Custom sleeve for bundling and protecting hoses, cables and wire. Cut and sewn to your size, length, colour and closure.
Hoses wear out from the outside in. Sleeve takes the abuse so the hose doesn't.
Keeps hoses, cables and cords together and organized, with separate compartments if they need to be kept apart.
Shields hoses from the sun, cold and moisture that harden the cover and crack it.
Protects hoses that are dragged over gravel and concrete or rub against racks and trays.
Our sleeve is nearly impenetrable, so a failed hose sprays into the sleeve rather than onto the ground.
Colour-coded sleeve shows which hoses carry what, and which truck or crew they belong to.
Guards hoses, wire and cable on transport equipment from road gravel, salt and debris.
Most sleeve comes off a roll and stops at 6 to 8 inches in diameter. We make sleeve from 1 to 18 inches in diameter, in lengths from 1 inch up to 300 feet (90 m) continuous, all cut to the length you need.
Because we make it here, custom orders turn around quickly. Most are ready within two weeks, faster than you'd wait on an overseas manufacturer.
Every sleeve is built for how the hose is used: pulled off a reel, laid in a tray or opened often for repairs.
Sewn the full length twice with heavy nylon thread, for a seam that nears the strength of the fabric. Best for hoses pulled on and off a reel or dragged along the ground, such as on tankers that load and unload often. The hose is pulled through with a fish tape, so the sleeve is sized to slide over the couplings.
Hook is sewn to one edge and loop to the other. Lay the sleeve flat, lay the hoses on it, wrap and fasten. It fits more snugly and opens for repairs or to replace a hose. 1½″ is standard; 1″, 2″ and 3″ are available, and wider hook and loop lets you adjust the size when installing.
Two or more tubes in one sleeve keep hoses or wires apart and stop them wearing on each other. A load-bearing cable can run in one tube to support the hoses in the others.
Openings can be added for inspection and repairs, or for connections, gauges and test points partway along the hose.
Our standard material is 1200 Denier polyester with a PVC seal coat, about 22 oz per square yard with 27 × 27 threads per inch. The tightly woven polyester resists abrasion and the PVC coating keeps out weather and water.
Normally the polyester faces out for abrasion resistance. If moisture is the main concern, the sleeve can be made with the PVC facing out.
600 Denier polyester is an economical, lighter option that's easier to handle, which makes it a good choice for identifying hoses and pipes. Polyester with urethane backing, Cordura®, nylons, vinyls and other fabrics are also available for different colours, wear characteristics and temperature ratings.
Keep in mind that a snug sleeve in a heavier fabric affects how easily the hose flexes.
Black isn't the only option.
Colours may fade with weather and other elements, and not every colour is available in every material.
Colour-coded sleeve reduces the chance of mixing or contaminating product, for example blue for clean water, yellow for fuel and green for dirty water. Connection points can be coloured to match, so connections are made correctly, and hoses that are compatible with a particular chemical can share a colour.
Colour also shows ownership. If every hose on truck 35 has blue sleeve, operators can check the right hoses are on the truck before it leaves. On a job site with several contractors, you can quickly find all of your hoses, preventing loss and theft.
New equipment looks good in fresh paint until the hoses go on: black, blue, green and red hoses, each with another manufacturer's lay line. Colour-matched sleeve keeps the machine looking the way it was designed, organizes the hoses and protects them from weathering and damage.
Sunlight and cold harden the outside of a hose, causing small cracks when it flexes. Moisture gets into the cracks, then freezes and expands. As the cracks grow, moisture reaches the reinforcement, rusting wire braid and rotting cotton braid. The next pressure spike means a hose failure, fluid on the ground, downtime and a customer upset by another delay.
Protecting a new hose from the weather may seem like an extra expense, but the long-term savings are significant.
Hoses on construction equipment rub against other parts of the machine and have material fall on them. Hoses used to load and unload tankers are pulled off the truck, dragged across crushed rock or concrete and pulled back on.
Sleeve reduces damage from sharp edges on hose racks and trays, and from dragging on gravel and concrete. Hoses carried outside the truck face water, salt, gravel and flying debris as well. Sleeve protects against all of it, extending hose life and improving safety.
Hoses on mobile equipment, construction machinery, trucks and farm equipment face weather, salt, road gravel and debris, all multiplied when the equipment is moving. Sleeve prevents the hardening that causes micro-cracks in the hose cover, the first step towards rusted wire, separated fabric and hose failure.
That means fewer breakdowns, spills, repair bills and delays.
Today's equipment needs many hoses, cables and wires to control and monitor it, and a single damaged hose or wire can sideline the whole machine. Sleeve comes in colours for coding functions, and in multi-tube designs that keep wires, cables and hoses apart.
Sleeve is often used to control the spray from a failed hose, but the porous nature of many sleeves lets fluid leak through and spill. Our sleeve is nearly impenetrable to fluid, so it stops the leak from spreading, and it can be installed to direct the leakage to a safe place.
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