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Overview of Gates Self-Assembly System
The Gates Self-Assembly System is engineered to deliver high-quality hydraulic hose assemblies through an integrated approach. It ensures that all components are precisely designed to function together, achieving factory-quality assemblies that comply with international standards and the European Machinery Directive.
Key Features
  • Superior Products: Gates hoses and couplings are produced with strict tolerances for enhanced performance and safety.
  • Advanced Machinery: Self-assembly machines and dies are validated with a proprietary profile design for optimal crimping.
  • Optimal Crimp Data: Crimpers come with validated settings accessible via the eCrimp app, removing the need for trial-and-error.
  • Factory-Quality Performance: Assemblies surpass international standards, with some components enduring over a million impulse cycles.
Ease of Use
Gates products are designed for ease of use, boosting productivity with features like built-in storage racks for quick die selection and portable field service devices.
Grease-Free Operation
The self-lubricating slide bearing system reduces maintenance costs and ensures a cleaner work environment.
Workshop and Mobile Machinery Options
  • Workshop Machinery: Custom-designed for safe and efficient assembly, available for various service levels from starter to full-service workshops.
  • Mobile Machinery: Designed for field service, offering high-quality assemblies with no-skive hoses and couplings.
Technical Specifications
Specifications for cutters and crimpers include power supply, maximum capacity, motor power, and dimensions.
Crimping Machines Overview
  • MC 1001: Lightweight and portable, ideal for field service.
  • MCX 20 to MCX 50: Range from compact to full-range crimpers, suitable for various workshop needs.
Accessories and Cutting Machines
  • Marking Dies: Ensure compliance with marking requirements.
  • Quick Die Change: Allows fast and safe die changes.
  • Cutting Machines: Range from compact to heavy-duty, designed for efficient and reliable hose cutting.
Tools
The document describes essential tools for hose assembly, including:
  • MSX 50 Marking Machine: A precise, compact, hand-operated machine for marking Gates ferrules and fittings.
  • MegaCrimp® Digital Caliper: For measuring finished outside diameters of MegaCrimp cases.
  • MegaCrimp® Insertion Tool: Ensures correct insertion depth and verifies the squareness of cuts for hydraulic hoses.
  • Push-On Tool: Facilitates quick and easy insertion of couplings onto hoses.
  • MKX Suction Unit: Essential for dust collection, removing rubber particles and smoke during hose cutting, minimizing fire risks.
Die Selection Matrix
Includes detailed matrices for selecting appropriate dies for MegaSys and Pro Series hoses, ensuring compatibility and safety in assembly.
Safe Hydraulics Training Programme
Gates offers a training program to enhance safety and prevent maintenance issues, including:
  • Safety and preventive maintenance training.
  • Expertise from Gates application engineers and certified trainers.
  • Seminars covering storage, selection, installation, and inspection processes.
  • Overview of relevant EU legislation with practical examples.
Benefits of Gates Products
The document highlights the advantages of using Gates products, including:
  • Superior Performance and Safety: Integrated system design ensures a perfect fit and meets international standards.
  • Professional Advice and Services: Access to precision tools, crimp data, and training sessions.
  • Lower Total Cost of Ownership: High-quality materials and advanced features reduce downtime and maintenance costs.
Component Cost Breakdown
Provides a percentage breakdown of component costs, emphasizing the impact of production loss and transportation on total costs.
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GATES SELF-ASSEMBLY SYSTEM WITH GATES, YOU GET MORE THAN A HOSE GREASE-FREE OPERATION • HIGH PERFORMANCE • EASE OF US

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THE GATES INTEGRATED SYSTEM APPROACH: SUPERIOR PRODUCTS ARE JUST THE BEGINNING The true value of the Gates self-assembly system comes from the Gates Integrated System Approach: all elements of the hose assembly process are designed together. They are meticulously adjusted and in unison. As a result, the Gates Integrated System Approach provides you and your customers with factory-quality assemblies which meet or exceed all international standards. In addition, this approach ensures full compliance with the European Machinery Directive. Our dedication to offer you and your customers reassuringly...

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GATES SELF-ASSEMBLY SYSTEM BECOME A TRUE GATES SOLUTION PROVIDER HOW DOES THE GATES INTEGRATED SYSTEM APPROACH WORK AND WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU? SUPERIOR PRODUCTS, MANUFACTURED TO STRINGENT TOLERANCES Our global hoses and couplings are manufactured to rigorous tolerances, making sure that they perform to such a high standard they’ll work safely for a longer time. Benefit from less downtime. ADVANCED SELF-ASSEMBLY MACHINES AND DIES, RIGOROUSLY VALIDATED Our self-assembly machines make it quick and easy for you to produce the hose and coupling combinations you need. Gates dies have a special proprietary...

