Technical hoses which Vibraplast sells in its hose online shop are nowadays a natural aid for us, which are used in many different sectors and industries. But behind the hose as we know it today, there is a long and eventful history...
The invention of the hose goes hand in hand with the historical development of the fire department. At that time, the use of fire buckets was still common. The first historical mention of a hose dates back to 1558, when Augsburg was the first city to use sewn and riveted hoses to extinguish flames.
It was the Dutchman Jan van der Heyde who made a decisive contribution to the invention of the hose as we know it today. By using sailcloth, which was laid out in sheets and then sewn together, the hose became widely used in a short time.
Although the weaver Johann Christoph Beck invented the first flat and tubular hose by using swellable hemp in 1700, he did not want to achieve a breakthrough with this novelty. Because the produced hoses were leaking due to uneven weaving. An exclusion criterion for a functional hose.
In order to be able to bring his invention onto the market after all, Beck tried to compress the hoses by means of an oil bath. The plan worked out in principle. But the oil caused the fibers of the hoses to lose their swelling capacity.
Building on the progress made by Beck, Duke Karl August of Saxony-Weimar managed to produce hoses that could be woven seamlessly and as a result remained tight. Of course they were still hand-woven at that time.
Inspired by the canvas hoses, soon also leather hoses were produced. In 1809 a court coppersmith from Jena attracted attention with his riveted leather hoses.
Although these leather hoses were still in use by the Berlin fire brigade until around 1870, the forerunner of the hose, thereby as we know it today, was invented as early as 1836.
H. F. Benzinger, a court chimney sweep from Hanover, introduced the so-called ""rubber coating"" of the hoses. Therefore one became independent of the swelling capacity of the fibre. In order to compress the hose, it was first turned after weaving and then coated with rubber in several layers.
In 1865, the first rubberized hose was officially presented and in the following years it replaced the leather hoses commonly used up to that time.
2019 Vibraplast AG distributes over 6000 articles of technical hoses and hose systems such as: Highly abrasion-resistant polyurethane hoses made of Pre-PUR?, suction and transport hoses made of PVC, TPE, PE, EVA, silicone etc., high-temperature hoses up to 1,100? C, electrically conductive and antistatic hoses, connecting elements and accessories as well as customer-specific solutions.
Vibraplast hose products can be found e.g. as suction and transport hoses and for the transport of bulk materials in the food and pharmaceutical industry, in agriculture, on mobile and stationary suction systems, on machines in the wood and plastics industry, on municipal vehicles, as cable protection hose system in the electrotechnical sector and as energy-saving and more long-lasting membrane aerator in sewage treatment plants. (21.03.2019 / UDU)
