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Eaton’s self-diagnosing hose breakthrough

May 5, 2011 By Paul Heney

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Eaton Corp. has launched a new technology that enables reporting of imminent hose assembly failure by means of real-time monitoring of high pressure hose assemblies used in hydraulic systems. Eaton’s LifeSense hose, a patented hydraulic hose condition monitoring system, was developed in conjunction with Purdue University and the Purdue Research Foundation’s Office of Technology Commercialization to continuously monitor the health of hydraulic hose assemblies and alert users when an assembly approaches the end of its useful life.

The LifeSense hose can monitor and track the health of each hose assembly in a hydraulic system. This system does not estimate or predict through arithmetic calculations when a hose is going to fail, like some products on the market today. The LifeSense hose actually detects when a hose is nearing the end of its useful life. Then an alert is sent to the user so that the assembly can be replaced to prevent downtime. A single monitoring unit can handle input from multiple hose assemblies.

“Most hydraulic maintenance programs are designed to avoid hose failures by replacing assemblies at regular intervals, using a schedule based on usage data or past experience,” said Doug Jahnke, Eaton product marketing manager. “As a result, a large number of perfectly good hydraulic hose assemblies are discarded long before the end of their useful life out of fear that they might fail. The LifeSense hose allows the user to utilize virtually all of the useful life of a hydraulic hose assembly, more than 50% longer life in a typical lab test, thus saving on replacement costs and associated downtime while providing peace-of-mind that productivity will not be impeded and safety not compromised by unpredicted hose failure.”

“Additionally, hydraulic hose failure is one of the largest causes of unplanned maintenance events,” Jahnke said. “Hose failures in the field present serious safety issues, environmental concerns and result in unscheduled system downtime, all of which have serious economic impacts.”

The initial LifeSense hose offering will include the widely-used -8, -12 and -16 two-wire hose assemblies. Eaton’s LifeSense hydraulic hose condition monitoring offers performance equal to industry standard 2SN pressure-rated hose and is certified to the same industry specifications as conventional hydraulic hose products. The technology is currently available for trial with factory-made assemblies including straight JIC swivel fittings.

Eaton Corp.

Filed Under: Featured, Hose / Tubing Tagged With: Eaton Corp., LifeSense

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  1. Robert Forsyth says

    May 27, 2011 at 7:17 pm

    I would like to know more about the LifeSense system. The article states that the current availability is -8, -12 &-16 hose with Straight JIC Swivel fittings. Are more configurations planned? Must these hoses be factory assembled?

    Thank you,

    Robert

  2. Manny Garza says

    May 28, 2011 at 11:09 am

    This sounds interesting I would be interested in more information can this ne emailed to me?

  3. Doug Jahnke says

    June 7, 2011 at 8:28 pm

    There is more information on our Eaton.com site under “Products and Services” and in the Hydraulics link under “What’s New”. To be contacted by a distributor or salesperson please call customer service at 952-937-9800. Thank you for the interest in LifeSense!

  4. DOUG HESTES says

    June 8, 2011 at 10:18 pm

    IS THIS ANOTHER PRODUCT LINE THAT EATON ROLLS OUT AND THEN A YEAR LATER STILL HAS NO INVENTORY? THAT SEEMS TO HAPPEN A LOT WITH EATON. IT LOOKS LIKE A VERY GOOD PRODUCT, I HOPE IT IS ACTUALLY AVAILABLE.

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