Silicone Hose: Advantages When Using

Silicone - a representative of polymers, belongs to the group of elastomers. The physical characteristics that this material possesses allow it to be used in situations and experimental conditions.

Application

Silicone hose is made for many industries and has wide application in various fields. Silicone hoses are used as seed pipes, milk lines, oil and gas pipelines, for feeding pesticides, for irrigation, spraying on fields of liquid organic fertilizers, for manure cleaning and for many other purposes. When they are manufactured, all the necessary requirements and loads are taken into account, which they must comply with in accordance with established norms and standards. To give the products a certain stiffness, due to which the shape keeps, they are made reinforced. Such a hose is a flexible construction of plasticized PVC or of silicone or polyurethane, inside which is soldered a uniformly impact-resistant spiral from rigid PVC.

A bit of history

The silicone hose was originally developed exclusively for use in the technical field of activity. But gradually it also began to be used in the transportation of food. Products made from this material are widely used due to a number of specific qualities that they possess. The first and, perhaps, its main advantage is the use in cases where conventional elastomers can not be used. Silicone hose is a quality and reliability, therefore it is in great demand in extreme conditions and non-traditional situations.

Temperature conditions

This product can withstand a wide range of completely different temperatures - from minus 60 ° С to plus 300 ° С. In addition, the silicone hose is highly resistant to sea and fresh water, as well as to salts, alcohols, phenols, oils, alkali and acid solutions and other corrosive environments.

Benefits

The suction hose can be used where the background radiation is increased , there is the influence of electric fields, active UV radiation. An important quality of the material from which such products are made is that even when the surface layer of silicone rubber burns , the silicon oxide (SiO2) remains on the hose itself, which provides electrical insulation. Another significant advantage is that the silicone hose is non-toxic and physiologically inert. Regardless of temperature, its properties will remain unchanged. This product, with all its advantages, will retain its strength, elasticity and durability.

Silicone hoses in the Russian market

Every year this material only improves its quality, it becomes more popular and affordable in the price category for an even greater number of consumers. Many Russian enterprises producing silicone hoses are quite capable of competing with foreign suppliers.