Which One Should I Choose? Rubber Hose or Metal Flexible Hose?

Rubber hose and metal flexible hose are two types of fluid line that installed in pipelines to delivery medium. The purpose of this article is to help you determine which one is best for your application, rubber hose or metal flexible hose? Let’s see their strengths and weakness.

stainless steel hose

A stainless steel hose or metal flexible hose is manufactured by welding the steam and butt of stainless steel hose ends together, and welding the fittings onto stainless steel hose. A stainless steel hose has excellent heat resistance and high pressure rating, it shows great adaptability when applying to high pressure and heat pipelines. Welding is the key procedure in the manufacturing of a stainless steel hose, if welding in a wrong way, a leak path can be created and bad for pipeline operation.

A rubber hose is manufactured by rubber material combining with cord fabric line inside the rubber layer. Rubber hose is easier to set in complex working condition since it has good flexibility. Rubber hose is convenient for replacement and its pressure range ratings up tp 10000 psi. Rubber material has good vibration resistance, thus rubber hose is best for pipelines that require resistance to vibration. However, rubber hose is not suitable for high pressure and strong external force pipelines. Comparing to metal flexible hose, rubber hose has shorter service life, it needs to be replaced in regular time.

In modern fuel gas piping system, more rubber hose is replaced by stainless steel hose. Because stainless steel hose is more safe and durable in use. Please enquiry at best@lanphan.com or call 86-371-67447999.