08/10/2026
🔩 CAN'T SOURCE THE FITTING? WE'LL FIND A WAY TO MAKE IT. 🇦🇺
Another custom fabrication project completed for Fox Global, this time supporting a major tunnelling application in Melbourne.
The requirement?
Heavy-duty 5-inch steel hose tails with fabricated, weld-on shouldered ends.
Sounds straightforward, right?
Not when the required configuration isn't readily available in Australia and the project can't afford unnecessary procurement delays.
🏗️ THE CHALLENGE
Our customer required specialised industrial hose fittings to suit its existing connection arrangements.
Unfortunately, the required 5-inch shouldered configuration wasn't available locally within the project's timeframe.
Waiting on the conventional supply process wasn't an attractive option.
🔧 THE FOX GLOBAL SOLUTION
Rather than accepting the delay, we arranged custom fabrication of the required steel hose tails.
✅ Custom 5-inch industrial hose tails
✅ Fabricated weld-on shouldered connections
✅ Heavy-duty steel construction
✅ Manufactured to the project's dimensional requirements
✅ Quick turnaround on multiple batches
✅ Supplied to support ongoing Melbourne tunnelling operations
The result?
A practical Australian fabrication solution that helped keep the project moving.
🇦🇺 MORE THAN AN INDUSTRIAL HOSE SUPPLIER
At Fox Global, we specialise in solving difficult industrial supply challenges.
Whether it's an unusual hose fitting, specialised connection, large-bore assembly or component that simply isn't available off the shelf, we're always happy to investigate a custom solution.
We support industries including:
🏗️ Civil Construction & Tunnelling
⛏️ Mining & Resources
🏭 Manufacturing
💧 Water Treatment
⚙️ Chemical Processing
🚢 Marine & Heavy Industry
Proudly Australian-owned and family-operated, with national supply capability.
📍 Sydney | Melbourne | Brisbane | Perth | Adelaide
📖 READ OUR LATEST PROJECT ARTICLE:
Custom 5-Inch Steel Hose Tails – Melbourne Tunnelling Project
🔗 https://foxglobal.com.au/2026/10/09/when-standard-industrial-fittings-arent-available-fox-globals-custom-5-inch-steel-hose-tails-for-a-melbourne-tunnelling-project/
Have a fitting nobody seems to stock?
Send us a drawing or specification. Let's see what we can do.
📞 1300 852 795
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