Braided lines?

Kerry_129 · 03-24-2010, 12:41 PM

Yep, pretty certain that's the case. If you look at the braiding of the sheath, it's cross-woven. It expands to slip over the tubing, and wouldn't do anything to resist expanding outward if the tubing core expanded (the expansion we're talking about it TINY).

A high-pressure hydraulic line, on the other hand, typically will have a spiral-wound reinforcing wire which actually does reinforce/limit the line's expansion.

03-24-2010, 12:41 PM	#23
Kerry_129 Semi-reformed Squid Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 531	Yep, pretty certain that's the case. If you look at the braiding of the sheath, it's cross-woven. It expands to slip over the tubing, and wouldn't do anything to resist expanding outward if the tubing core expanded (the expansion we're talking about it TINY). A high-pressure hydraulic line, on the other hand, typically will have a spiral-wound reinforcing wire which actually does reinforce/limit the line's expansion.