Only use the crimp style shanks with the crimp style sleeves and ferrules. Due to differences in dimensions and tolerances for safety reasons, do not interchange other manufacturer's products with Dixon products.
400 PSI working pressure with a minimum 4:1 safety factor (hose burst:hose working pressure) is only achieved with heavy duty (HD) crimp ferrules, CF400-6CSHD through CF400-16CSHD.