Hose re-ending: the fallacies behind ‘saving a bit of money’

13 May, 2020

Only by using hoses from suppliers accredited by the BFPDA’s Approved Hose Assemblies Scheme, can users have the confidence that they have purchased an assembly that has undergone rigorous measurement and testing; assemblies that use matched components that are within defined tolerances and are backed by industry wide guidelines.

“The more we educate people, the better and safer the industry will become,” Smart concludes. “Hoses will get damaged in their everyday use. We need users to consider how and where they are used and then develop a proactive inspection and maintenance plan. This way, early failures can be more easily predicted and even have their causes designed out. Some protective systems are highly effective and are more palatable in cost terms versus replacement.”

“None of us seems to know who is doing this re-ending, but it is still going on,” says Dickens. “We will replace entireassemblies that have failed testing rather than elements of it, even though it costs us more. This is how committed we are to the safety of users, as should all of industry. We are then confident to offer warranties, which leads me onto an interesting final thought…re-ends do not come with any form of warranty or guarantee. Would you be prepared to purchase any other product without these in place?”