Hose king nipples.

Hoses are sometimes designed to carry a factory fitted nipple called MUCUNROY, but at a situation whereby the mucunroy is not available you can make use of king nipples.

The use of mulconroy is usually applied on hydraulic hoses before weco unions are threaded to it.

But on the case of a barb king nipples ,its not always safe to use it with weco union unless the barb nipple is to be used with a crimper machine to grip the hose.

Hose king nipples are fitted directly into the hose before grimping them to the hose manually(clamps)or mechanically.

The use of manual grimping of hose king nipples requires a double bolt clamp or clips but it depends on the pressure such hose can withstand.
Machanical process of using a hose king nipple or barb requires the use of a crimper machine with the use of sleeves.

Hose king nipples varies in size and they ranges from 1/4" in diametre to 14 ".

Hose king nipples has two different types of threading.


A). The smooth thread king nipples: its a type of thread that is fine in nature. Its more smoother or finer than normal npt threadings. They are usually found on water pumps with female threads.

B). Rough hose king nipples: they are the normal type of king nipple that has an Npt threading . They are universal system of threading because almost every system requires this threadings.


Hose king nipples are made of brass, alluminium, steel and stainless steel materials. But all depends of the applications.

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