The Hose Clamp Story
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
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From ancient Greece to modern automobiles, the humble hose clamp has played a crucial role in engineering and industry. The hose clamp's journey reflects the broader evolution of engineering and manufacturing. From simple hammered rings to complex plastic fittings, this essential component has adapted to meet the changing needs of industry. While modern automotive design may be moving away from traditional metal clamps, the ingenuity behind their development continues to influence engineering solutions across various fields.
Ancient Beginnings:
- 500 BC: Greeks use hammered copper rings to secure oxhide and ox intestine hoses for water transport and firefighting
- Chinese create bamboo pipes for natural gas, sealed with plant fibers
- 1st century AD: Soft metal rings, leather straps, and plant fiber wrappings become common for sealing various fluids
Industrial Revolution and Beyond:
- 1821: First rubber-lined, cotton-webbed "gum hose" patented
- 1844: Charles Goodyear patents vulcanization, revolutionizing rubber products
- Early clamping methods: Threaded brass couplers, riveting, wire binding
- 1880s: Introduction of the "hosebinder" or Cotter Type Hose Clamp, the first modern hose clamp
The Birth of the Worm Drive Clamp:
- 1896: Knut Edwin Bergström patents the worm-drive clamp (Jubilee Clip)
- Simple, adaptable design allows for higher clamping forces and easy adjustment
- Bergström founds ABA to manufacture his invention, creating a new product category
Specialized Clamps for New Industries:
- Early 20th century: Aviation and automobile industries drive development of new clamp variants
- Type B and D clamps: Flat band body with machine screw and embedded square nut for higher pressure applications
- Type C (tower) clamps: Bridge structure for limited access areas
World War II and Cost Reduction:
- Type A (wire) clamps: Formed wire design reduces material and manufacturing costs
- Lightweight but prone to hose damage and improper installation
High-Performance Clamps:
- 1940s: V-band (Marman) clamps developed for aerospace applications
- Used to secure atomic bombs in B-29 bombers
- Provide quick assembly/disassembly and uniform sealing under extreme conditions
- Later adopted in automotive, food, and pharmaceutical industries
T-Bolt Clamps:
- 1950s: T-bolt mechanism adapted for general-purpose hose clamps
- Popularized in the 1970s by Breeze Industrial Products Corporation
- Offers up to four times the clamping force of traditional clamps
Spring Hose Clamps:
- Post-WWII: Automotive industry seeks further cost reduction
- Type E clamps provide constant tension and self-adjustment
- Ideal for engine coolant and vacuum connections
Ear Clamps:
- 1951: Hans Oetiker invents the single-ear clamp
- Quick installation, consistent tension, and low profile
- Suitable for high-pressure applications and tamper detection
- Variations include two-ear and stepless ear clamps
The Plastic Revolution:
- 1990s: Automotive industry shifts towards plastic fittings
- Driven by cost savings, design flexibility, and assembly optimization
- High-performance thermoplastics used for strength and temperature resistance
- Integrated features like sensors and quick-connect mechanisms
- Concerns about long-term durability and environmental impact
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Will I really sit and watch a 22 minute video about hose clamps? Yes, yes I will. Maybe twice.
I know, I'm still waiting for my suggestion of those little plastic things that hold the car trim together. He'll make sound like the next mission impossible movie!
Twice to really understand it
And download and save so I have a reference.
I sure did. Even subbed after
Same
This guy managed to make a hose clamp interesting.
Hose clamps and zip ties make your life possible. PRAY TO THE CLAMP GOD
The best video on hose clamps I've seen all day!
4th best for me.
Maybe the whole week, although that might be a bit of a stretch
At 13:57 I think the animation is wrong. The ears have to be pinched together to get the clamp on the tube and when it is released the clamp tightens. Still very nice video.
What he said. ⬆
More material appears magically using it the opposite way it looks like
I concur.
shoutout to the automotive industry for innovating with such revolutionary ideas like "injection molded plastic parts on and around the engine" to make a 3% increase in profits by not having to use metal hose clamps in pipe fittings
I love "injection molded plastic parts on and around the engine"
It's so awesome when they look like this 18:53 after 10 - 15 years, and so much fun when a plastic coolant connection fails suddenly and pops off!
@@volvo09 i mean it's hardly a problem really, intake manifolds, valve covers, oil pans, fuel lines, coolant lines; they can all be plastic! you'll replace the car in 3 years anyway, right?
@@volvo09 yup, got a radiator arriving tomorrow because the plastic top bar decided to fail...
@@ulasgursoy2838 if only there was a material that is thougher and not bothered by the temperatur expected in the engine bay. . .
