IFM has been distributing Gates Hydraulic for many years.  Gates is one of the largest hose and coupling manufacturer in the world, they are renowned for their superior quality in all their products, it is a name that stands up in all of the five continents.  Over the last few years Gates have introduced their Global Package System which is so simple, you will get the same product and part number in every country in the world.  They have introduced the new Megacrimp Coupling (G) and the new Global Spiral Coupling (GS), both of these can be used without any skiving of hoses.  All of their hoses meet the very highest standards and have the approvals in various fields; they are OEM suppliers to some of the leading manufacturers in the world.

They also have a rang of hydraulic crimping machines from the small hand operated ¼” to 1” to the larger ¼” to 2” machine, all of the powered crimping machines can avail of the quick fitting die change application, which is a major time saving and cleaner event.  They provide excellent back up in their very experienced sales team and also provide a service engineer to check crimping machine for calibration etc on an annual basis.

Gates also have a Safe Hydraulics Training Programme in place; these can be arranged with their distributors worldwide, in this day and age with pressures so high, one has to be very aware of the dangers of failures, Gates strive to reduce failures and down time which in turn saves money for all concerned.

Charles Gates started the company with the first V Belt back in 1907; if the next 100 years is as successful as the last, the world of Fluid Power and Transmission is in very safe hands.

For further information contact them on their website: www.gates.com