At Cenflex, Inc., we manufacture custom American-made products, drawing on decades of cross-industry experience in CNC machining, laser cutting, welding, and more. Among our extensive product offerings are our high-quality flexible metal hoses. If your application requires hoses made with flexible yet durable metal materials, our team can help you make the right selection.
What Are Flexible Metal Hoses?
These strong and versatile hoses serve to transfer fluids within operations and systems, forming connections between rigid, misaligned pipes as well as moving equipment components. For applications generating noise, vibration, or movement, flexible metal hoses can help handle their absorption. They’re also an ideal option for equipment that you often have to disassemble and relocate because of their wear resistance and durability.
These benefits, along with other resistance capabilities, lend flexible metal hoses to diverse applications across major industries. Our hose products help support continual and lasting performance within our clients’ operations, along with regulatory compliance. They’re available in a variety of quality metal alloys like stainless steel, bronze, and Inconel to deliver reliable protection against leakage, corrosion, and harsh environmental conditions.
Flexible Metal Hose Applications
Flexible metal hoses are advantageous to multiple industries for handling their unique applications.
HVAC
Our hoses allow for efficient gas and air transfer in heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) units. What makes them ideal for these applications is their ability to withstand vibrations, high heat, and fluctuating temperatures and pressures.
Oil and Gas
Another industry that exposes its equipment to high-temperature fluids and pressurized applications, the oil and gas sector uses corrosion-resistant flexible metal hoses to move gases and liquids. They’re compatible with equipment for oil and gas production as well as drilling operations.
Chemicals
Processing facilities in this industry frequently use flexible metal hoses to safely move corrosive chemicals within or between systems and components. Our hoses can withstand such substances, preventing degradation and leaks for reliable functionality.
Food and Beverage
The food and beverage industry utilizes flexible metal hoses for transferring consumable goods and process-related substances. Processing plants in this market choose flexible metal hoses for their corrosion resistance but also because they’re safe to use and simple to clean in product handling and storage applications.
Marine
Multiple marine applications capitalize on the corrosion resistance of flexible metal hoses to efficiently and safely transfer gases and liquids. These applications also favor metal hoses for their ability to hold up under pressure and heat in marine environments.
Flexible Metal Hose Advantages
High-performance flexible hose products from Cenflex offer several key benefits that differentiate them from other connectors. Our hoses are capable of the following:
- Balancing flexibility with durability. Companies typically choose these metal hoses for their flexibility, as they allow for bending without the risk of breakage posed by other more rigid options. They owe their flexible strength to the quality of the metal alloys that we use in their production, giving them enhanced durability and resistance properties. These versatile hoses are also easier to install around equipment and in areas with limited space than stiff tubing.
- Providing dependable leak prevention. If preventing leakage is a critical requirement for your application, as is the case in pneumatic, hydraulic, or high-pressure fluid systems, flexible metal hoses will effectively mitigate this risk.
- Maintaining their integrity when exposed to high temperatures. Many applications also benefit from the resistance to high temperatures that flexible metal hoses offer, including those that handle and transfer hot water, steam, air, or gas.
- Resisting degradation from corrosive fluids and environments. Flexible metal hoses’ corrosion resistance protects them under harsh conditions, such as those found in marine environments and processing plants for chemicals or consumable products.
Flexible Metal Hoses From Cenflex, Inc.
Custom-designed around your application, Cenflex offers flexible and braided metal hoses in a variety of alloys to handle demanding service conditions. The Cenflex team also pressure tests our flexible metal hoses to ensure they meet or exceed your compatibility and functional requirements, as well as safety and environmental standards.
Gain greater efficiencies, safety, and high-pressure and variable-temperature performance with our pressure-tested flexible metal hoses. Contact us to learn more about our product offerings, or request a quote today for a custom solution.