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PRODUCT PROFILE

A Steady Supply of Comfort
Whether crews are looking for wire-supported hoses or lay flat options, AmCraft
Manufacturing has been perfecting PCA hose options for nearly two decades.

T

he plane has landed, the preconditioned air
(PCA) unit is chugging along, ready to keep
all onboard comfortable as they wait, but
how's that PCA going to get onto the plane?
A hose, of course. Yet, it can't just be any hose. A
ground crew needs to know its hoses are repair free
and sturdy enough to stay that way - something
made by the kind of folks who know the ins and
outs of PCA hose manufacturing.
With more than 19 years of experience,
AmCraft Manufacturing has gone from repairing
PCA hoses to making their own.
"The airlines kept bringing in PCA hoses,
which needed repair. The ground crew would
bring in these hoses and tell us all about their
complaints with them and if we could do this
or that to improve the product. Since we already
made products out of the same material, it just
became natural for us to not just repair the hoses,

but also manufacture new product. A couple of
years later, 80 percent of our business was PCA
hoses, in all possible configurations and for several
different applications," says Nelly Kuster, Director
of Operations at AmCraft Manufacturing.
AmCraft Manufacturing offers two main variations of hoses, wire-supported hoses and lay flat
hoses. Both product lines offer various insulation
levels and hose sections, building a wide range of
hose configuration options, says Kuster.
AmCraft Manufacturing's Air Insulated Lay
Flat hoses were born in 2015, Kuster says, out of
customer requests for a lightweight and well-insulated hose.
"Over the years, the weight and effectiveness of
the insulation always came up as a subject repeatedly. We set the goal to create a lightweight, durable hose," says Kuster. "Air is the best insulation
and has no weight. We decided to use top-notch
All photos courtesy of AmCraft Manufacturing

By Walker Jaroch

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Industry Expert Column - DATA/IT
Dewey Kulzer: LIfetime Achievement
Air Canada Looks to Modernize GSE with Construction of New Facility
The Pitfalls and Potential of Ground Handling in Africa
The Do's and Don'ts of Deicing
A Steady Supply of Comfort
Product Hangar
Editor's Note
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