Send someone to town for a hose, and you’ve pulled him off the floor, put him in a truck, and handed your schedule to someone else. Do that enough times and it stops looking like a minor inconvenience and starts looking like a liability.
More reliability and safety managers are asking the same question: why are we still outsourcing something this basic?
The Case for an In-House Crimp Shop
An in-house hydraulic hose shop isn’t only about speed. It changes the risk profile of the whole operation.
- Fewer unplanned trips: Every off-site run for a hose is time a technician isn’t on the floor and time your equipment sits idle. Cut the trip, cut the exposure.
- Consistent, documented assemblies: When one shop builds every hose the same certified way, you’re not depending on which supplier had time that day.
- Fewer rushed field repairs: A rushed repair under pressure, with the wrong tools or an improvised fitting, is where safety incidents happen. An in-house shop takes the rush out of it.
- Full traceability on every assembly: Know what’s on your equipment, when it was built, and when it needs to come off, before it fails, not after.
What’s Actually in the Box
Continental’s Shop in a Box turns any open bay into a certified hydraulic and industrial hose crimp shop:
Work Table & Storage: An adjustable-height work table with a four-drawer cabinet, small and large bins, and a hose reel rack keep the whole setup organized and repeatable.
CrimpIQ™ Tablet: Cloud-connected specs mean your team pulls the exact crimp settings for the job, not what they remember from last time.
Crimper Options for Any Volume: PC125-RCD, PC160i, PC150HD, PC200M, PC200i, and PC440i. Binkelman will help you match the crimper to your hose sizes and daily volume, from light-duty runs to high-capacity production.
Full Accessory Kit: Hose saw, calipers, insertion block assembly, LED lighting, air hose, tape measure, and an Ultra Clean starter kit. Everything needed to run the shop from day one.
Backed by Binkelman’s Certified Process
The equipment is only half of it. Binkelman’s hose centers follow NAHAD-certified assembly processes, and our team can set up, train, and support your in-house shop the same way we run our own counters at Bowling Green, Piqua, and Saginaw.
Talk Through Your Setup
If your team is still making runs for hose repairs, it’s worth a conversation. Binkelman will look at your current hose usage and downtime and give you an honest read on whether a Shop in a Box setup pays for itself.
Three locations ready to support you: Bowling Green, Piqua, and Saginaw.
Call 1-800-862-4673 to schedule a walkthrough.