AS 1335—1995

Australian Standard
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Hose and hose assemblies for

welding, cutting and allied
processes
 This Australian Standard was prepared by Committee RU/1, Industrial Hoses. It was
approved on behalf of the Council of Standards Australia on 19 January 1995 and
published on 5 May 1995.

The following interests are represented on Committee RU/1:

Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
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Australian Gas Association

Australian Institute of Petroleum
Department of Mineral Resources, N.S.W.
Gas Association of New Zealand
Industrial Research Ltd, N.Z.
Metal Trades Industry Association of Australia
Plastics and Chemicals Industry
Railways of Australia
Water Board Sydney—Illawarra—Blue Mountains

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This Standard was issued in draft form for comment as DR 93335.

 AS 1335—1995

Australian Standard
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Hose and hose assemblies for

welding, cutting and allied
processes

PUBLISHED BY STANDARDS AUSTRALIA

(STANDARDS ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA)
1 THE CRESCENT, HOMEBUSH, NSW 2140
ISBN 0 7262 9669 4
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PREFACE

This Standard was prepared by the Standards Australia Committee on Industrial Hose,
under the direction of the Multitechnics Standards Policy Board, to supersede
AS 1335 —1974, Hose and hose assemblies for general purpose gas welding and allied
processes.
The objective of this Standard is to ensure the safety of personnel when using hose and
hose assemblies in the welding and cutting industries.
This Standard differs from the 1974 edition in the following respects:
(a) A minimum, rather than a maximum, working pressure of 1.2 MPa is specified.
(b) Minimum dynamic bend radius values have been included.
(c) Requirements for ignitability and flame propagation characteristics of the hose have
been included.
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(d) Requirements for ozone resistance have been included.

(e) Requirements for hose and fitting compatibility have been clarified.
(f) Requirements for twin hose have been included.
(g) The colour of hose covers for oxygen has been designated blue, and that for air,
nitrogen, carbon dioxide and argon has been designated black, in keeping with the
International scene. However, this colour coding is in conflict with that specified in
AS 4267 —1995, Pressure regulators for use with industrial compressed gas
cylinders, which specifies black for oxygen and blue for non-combustible gases.
The Standard differs from ISO 3821, Welding— Rubber hoses for welding cutting and
allied processes, in the following areas:
(a) Requirements for minimum dynamic bend radius of hose and for hose and fitting
compatibility are included.
(b) The value for tensile strength and elongation at break, after accelerated ageing for
96 h, is specified as not more than ±35 percent from the corresponding unaged
values for both lining and cover.
(c) The marking requirements are different.
(d) This Standard specifies a minimum rated working pressure of 1.2 MPa whereas
ISO 3821 recognizes two types of hose with different minimum rated working
pressures up to 2 MPa.
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application of the appendix to which they apply. A ‘normative’ appendix is an integral
part of a Standard, whereas an ‘informative’ appendix is only for information and
guidance.

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CONTENTS
Page

SECTION 1 SCOPE AND GENERAL

1.1 SCOPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......... 4
1.2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... .. . 4
1.3 DESIGNATION OF THE HOSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... ... .. 4
1.4 MATERIALS AND CONSTRUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........ . 5
1.5 COLOUR CODING OF COVERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... ... . 5
1.6 MARKING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ...... 5

SECTION 2 PROPERTIES
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2.1 TENSILE STRENGTH AND ELONGATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2.2 ADHESION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.3 HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.4 FLAME PROPAGATION CHARACTERISTICS OF HOSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.5 RESISTANCE TO FLUIDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.6 HOSE AND FITTING COMPATIBILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.7 RESISTANCE OF OXYGEN HOSE LINING TO IGNITION . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

APPENDICES
A PURCHASING GUIDELINES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
B METHOD FOR ASSESSING FLAME PROPAGATION CHARACTERISTICS
OF A HORIZONTALLY ORIENTED SPECIMEN OF HOSE . . . . . . . . . . . 11
C METHOD FOR DETERMINING RESISTANCE OF LINING TO GAS . . . . . 13

Originated as AS 1335 — 1974.

Second editi on 1995.

Incorporating:
Amdt 1—1998
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STANDARDS AUSTRALIA

Australian Standard
Hose and hose assemblies for welding,
cutting and allied processes

S E C T I O N 1 S CO P E A N D G E NE R A L

1.1 SCOPE This Standard sets out requirements for hose and hose assemblies for use
in the welding, cutting and allied processes. The hose and hose assemblies have a
minimum rated working pressure of 1.2 MPa for conveying acetylene, oxygen, liquefied
petroleum gases (LPGs) and mixtures of methylacetylene and propadiene (MPS), nitrogen
and other non-combustible inert shielding gases such as argon and carbon dioxide.
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NOTES:
1 Appendix A gives guidelines and advice on information which should be supplied by the
purchaser at the time of placing an enquiry or order.
2 AS 1869 specifies hoses for LPG for transport, automotive, industrial and domestic
applications.
3 A hose assembly refers to a hose with fittings.
4 The term ‘allied processes’ refers in particular to heating, brazing and metallization.
5 Acetylene and LPG hoses are not interchangeable because of different compatibility
requirements.

1.2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS The following documents are referred to in this

Standard:
AS
1180 Methods of test for hose made from elastomeric materials
1180.1 Method 1: Dimensions
1180.2 Method 2: Tensile strength and elongation
1180.3 Method 3: Accelerated ageing
1180.4B Method 4B: Ply adhesion— Autographic method
1180.5 Method 5: Hydrostatic pressure
1180.7B Method 7B: Resistance to liquids — Physical
1180.7F Method 7F: Resistance of lining and cover to ozone
1180.9A Method 9A: Hardness of vulcanized rubbers of standard hardness
(35 to 85 IRHD)
1180.9B Method 9B: Hardness of vulcanized rubbers of standard hardness
(10 to 35 IRHD)
1180.9C Method 9C: Hardness of vulcanized rubbers of standard hardness
(85 to 100 IRHD)
1180.11 Method 11: Hose and coupling compatibility —Tensile method
1180.12 Method 12: Resistance to ignition
1869 Hose and hose assemblies for liquefied petroleum gases (LPG), natural gas and
town gas
AS 2700 Colour standards for general purposes
AS 4267 Pressure regulators for use with industrial compressed gas cylinders
1.3 DESIGNATION OF THE HOSE The designation of the hose shall be the number
of this Australian Standard followed by the rated working pressure.

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