Gates Corporation Announces Its MegaSys® Product Line for Integrated Hydraulic Systems

Denver, CO, February 11, 2011 --(PR.com)-- The Fluid Power unit of Gates Corporation, a leading manufacturer of industrial and automotive products, today announced its expanded and re-engineered MegaSys® product line for hydraulic systems. Its constant pressure spiral-wire and wire-braid hoses can be bent up to one-third the SAE specification, and its MegaCrimp® and GlobalSpiral™ couplings guarantee leak-free connections with MegaSys hoses with maximum working pressures as high as 8,000 psi.

The flexible MegaSys hoses can be routed in tight spaces for easy installation, and overall hose assembly length and cost are reduced by as much as 64 percent. In addition, the hydraulic hoses feature MegaTuff® or XtraTuff™ hose covers for unparalleled abrasion resistance.

A new layline treatment, used exclusively for MegaSys hoses, brings a distinctive design and pressure color coding system to make the hoses easy to identify in stock and in service. It indicates hose trade name; size; pressure; SAE, EN or DIN standard; and USMSHA flame resistance compliance.

For additional information about the MegaSys product line and Gates Fluid Power Hydraulic Systems, visit http://www.gates.com/megasys.

About Gates Corporation
Celebrating its 100th anniversary, Gates Corporation (gates.com) is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of industrial and automotive products, systems and components with operations in 29 countries. Gates maintains sales and marketing operations in every major industrial and automotive market, including North and South America, Europe, Asia, Australia and the Middle East. Gates is part of the Industrial & Automotive group of Tomkins plc, which is owned by a consortium comprising Onex Corporation and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. Tomkins enjoys strong market positions and technical leadership across all of its business activities and owns some of the best-known brands in their respective markets.

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