What are the main uses of corrugated pipes?

Everyone often buys corrugated pipes, but do you know the main uses of corrugated pipes? Below is a detailed explanation for you:

Due to the unique geometric shape of corrugated pipes, they can undergo significant deformation under the action of axial force, lateral force, and bending moment. Compared with smooth light tubes, in addition to sufficient strength, it also has greater flexibility and high fatigue resistance under cyclic stress. The application of corrugated pipes in engineering technology only requires the following points:

Firstly, as an elastic element, it is mainly used as a sensitive element, compensation element, connecting element, and sealing element for various measurement, adjustment, and control instruments. This type of corrugated pipe is generally small in size, has good linearity, high accuracy, and is often obtained by electroplating. As an elastic component, corrugated pipes have uniform manufacturing methods, precision control, and testing requirements, which are different from those used in expansion joints. Please refer to relevant monographs.

Secondly, as a metal hose, the metal hose is composed of three parts: corrugated pipe, mesh sleeve, and joint. Bellows are the main body of metal hoses and play a flexible role. Metal hoses can be used to meet the needs of isotropic displacement at the working end of pipelines, such as plastic hot air compressors, steam conveying hoses on the upper and lower sliding platforms of printing and dyeing dryers, infusion pipes for railway tanker loading and unloading, and oil pipelines for ships. In addition, metal hoses can also compensate for positional deviations in pipelines and absorb vibrations in the piping system. Corrugated pipes for metal hoses, generally with a diameter of Φ 10~ Φ 400mm.

The third type is the corrugated pipe used as a flexible section of the expansion joint, mainly used to compensate for axial, lateral, and angular displacement caused by temperature differences or temperature fluctuations in pipelines or equipment. At the same time, it can also absorb the vibration of high-frequency machine inlet and outlet pipelines.