Then at the end of the day the car is so luxurious and has gone through so much markup that it costs tens of thousands of dollars more than anyone could possibly afford to pay in cash without having an executive or founder job. The internals are still plastic and low quality though,
Just a heads up, the spring hose clamp (Type E) animation is backwards, you pinch the two tabs together to open it up.
Excellent Presentation, I have dealt with all these clamp almost every day for 38 years. Still learned something. Great Video !
Remember folks.
Your fittings are quick- connect.
NOT quick disconnect.
I am watching a documentary about a hose clamp at 5am on a Saturday. I love ❤️ youtube 😅
Today’s Saturday
@@jasonstinson1767 thanks
Are you going to do a video on the evolution of welding processes and materials?
@13:58, the animation is wrong, The clamp tightens, when the lips spread, and loosens, when they are squeezed together.
how is one man responsible for Duck Soup & the V-band clamp
Everyone had summer jobs in those days. Clark Gable was a lifeguard, Rita Hayworth worked at the phone company, Valentino honed his craft with the ladies as a cable guy and delivering pizzas...
10:45 The Marx Bros were men of many tallants, enlightening and gratifing to know that designing hose clamps were among those tallants. "Night at the Oprah", "Day at the Reces", "Afternoon in the Machine Shop"? 10:45 10:45 10:45
Worm drive clamps are a bane. I've had to use these for decades. As a rookie you tighten them down, go a bit more.... and the teeth are distorted and it's no longer working. There should be a screwdriver torque control that clicks instead of strips -- but what's the proper torque? On boats like my sailboat all the thruhulls connect the ball valves to hoses with these things. They're used in pairs. They work until they don't and the boat sinks.
There is a clear need for better hose clamps. I've found stainless steel V Band (Marmen) clamps on Amazon for $21. A worm drive clamp same 1.5" diameter stainless steel is about $5. So 4x price. For my boat I think it would be worth having one bog standard clamp and one V Band for key fittings that are opened most often.
And yep Wikipedia says "The Marman clamp was first produced by Herbert Marx, better known by his stage name Zeppo Marx;[2][7] it was manufactured by his company, Marman Products from the 1930s.[8]"
This one time at band clamp…
You cover the most unique topics.
Who knew dryer hose clamps are, in fact, a triumph
How about the history and applications of stainless steel?
@13:54 This Animation was like a fever dream... The animation intends to show it expanding when in reality it would be contracting and vice versa 😑
In fact, quite a few of those animations get their intended animations wrong which is a bit baffling considering how simple they technically are 🤨
I once fixed my car's steering rack boot with a hose clamp. And after getting a brake job, the mechanic said that I'm smart and pretty resourceful for doing that.
Plastic is plastic. It’s a wonderful material for certain applications but not a substitute for its metal clamp counterpart. But just like everything else, things are not made like they used to be.
Surprised there was no mention of the Gates Power Grip clamps. 1 time use, but wide clamp area. I like them a lot.
Good video:) The end reminded me of shock in discovering my wife’s 2017 x5’s entire intake manifold was plastic! And yes, it has already warped from its proximity to exhaust.
This is one of the best inventions. My gas cylinder was leaking. After this, I'm saving a lot in monthly expenses.
If manufacturers were transparent and trustworthy enough to inform me of the percentage of plastics vs metal parts their car is made up of, and they told me the full metal motor is 5% more expensive than the plastic hybrid one, I would say it's worth the cost. Plastic is fantastic for cheapness, but I fear we're really shovelling all that cost up into the future and it's piling up nice and high in the environment.
Ear clamps should be illegal for automotive use. They're the bane of people trying to fix their own cars.
I now have a new time machine bucket list item: stop hans from inventing these terrible things 😅
In a perfect world every hardware store would have a vast selection of t-bolt hose clamps ....... and they would all be stainless steel.
1:36 is so interesting because they thought that would work ... well they didn't have CFD codes at school I guess
thanks to all chinese manufacturers for clamps whom threadings break when even looking at them with wrong pace
Amazing how specialized they get, now I want to know about SpaceX's hose clamps
Thank you a lot for this story. Animation at 13:55 for some reason looks nice, but incorrect to me :)
Hose clamps scavenged over the years from wrecking yards is now a collection
You want I should give him the clamps, Boss?
Why does this guy sound like AI
Sponsored by Oetiker
this is one of my top 100
13:55 what!?
A lot of talking but showing only a hand full of hose clamps available.
Dude, your voice is one of the most pleasant on RUclips, and your topics are so up my alley it's crazy. Comprehensive video of the complete history of hose clamps? Yes, please.
