Composite Hose provides a unique and highly customizable solution for applications that demand flexibility, durability, and chemical compatibility. Its construction traps specially formulated layers of film and textile reinforcement between exposed inner and outer helical wires. The result is a hose that is lighter in weight, highly flexible, and capable of long-term service in demanding applications.
This multi-layer design allows composite hose to be tailored to a wide range of chemical and petrochemical applications. Composite hose construction provides the added benefit of a non-permeable barrier, helping improve containment, safety, and performance.
Composite hose assemblies are fabricated with the inner and outer wires in full contact with the hose coupling, providing end-to-end electrical continuity. Each hose is then hydrostatically tested during final inspection.
Wire reinforcement options include stainless steel, galvanized steel, polypropylene-coated steel, and aluminum, with differing inner and outer wire combinations possible, allowing for compatibility in nearly all types of media.
We offer composite hose in sizes ranging from 1″ ID to 12″ ID, and service temperatures from -22°F to +212°F (-30°C to +100°C). Specialized constructions are also available for high-temperature and cryogenic service.
Common applications
- Ship-to-Shore transfer
- Refinery and petrochemical plants
- In-plant and storage terminal transfer
- Rail and tank truck loading / bottom unloading
- Hazardous waste recovery and transfer
- Vapor recovery
- Cryogenic service, including specialized hose for liquid nitrogen
Key Benefits
- Customizable tube, reinforcement, and coupling combinations
- Greater flexibility than traditional larger diameter hose designs
- Multi-layer construction provides non-permeable performance
- Full end-to-end electrical continuity
- Excellent chemical compatibility
- Every assembly is hydrostatically tested
- High-temperature and cryogenic options available
- UV, ozone, chemical, and oil resistant
- Wide range of coupling configurations, including PTFE encapsulation
- Compliance with various U.S. and international standards, including U.S.C.G., BS 5842, EN 13765:2010, and EN 13766:2010; heavy-duty marine transfer hoses may also be supplied to meet applicable IMO, BCH, and IBC requirements.
Composite Hose is supplied as a prefabricated assembly only.
Due to the specialized nature of the construction, standard hose couplings are not compatible and field repairs are not possible.