LifeSense

LifeSense

Know the moment your hydraulic hose needs attention.

Introducing Eaton’s LifeSense™ a patented hydraulic hose condition monitoring technology. LifeSense™ monitors the health of hydraulic hose assemblies. As the hose assembly approaches the end of its useful life, LifeSense™ detects events occurring within the hose that have been shown to lead to failure and notifies the designated individual that the hose needs to be replaced.  This notification is provided with enough time to replace the hose during planned maintenance prior to failure thus saving downtime, clean-up costs, environmental damage and potential injury.
R&D 100 Award

Eaton LifeSense has received the prestigious R&D 100 Award from R&D Magazine. Selected by an independent panel of experts from a strong field of nominations Eaton LifeSense joins the ranks of other breakthrough technologies that have been recognized as the most technologically significant products within a given year. View Article


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LifeSense hose continues to be recognized as a game-changing, new technology. The latest evidence is a Gold King Award as “one of industry’s best new products of the year“ in the fluid/pneumatic power category of the annual King Awards competition conducted by New Equipment Digest Magazine. The King Awards, named after the magazine’s long-time chief editor Bob King, were established to recognize superior industrial product innovation. View Article


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Eaton’s LifeSense technology earned its first industry honor in 2011 by receiving one of only two platinum “Leadership in Lifting Equipment and Aerial Platforms” (LLEAP) awards issued by Lift and Access magazine. LifeSense was recognized as the “best all-around innovation” in the Award’s “OEM-developed features/essential components for OEMs” support product category. Judging is based on four criteria: innovation, leadership, influence, and benefit.View Article

Benefits

  • Provides more than 50% more hose life
  • Increases reliability – detects and warns of impending failure
  • Safeguards workers
  • Reduces risk of collateral damage
  • Increases cost savings
  • Maximizes uptime – mitigates unexpected hose failures
  • Improves maintenance/operations efficiency – automates inspections, ongoing and real-time monitoring
  • Protects the environment – mitigates potential hazards