NEW Thermoplastic Hoses Introduction
Italy-based Merlett has been manufacturing thermoplastic hoses since the 1980s.
In 2019, Continental, a company with over 100 years of experience in hoses and hose lines for all industrial applications, acquired the Merlett Group. Now part of Continental’s Industrial Fluid Solutions business unit, Merlett’s thermoplastic hoses sit alongside Continental’s well-established rubber hoses. Continental boasts extensive expertise in processing rubber, metal, and thermoplastics. The two thermoplastic hose production sites feature 130 production lines, 200 extruders, and 20 presses, with a daily output of around 450,000 meters.
What is Thermoplastic Hose?
- Thermoplastic is any extruded Plastic Hose
- General industrial for air or liquid transfer
- Normally under pressure or vacuum
- Reinforcement can be
- Braided
- Spiral (Plastic or Metal)
- Both braided and spiral
- Thermoplastic is cheaper than Rubber
- Faster production than for Rubber hoses
- TP Hoses can be manufactured to infinite lengths
- TP Hoses are easy to change specification e.g.
- Colour
- Inner/outer diameter
- Branding
Example Applications
- OEM agriculture
- Fish farming
- Pools and ponds
- Dust extraction
- Wind turbine manufacture
- Ad Blue transfer
- Boat building
- Vacuum cleaners
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