Using plastic clamps in car engines have been shown to be problematic.
As far as I'm concerned, the screw type hose clamp can return to the depths of hell from whence it came. I'll take flat-spring hose clamps all day.
I do like hose clamps.
I'm happy to watch this on saturday night. Great info. I thought it was only gonna be about worm drive clamps. I don't like those on cars. They leak over time.
Awesome introduction to a completely new world for me.
The only question I have is how it is possible that we have such a great command of liquids in so many mission and safety critical applications and such a variety of clamps and still, banal, low-pressure water cooling of a personal computer is considered risky enterprise?
Thanks - I have used probably 80- 90% of the clamps you’ve featured in the video, with varying rates of success. Enjoyed that, thanks. 👍
So awesome you added the videos of the clamps actually being manufactured. Your vids are the best
use that same screw mechanism to make a cheap solar tracker, yep ring rotation instead of making it more tight
I'm at dinner right now but when I get home I'm watching this whole thing straight.
Wow I thought that was going to be boring but it absolutely wasn’t . Interesting stuff that I’ve always used but now understand much better . Only decent overview of this important subject I’ve ever seen .. nice work
6:05 The "K" is pronounced: ruclips.net/video/k-R_w2W_ZGI/видео.html
I have a guilty pleasure whenever I walk into a hardware store looking for clamps. I always ask for Jubilee clips by name, and the beatific thousand mile stare of the shopkeeper is always a joy. Only old-timers know the name.
A "V"-band clamp, technically, is not a hose clamp, rather it is a pipe or tubing clamp, the ends of which require welding to the ends of the pipe or tube to be joined.
At 10:44), glad to see the Marx Brothers, Groucho et all, have been important contributors to America's industrial success.
You missed a clamp very widely used in automotive sector: clic r clamp
There's also a plastic ratchet clamp for low density irrigation. I saw one, this one time I was at band clamp..
I *love* worm drive clamps,and don't always use them for their intended purpose. I have clamped large paint scrapers to the end of a long pole with a couple of clamps,and used the resulting tool for things like scraping the remains of hornet nests off a wall without the need for a ladder.
More than you ever realized you wanted to know about hose clamps 😂👍
(The worm gear clamp was absolutely genius! 😮👍)
Another seemingly mundane topic you have made captivating, keep them coming. Thank you. Maybe you can show my humdrum biography someday and make it seam action packed!
Cheers
14:18 this clip of someone struggling with a pair of pliers on a spring type clamp is highly exemplary of common maintenance challenges 😂
I love his videos , the history, the in depth, and wonderful production. It’s a shame the algorithm hasn’t done him justice. Should be well over a million in my humble opinion.
I learn so much by watching your videos. Thank you for all the research you put into these subjects.
19:35 - Well I guess dad won't be jumping out after a stall - he man hero - to spin the wingnut off the air filter to get at the choke...
I hope this is actually a story about hose clamp unlike the last one
Can't wait to bring up my newfound knowledge of hose clamps in normal conversation :P
Here in Britain, the worm type are still referred to as Jubilee clips. I believe it's a genericised trademark.
I'm a plumber. This has been a very beneficial video. thanks!
What an interesting documentary. Thanks for another quality video!
We now need to know how the hoses went from ox intestine to modern steel reinforced hoses able to take up fee 100psi pressure..
in the UK , for at least the last 40 years the worm drive clip has always been called a "jubilee clip"
They say the most beautiful word in the English language is 'hose clamp'.
Amazing and engaging video! The sponsor choice fit in well with the topic.
I used these all the time whether I need to or not.
Great stuff but didn't cover the DIY formed wire clamp.
how can a simple hose clamp possibly need a newmind video? i should know better by now!
so much engineering and ingenuity!
you forgot the most important thing: what is a hose clamp?
One time at band clamp...
Engineers never think of the mechanics anymore
The format and presentation of this video is very satisfying.
I'm 77 now I know why I hated some clamps and love others!
Why did I watch the whole video? Never knew this was so interesting.
To the extent that the hose are no longer mad it is due to hose clamps.
i am irrigation man and i love hose clamps
This is so brilliant!
I'd love to dive into the sources.
Not gonna lie, I was waiting for the Zeppo shout-out.
A truly genius way to secure your Hose
Very interesting, thank you!!
Thank you, very interesting!
It is called a Jubilee clip 🤦♂️
10/10 would watch again.
No.
Hell yeah
This is awesome knowledge!
Super job no leaks 😅 !
I love this channel.
Wow that was good!
just what i needed
Very interesting.
Very interesting
Epic