COMPOSITE HIGH-PRESSURE TUBE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE TUBE

摘要

A high-pressure composite pipe of the present invention comprises an inner layer pipe made of a synthetic resin, and a reinforcing layer formed by spirally winding a stretched polyolefin resin sheet on an external circumferential surface of the inner layer pipe. The synthetic resin for the inner layer pipe or a heat-sealable resin is filled into a gap defined by the stretched polyolefin resin sheet, thereby avoiding penetration of water from a cut surface of the pipe. A method of the present invention for manufacturing a high-pressure composite pipe comprises the steps of: manufacturing an inner layer pipe made of a synthetic resin; spirally winding a stretched polyolefin resin sheet on an external circumferential surface of the inner layer pipe; filling the synthetic resin for the inner layer pipe, in a melted state, into a gap defined by the stretched polyolefin resin sheet, wherein the stretched polyolefin resin sheet is heated in the wound state so as to generate a shrinkage stress in the stretched polyolefin resin sheet; and fusing the stretched polyolefin resin sheet and the inner layer pipe together.