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GATES SELF-ASSEMBLY SYSTEM THE NEW GATES SELF-ASSEMBLY MACHINERY PROGRAMME: WITH GATES, YOU GET MORE THAN A HOSE INNOVATIVE SELF-ASSEMBLY MACHINES AND DIES, RIGOROUSLY VALIDATED Gates MCX range of grease-free self-assembly machines and dies are custom-designed to work with Gates hoses and couplings. Gates dies are characterised by a proprietary profile design for an optimal cylindrical crimp. They are tried, tested and validated to provide you with the most optimal crimp settings. Furthermore, Gates die sets are logically organised to facilitate die selection time after time. GREASE-FREE OPERATION...

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WORKSHOP MACHINERY OPTIONS CRIMPING No matter what your workshop needs, whether you are a starter, a professional, or a full-service workshop, Gates has the right product offering for you. In the Gates workshop, safe, fast and efficient assembly of hydraulic hoses and couplings is made simple. All machines are customdesigned to work with a well-defined range of Gates hoses and couplings allowing production of factory-quality assemblies fully complying with European Directives and the most stringent international standards.

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MOBILE MACHINERY OPTIONS And thanks to the Gates Integrated System, mobile service operators can offer their customers the superior quality and performance that they deserve. To reduce the risk of premature failure due to variations in the assembly process, Gates has developed a special proposition for mobile service operations allowing them to benefit from the simplified and superior Global range of no-skive hoses and couplings. A Gates hose assembly is much more than the sum of its components. It is the combined result of a rigorous test regime and of a tightly controlled manufacturing process,...

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FIELD SERVICE OPTIONS And since these simple, lightweight machines are designed as part of the Gates Integrated System, end-users are assured of factoryquality no-skive assemblies – even in the field! No-skive spiral hose up to 1” In the field, every minute counts. In today’s environment, equipment, whether it be agricultural, construction or mining, simply cannot afford unnecessary downtime. That’s why Gates has developed a range of small, portable and easy to use crimpers specifically designed for end-users on site.

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GATES SELF-ASSEMBLY SYSTEM BRAKE MOTOR POWER SUPPLY MAXIMUM CAPACITY CUTTING BLADE PRODUCT NUMBER *=s/n GA00454 PN in bold is the standard supplied cutting bla

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GATES SELF-ASSEMBLY SYSTEM PRODUCT NUMBER MARKING DIES BACK STOP FOOT PEDAL POWER SUPPLY MAXIMUM CAPACITY * only with intermediate dies ** *** marking die in type 239 only up to 239-D37 marking die in type 263 only up to 263-D35

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GATES SELF-ASSEMBLY SYSTEM * only with intermediate dies ** *** marking die in type 239 only up to 239-D37 marking die in type 263

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GATES SELF-ASSEMBLY SYSTEM CRIMPING MACHINES MC 1001 Lightweight, portable crimper designed for reliability in field service. Comes with separate box, designed to contain complete set of dies. The pneumatic version has a foot-operated air pump. Crimps noskive MegaCrimp® couplings for wire-braid hose up to 1”. MCX 20 Powerful, lightweight, portable hand-operated crimper, ideal for field service operations. Comes with separate box, designed to contain complete set of dies. Crimps no-skive GlobalSpiral™ couplings up to 1” and no-skive MegaCrimp® couplings for wirebraid hose up to 1.1/4”. MCX 25...

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GATES SELF-ASSEMBLY SYSTEM CRIMPING MACHINE ACCESSORIES MARKING DIES To facilitate compliance with the European Machinery Directive, which insists that finished assemblies are marked with the manufacturer’s name and the manufacturing date code, a range of marking dies is available for the MCX 50, MCX 30, MCX 25 and MCX 20 machines. QUICK DIE CHANGE The universal quick die change allows fast and easy change of dies without risk of damage to the die sets. The transparent shield of the quick die change allows you to quickly and safely position die sets into the master dies of the crimper head. A...

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GATES SELF-ASSEMBLY SYSTEM CUTTING MACHINES MKX 25 The MKX 25 is a compact hose cutting machine, that cuts up to 1.1/4” of four spiral wire hose; making it an ideal cutter for mobile servicing. Similar to all of our current cutters, the MKX25 incorporates a unique drive motor with twin bearings and oversized shafts, giving you a genuine benefit while cutting. Straight cuts reducing scrap. Less contamination in the shop and in the end product. Maximal motor lifetime, giving you the lowest cost of ownership in the market. Faster cutting. MKX 30 Robust cutter for all types of workshops. Cuts up...

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