Rubber Hoses - Kuriyama of America
Rubber Hoses - Kuriyama of America
Rubber Hoses - Kuriyama of America
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Introduction<br />
<strong>Kuriyama</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>America</strong>, Inc. North <strong>America</strong>n<br />
headquarters and main warehouse (shown at left),<br />
is located at 360 E. State Parkway, Schaumburg,<br />
Illinois. <strong>Kuriyama</strong> exclusively distributes Industrial<br />
<strong>Rubber</strong> <strong>Hoses</strong> manufactured by ALFAGOMMA Spa.<br />
ISO 9000 Registration<br />
The industrial rubber hose shown in this catalog<br />
is manufactured in the ALFAGOMMA ® factory in<br />
Teramo, Italy (shown at right). This manufacturing<br />
facility has earned registration under ISO 9001 -<br />
ISO 14000 for constant high quality.<br />
The ISO 9000 family <strong>of</strong> standards represents an<br />
international consensus on good management<br />
practices with the aim <strong>of</strong> ensuring that the<br />
organization can time and time again deliver the<br />
product or services that meet the customer's<br />
quality requirements.<br />
ISO 9001 is one <strong>of</strong> three quality assurance models<br />
against which a plant's quality system can be<br />
audited. The standard sets out the requirements<br />
for an organization whose business processes<br />
range all the way from design and development to<br />
production.<br />
New Technology<br />
In order to meet requirements for applications where<br />
flexibility is an essential feature, ALFAGOMMA ® has<br />
developed two innovative structures code-named 4+4 SP<br />
& 4+4 SP PLUS. Four textile and four steel spirals are<br />
used for the manufacture <strong>of</strong> all suction and delivery hoses.<br />
The four textile spirals ensure size stability and pressure<br />
control, while the four steel spirals make hoses vacuum<br />
resistant and more flexible.<br />
The 4+4 SP structure ensures a bend radius ranging<br />
between four and five times the internal diameter. The<br />
4+4 SP PLUS structure has been designed for those<br />
hoses where the application requires a bend radius three<br />
times the internal diameter.<br />
The 4+4 SP and the 4+4 SP PLUS structures eliminate<br />
the need for corrugated hoses to achieve a higher bend<br />
radius. <strong>Hoses</strong> with the above structures are marked in the<br />
catalog with the symbols shown at left.<br />
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KRHCA0507