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Make a flexible convoluted hose

Flexible hoses can be improved greatly by applying optimal fibre reinforcement. This way, TANIQ can:

• Make a more flexible hose
• Reduce material consumption up to 70%
• Design without steel reinforcement rings

Furthermore, it is possible to reach higher demands by using the same amount of material in a more efficient way.

Conventional convoluted hoses

Fabric reinforced hose
Convolutes are often applied in hoses to make them more flexible and to reduced transmission of noise or vibration. These convolutes, however, pose great challenges towards reinforcement of the hoses. Conventional production technologies do not allow optimal fibre structures on such complex shapes. Therefore, the approach to reach increasing demands is by adding more high performance materials. This results in higher materials costs an less flexible products.
Furthermore, conventional reinforcement structures do not support the bellow geometry which leads to uncontrolled axial and radial expansion when pressurized. To maintain the shape of the convolutes under internal pressure, it is necessary to add steel reinforcement rings. All together the materials are not used efficiently which leads to limited flexibility..

TANIQ's convoluted hoses

Convoluted hoses reinforced by TANIQ
TANIQ’s Corpo™ reinforcement approaches the convolute challenge from the fibre. The fibre, being the strongest element of a reinforced structure, should take up all the forces and maintain the structure by smart positioning. The efficient reinforcement can reduce material consumption up to 70% and no additional metal rings are needed.

TANIQ’s Capo™ flanges can be perfectly integrated resulting in an efficient transfer of the forces to the environment. The Capo™ flange allows transferring of the forces efficiently from the reinforced rubber to a slender steel coupling ring. Together with the controlled expansion behaviour this enables maximum flexibility in minimal built-in space.