Systems and methods to facilitate hose and fitting identification and assembly

A system for assembling hoses, the system comprising:

• a crimper configured to receive crimp parameters;
• assemble a hose by crimping a fitting to the hose based on crimp parameters;
• generate monitoring data during the crimping and tag the hose with a unique assembly identification (UAID);
• and
• a crimp analyzer configured to generate the crimp parameters based on crimp operation data, update the crimp operation data with the generated monitoring data and generate the UAID.

A method of performing a hose and fitting assembly, the method comprising:

• receiving hose specifications and fitting specifications for the hose and fitting assembly;
• generating crimp parameters by a crimper analyzer based on the received hose specifications and fitting specifications;
• obtaining crimp operation data;
• performing the hose and fitting assembly using the crimp operation data by a crimper;
• generating a unique assembly identification (UAID);
• and
• writing the UAID to a radio frequency identification (RFD) standard compliant tag.