METHOD OF MAKING PRESSURE HOSE

摘要

A method of manufacture of pressure hose is described. An uncured tubular structure including one or more sub-units 11, 12 or 13, 14 each having a radially inner tubular layer of uncured elastomer 11 or 13 and an outer tubular layer of filamentary reinforcing elements 12 or 14 is subjected to fluid pressure in its bore. The fluid pressure forces uncured elastomer material into the interstices of the filamentary layer of each sub-unit and consolidates the uncured structure. A cover layer 17 of elastomer material is thereafter applied and the covered structure is cured into an integral hose.