
Bursting the flexi-hose bubble - Pluing Connection
19/1/2018· “This is primarily caused by a slow leak at the connection point, which runs down the hose into the braided stainless steel and leaves a deposit of chloride. Over time these chloride levels increase in the deposit creating pitting corrosion. The pitting locally reduces the cross-section of the wires to a point where overload failure occurs (due mostly to the hydrostatic …