Hydraulic hose information center to learn more about hose brands, manufacturing, styles, and types. Hydraulic hose can be braided or spiraled and work for a wide variety of fluid conveyance applications.
Hydraulic fittings come in many different styles from varying thread sizes (pipe, JIC, ORB, o ring face seal, british thread, metric thread, compression tube) to manufacturing styles (forged, bar stock, cast, etc).
Compression tube fittings are used primarily for terminating hydraulic tubing. There are multiple manufacturers for compression tube fittings however most will use either a single or double ferrule configuration.
British fittings use either British Standard Pipe Parallel (BSPP) thread or British Standard Pipe Tapered (BSPT) thread to create hydraulic connections. Mostly used by European manufacturers, British thread fittings are also commonly found in the US on European machinery.