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As a sanitary processor, we know you count on sanitary hoses to maintain proper standards and cleanliness at your facility. Therefore, it’s critical that they withstand heavy use, for a long time. Unfortunately, hoses often don’t always last as long as we’d like, requiring frequent restocking.
Some reasons for premature failure are:
The good news is that you can extend the life of your sanitary hoses with an effective selection process and appropriate handling while in use.
Sanitary hoses aren’t constructed in the same way, so selecting the right hose for your purposes requires careful analysis. We recommend using a S.T.A.M.P.E.D. analysis process. You can read more about that here.
Make sure to select a hose that provides a higher working pressure than the fluid pressure that will be pumped through the hose. While that advice sounds logical, often hoses fail due to inadequate flow ratings for the pressurization and pulsation a hose will endure.
In addition to selecting the correct pressure rating, select the appropriate hose material for the application. Inner tubing, reinforcement weave, and coating materials all contribute to the longevity of your sanitary hoses. For hoses that are frequently connected and disconnected, you’ll want to select a more ruggedly constructed hose than one that may be installed only once. Sanitary hoses in dynamic applications, such as sanitizing filling machines, require special consideration.
Extending the life of a sanitary hose also requires the crew to handle them correctly during application. Here are a few key suggestions that should increase hose longevity:
In addition to proper selection and handling, sanitary crews should implement a solid hose management plan. The following steps should be included in that plan in order to extend a hose’s useful life:
One of our vendor partners, AdvantaPure has made hose management plans simple through barcode technology. Each hose is marked with a barcode and with a barcode scanner, processors (particularly high purity such as pharmaceutical and bio-pharm) are able to record:
The barcode also includes the exact part number for reordering, simplifying hose management and saving you time.
If you’d like to explore your sanitary hose options and select from our broad selection, contact a Rodem sanitary equipment specialist today.
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