Thursday, July 7, 2011

AN Insight: Size Selection


AN Insight will be composed of a series of blog posts concerning AN hose and fittings.  Fast forwarding through the history and specifications of the AN hose and fittings, this first post contains a brief summary of how to select the proper size hose and fittings for your application.
AN hose and fittings are denoted by a dash (-) followed by a size number, representing the inner diameter (I.D.) measurement in units of 1/16th of an inch.  For example a ‘-6′ AN hose will have an inner diameter of 6/16″, or 3/8″.  Further..
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