Steel wire hoses come in various types. Based on their usage, they can be threading hoses, drainage hoses, vent hoses, and more. When it comes to materials, options include stainless steel hoses, metal hoses, corrugated hoses, rubber hoses, and plastic hoses. These hoses are typically crafted from materials like galvanized steel strip, stainless steel strip, as well as plastics such as PA, PE, and PP.
Threading hoses find extensive use in industries like light manufacturing, automotive, aviation, subway, train, and automatic control. Their primary function is to safeguard wire and cable. These hoses are highly flexible and resistant to twisting. Additionally, they can withstand exposure to oil, coolant, and lubricant. Moreover, they feature a small bend radius, a shiny surface, and excellent wear resistance. They can endure heavy foot pressure without breaking or deforming, and quickly regain their original shape without any damage.
Stainless steel hoses, mainly fabricated from SS304 or SS301, serve the purpose of wire protection. They are especially useful for safeguarding precision optical scales and sensing lines. Stainless steel hoses offer good softness, along with resistance to corrosion, high temperatures, abrasion, and tensile forces. They also provide a certain degree of shielding effect. Metal hoses, in general, refer to spiral corrugated pipes.
A metal hose’s spiral bellow is a shell with a spiral shape. There exists a spiral rising angle between two adjacent corrugations, and all these corrugations connect via spiral lines.
Annular bellows, on the other hand, form an annular tube shell. These ring pipes can be made from seamless pipes or welded pipes. However, due to the limitations of the processing method, the length of a single annular tube is usually shorter than that of a spiral tube. Ring corrugated pipes possess good elasticity and low stiffness.
Corrugated hoses are excellent at absorbing vibration energy and reducing noise. They are flexible, lightweight, and can resist fatigue, as well as both high and low temperatures.
Plastic hoses come in two main types. One type offers airtight and watertight properties, while the other is a spiral hose. Ordinary plastic bellows, for instance, can protect cables, as seen in magnetic card phones.