When working with industrial hoses, it’s important to know everything there is to know about the types, use, care, storage, and maintenance of these products. This ensures the most success with using these products and the most safety when using them on the job.

Equally as important is grasping all there is to know about various hose accessories from valves and gauges to fittings and clamps. The type of hose accessory we’d like to focus on today are clamps.

What Are Hose Clamps?

A hose clamp is an accessory that attaches onto a hose fitting such as a nipple or barb. The intent of these devices is to help seal and stabilize any hose configuration. Ultimately, clamps help to stop moving fluid from escaping from around a configuration. They do this by creating equal pressure all around and preventing gaps for internal fluids to exit that might otherwise cause a dangerous leak.

Sometimes hose clamps are synonymously referred to as hose clips or hose locks.

Applications Hose Clamps Are Used For

There are numerous applications that hose clamps can be used for. Commonly, they’re used in the automotive and agriculture industries. However, apart from their usual applications, it’s not uncommon for people to use hose clamps for other purposes, such as for clamping lines during home emergency plumbing repairs. Other people find even more unique ways to use their hose clamps. Basically, these tight bands are heavily versatile, and many people use them as a more permanent version of duct tape.