Thorburn's Custom Metal Hose Capabilities Thorburn's highly specialized engineering and manufacturing expertise plus its positive "can-do" attitude, have provided the impetus for a dramatic growth pattern and widely respected reputation
Thorburn's annular corrugated metal
hose assemblies are made up of three major parts: metal hose, overbraid
and end fittings. Assemblies achieve several objectives in pipework
design: absorb vibration, suppress rigid pipe transmitted noise,
accommodate reciprocating and flexing movement and adjust or correct
for minor misalignment.
Thorburn's stainless steel annular corrugated hose body provides the flexible and pressure tight core of the assembly.
Thorburn's manufactured annular corrugated hose tends to be more flexible and lower stressed than a helical product.
The pitch of the hose can be varied to achieve performance requirements in both flexibility and pressure rating.
When pressure is introduced
into corrugated hose, it tends to open axially. The pressure acts
upon each corrugation at the rate of the effective diameter of the
corrugation, multiplied by the line pressure. The job of Thorburn's
tight weave braid is to prevent elongation. Fitting the braid to
the corrugated tube also increases the hoop strength, stabilizes
movement and offers a form of abrasion protection. The core hose,
a braid collar and the tight weave braid are welded together to
give the "live length" of assembly. Braid is made of stainless steel,
monel or bronze wire, woven in such a way that line pressure produces
braid tension which is dissipated into inward radial pressure. Thorburn's
multiple braided assemblies accommodate higher pressures. As the
braid is stretched in an operating assembly, it will not accept
axial motion.
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Hose Braiding
High Speed Metallic Braiding Machines
Hose Corrugating |
6mm - 600mm (1/4" - 24")
