Corrugated tubes are mostly used for waste water
disposal and extrusion of fluids from houses, factories and also in many
commercial applications. These longitudinally arranged co-axial pipes provide
reliable and flexible cabling with high mechanical strength. They are easy to
install and manage even at small bends without any loss on its physical
architecture.
Corrugated tubes vary
in sizes and available for all kinds of application, you have seen small
corrugated pipes used as drain pipe to carry run off from shallow trough below
the eaves of a house. Larger pipes are mostly installed in underground channel
carrying water under a road or bridges. The corrugation of the pipe is
determined by the height of the ridges on its surface, more ridges per unit
area results in more flexibility of pipe.
These tubes are made up of various
type of polymer like PTFE, FEP, PFA and ETFE, and also by steel and other
metal, such material operates at very high temperature and corrosive
environment. The tube features low coefficient of friction, anti-stick
properties and corrosion and chemical resistance property. The pipes are tested
under various pressure ranges so that they can perform better in application
that require pipe to be buried and bear the compression provide by soil. The
coating or lining is done inside the pipe which improves flow of fluid through
the pipe.
Corrugated steel pipe also requires the measurement of electrical
resistance and pH of soil for underground application. The metallic corrugated tube is generally coated by
the process that include zinc-galvanizing, aluminizing and by polymer or
asphalt. However, plastic corrugate pipe are prefer over metallic pipe as they
have high tolerance for pH value and has no conductivity. These pipes are
manufactured in long length and delivers in bundle or roles to the installation
site; you can easily cut off the section or join the pieces according to your
requirements.
In
addition to the corrugated tubing design the manufactures also offers extensive
custom made extrusions capabilities
in the pipe. According to your application requirement the custom extrusions of
high tolerance, custom reinforcement, in line cutting, solid colors and with
special resins compound are created. The design of the extrusion determines the
shape and size of the pipe required to fit exactly in the space. The factors
that affect the custom made extrusions
are the wall thickness and corner. To improve the extrudability the thickness
of wall should be uniform and the corners should be rounded to lay down the tube
properly. Since corrugated shaped pipe are easy to bend and cut down in to
small section so they can be easily incorporated in the design which demand
sharp internal angles to enclose the shape. The custom extrusion can be made up
of variety of materials such as Acrylic, Polycarbonate, Nylon, all type of
polyethylene, PVDF, synthetic rubbers, thermoplastic Elastomers and other
plastic and metals. To fine tune a plastic material with all other sections of
extrusions compounding is necessary. Compounding permits the designer to
enhance the specific areas of plastic performance by blending additives into
it. This make the part work last longer and provide benefits such as low
temperature flexibility, resistance to fungus growth, improved purity,
dielectric, elasticity and conductivity property, UV and gamma stabilization. Custom made extrusion manufacturing
process has ability to create very complex cross section with the brittle
material by following any type of hot, cold and warm extrusion technique. The custom
extrusion takes shape and features to reduce weight, simplify assembly, enhance
functionality and minimize finishing cost.
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The
article gives an overview about corrugated tube and the features of custom made
extrusions. For more Information please visit here: http://www.rbmplastics.com.au
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