Burst Pressure - The pressure that causes rupture.  Reference pressure intended for destructive testing purposes and design safety factors...

Buffing: The partial removal of the hose cover in order to put on a coupling. A stone wheel is typically used to grind or buff the cover t...

Cut-Off Length:   The length of that part of the coupling not directly in contact with or applied to the hose. Subtract the sum of the c...

There are three principal methods to measure the contamination level in a component, circuit, or system: 1) Gravimetric Measurement...

Valves: Microscopic contamination (similar to erosion) can mill away tolerances which are used for sealing purposes. On spring centering v...

Origins of contamination may be from system components, the hydraulic working fluid, the outside environment, or be generated by the sys...

This old technical note surfaced recently from a Product Application department discussion.  While dated, it does point out that a good tech...