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Dothan Plant “A” 200,000 SQ FT In addition to this plant on Columbia HWY a second 60,000 SQ FT is 2 miles west for all Rubber covered production and testing
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Consistent Tube production is critical to the total process in rubber lined fire hose Here Nitrile Rubber is fed into one of the Dothan extruders. Two boxes of raw rubber are used to assure a proper and consistent mix of rubber compounds.
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Tube extrusion
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Nitrile Rubber Tube Extruder
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Extrusion process
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New Nitrile rubber tubes coming from extruder and stored for moving to the loom deck
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Loom Deck “C” Tube insertion at weaving
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Loom Deck “A” tube insertion at loom
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Loom Deck “D” Dothan, Alabama
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Loom Deck “A” Dothan, Alabama
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Loom Deck Creels
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Finished inner jackets with tubes on the steam table – cure-deck 200’
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Steam Cure Deck 200’
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Coating Process Up to 6 colors at a time
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Test header and table
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Finish Goods Section “A”
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Finish Goods Section “B”
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KEY BIG TEN
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Products Double Jacket Polyester – Big - Ten Double Jacket Nylon - Magnum Single Jacket rubber lined Double Jacket Thermoplastic Lined – Key-Lite MSHA Approved (Mining operations) USDA Dept of Forestry Hose Rubber Covered - ProFlow UL listing available
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A mixture of fire hose products to meet the needs of today’s fire service Big Ten Attack Hose – Polyester DJ 400 PSI service 1200 PSI burst Combat Ready Attack Hose – Polyester jacket Extruded rubber tube. 500 PSI service 1500 PSI burst Magnum Attack Hose – Nylon Jacket DJ 400 PSI service 1200 burst Combat LDH Attack Hose Extruded Through the Weave 300 PSI service
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Key – Lite Attack Hose DL polyester jacket thermoplastic lined. 400 psi service 1200 psi burst Pro Flow Extruded Through the Weave Supply Hose Forestry Hose Single jacket 600 - Polyester lined.
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FRICTION LOSS KEY Fire Hose Proprietary products Key ModelHose sizeConstructionFlow (GPM)Friction Loss (100’) Combat Ready1 ¾’’Poly outer/extruded through weave inner 18520 PSI Key-Lite1 ¾’’DJ poly/TPU Lined 18530 PSI FDNY Spec1 ¾’’DJ poly/rubber lined 18530 PSI Magnum1 ¾’’DJ Nylon/rubber lined 185 36 PSI BIG 101 ¾’’DJ poly/rubber lined 18536 PSI
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Critical Performance In any use of attack hose, especially during an aggressive interior attack, hose “kink” can have catastrophic impact on the fire fighter. This is even more critical when low pressures are used. HOW DO YOU REDUCE THE DANGER OF HOSE KINK? Design an attack hose that increases the hose resistance to kink through unique jacket weave design and inner tube construction
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Combat Ready – How to address hose KINK Combat Ready charged line at
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Hose Kink At any operating pressure a hose “kink” may be dangerous KEY Combat Ready Competitive brand
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LOW PRESSURE OPERATION TWO EXAMPLES OF “KINK’ AT LOW PRESSURES. SAME PRESSURE – WHICH DO WANT SUPPLYING YOUR FIREFIGHTER IN THE BACK BEDROOM? KEY COMBAT READYCOMPETITIVE PLASTIC LINED TUBE
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