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Short answer: A mine valve is a heavy-duty quarter-turn ball valve built for compressed air and water lines in mining, usually with a ductile iron body and ends that suit mining pipe and hose coupling … read more

Short answer: A hose tail is a fitting with a barbed or ribbed spigot that pushes inside a hose and is held there by a clamp or crimped ferrule, with a thread, coupling or flange on the other end. It … read more

Short answer: A claw coupling is a twist-to-connect hose coupling with two hooked lugs that lock under the lugs of a matching head, common on compressor, breaker and mining air hoses. Because the twis … read more

Short answer: Compressed air can push air through broken skin or a body opening, blow grit into eyes, damage hearing and throw fine dust back into the air you breathe. Clothing gives little protection … read more