HOSE ASSEMBLY Guidelines

The NAHAD Hose Assembly Guidelines program provides a comprehensive set of minimum performance recommendations for the Specification, Fabrication and Design of Industrial, Composite, Hydraulic, Corrugated Metal and Fluoropolymer hose assemblies as well as additional Guides for Ducting and Custom Made Hose, all focused on ensuring hose assembly safety, quality and reliability.

The seven Hose Assembly Specification Guidelines (PDF links under each cover image, below) are available to assist hose assembly distributors, manufacturers and end-users. NAHAD recommends that end-users utilize the expertise and capabilities of a NAHAD Hose Safety Institute Distributor when purchasing or servicing their hose assembly needs.

The Hose Assembly Fabrication Guides and the Hose Assembly Design Guides are PDF tools provided specifically for use by NAHAD Hose Safety Institute Members. See Become an Institute Member on the right panel for details.

NOTE: The NAHAD Hose Assembly Guidelines are copyrighted documents and may not be reproduced without permission from NAHAD. Printed copies of the Hose Assembly Specification Guides are available for purchase, as noted on the right panel.

Using the PDF's

The NAHAD Hose Assembly Guidelines PDF's were designed to help you navigate quickly through each document. After you open the PDF by clicking one of the links below, you will notice a link in the upper left corner of each page that reads "Table of Contents" which will provide quick access to that page whenever you wish to use it. On the Table of Contents page you may click on any section or sub-section and it will direct you to that page.

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