers have not been able to contain these significant increases and we find it necessary at this time to adjust our prices.

Effective Monday, August 8th, 2011 Jason will increase prices on average 9.5%.

The adjustments will be made to List Prices and will vary by product line. The higher prices reflect true cost increases which have been accumulating during the past six months. 

What is the production date of my hose?

The production date of your hose is provided two ways for Eaton Aeroquip hydraulic hose. A date code is usually printed with the exact production run date. The right and left picture depict the ink jet printed production date in white ink. After the hoses have been in the field, this date can be worn off, so to make it a more permanent solution, the date code is encrypted into the layline of the hose (may be written in permanent ink such as the middle picture or an impression strip has been used to permanently imbed the date code as well as other important data pertaining to the hose)

How to decypher the date code...

Simple! Look for the Q!

Most every hose will have the date code permanently imbedded into the hose and it is xQyy where x is the Quarter of the year it is made and yy is the two digit year that the hose was made. For example 1Q11 is first quarter 2011 or 2Q97 is second quarter 1997 (or 2097 depending when you're viewing this)

Easy quarter reference:
1: First quarter,     (January 1st to March 31st)
2: Second quarter, (April 1st to June 30th)
3: Third quarter,    (July 1st to September 31st)
4: Forth quarter,    (October 1st to December 31st)

When you change out your hose and the life span of your hose is up is dependent on the application. When there is any question as to the viability of your hose and you are/or not sure about any hose you are currently using, replace it immediately with a hose that can be identified. 

If you need new Eaton Aeroquip hose assemblies or bulk hydraulics please visit our site at www.Aeroquip.cc



If you would like to tag and track your hoses from anywhere, please check out our www.HoseDog.com services

New discussion added to forum

Eaton Aeroquip Matchmate GH663 hose 

A question has been asked about production dates of Eaton Aeroquip Matchmate hose and an answer has been provided on our forum. To find out more answers to your hydraulic questions please email us or post it on our forum.

Find our more at http://forum.murdockindustrial.com/index.php?topic=41.0

Chemfluor® Duality™ Tubing

Chemfluor® Duality^TM  Tubing

Duality™ provides the benefits of natural FEP, such as chemical resistance, low coefficient of friction and high purity, with the abrasion resistance, strength and toughness of LDPE. An odorless and tasteles material, Duality™ offers a continuous service temperature of -25°F to 175°F. 

Product Features 

• High purity
• Excellent chemical resistance
• Low coefficient of friction
• Non-photo active
• Odorless and tasteless
• Flexible
• Good abrasion resistance
• Continuous service temperature -25°F to 175°F
• FDA approved
  

Typical Applications

• Gas and water sampling
• X-ray/photographic development equipment

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"Chemfluor® Duality™ Tubing" Tygon.com.

 Saint-Gobain Group n.d. Web.    18 Mar. 2011.