Metallic Hose Assemblies

Thorburn's Custom Metal Hose Assemblies

Since 1954, Thorburn has devoted its expanding facilities and engineering expertise to the design, development and manufacture of flexible piping systems. Integrally associated with this product mix are Thorburn's metallic braided and unbraided hose assemblies. Thorburn's growing success has been achieved through outstanding customer service and strictly enforced quality control procedures.

Because Metallic pipe systems require lateral deflection or vibration isolation while transferring steam, gas, vacuum, air or liquids at high or cryogenic temperatures.

Thorburn's standard annular flexible core starts its life as a coil of stainless steel strip which is mechanically formed into a tube and then longitudinally butt welded. Considerable care is taken to ensure that the strength of the butt weld is greater than that of the parent material. This rigid tube is then transferred to the corrugating machine where the corrugations are formed. After the tube has been corrugated, it is pressure tested to ensure that there are no leeks.

Thorburn's "Tight Weave" braid design is carefully calculated to ensure that the number of wire gage and the angle of lay, give optimal performance. After the attachment of the end fittings, the hose is pressure tested to 1-1/2 times the working pressure. Test certificates are available upon request