Do You Need a Cutting Blade to Cut Hydraulic Hoses?

Do you need a high quality cutting blade to cut hydraulic hoses?

What a silly question. Everyone needs a high quality cutting blade to cut hydraulic hoses.

Fortunately, you don’t have to look wide and far for one. All you have to do is look at Hyde’s Hose Hog circular steel blades.

The Challenge

Cutting hydraulic hoses present a big challenge for operations. These hoses, built to last for years, have to endure high fluid pressures, high temperatures, frequent bending, and pressure cycling.

That makes them great for hydraulic systems but poor fodder for cutting blades.

Before Hyde Industrial Blade Solutions came along, if you wanted to cut a hydraulic hose you had to use an abrasive wheel. As the name suggests, abrasive wheels are abrasive.

How it works…

The wheel runs at a high speed to grind away rubber, soft materials, and steel wires in the hose.

Yet, all the grinding and melting produces smoke and debris. This smoke and debris often contaminates hydraulic systems. That’s not good.

There’s a Better Solution

What works better are our Hyde Hose Hog cut-off blades. These circular cutting blades last up to five times longer than other blades. Even better, they are competitively priced and a great value.

While we call them a cutting blade, or hose cut-off blade, they actually slice the hydraulic hose. Slicing equals no debris.

Also helping to keep things clean is the way Hyde’s blades slice hydraulic hoses. During the cutting process, the hose is bent. This tension pulls the hose away from the blade. This means no smoke.

Types of Blades

Our blades are made with high-speed tool steel and are available in four styles:

• Smooth beveled edge (can cut all types of hoses)
• Wavy scalloped edge (aggressive cutting action)
• Notched edge
• Euro-slot edge

Keep in mind cutting hydraulic hoses with a lot of steel will dull a blade rather quickly. Dull blades require more force and this additional force slows the cutting process.

If you’re cutting hoses that contain a lot of steel, you might want to use a wavy scalloped edge. This type of cutting blade makes interrupted contact with the hose.

This interrupted contact is great for slicing through a hose’s steel braiding as it needs less operator pressure compared to the smooth beveled edge blade.

The notched edge and Euro-slot edge are variations on the wavy scalloped edge. The difference between the three is really operator preference.

If you need to cut hydraulic hoses, or any type of industrial hose, then you need a Hyde cutting blade.