Anti-abrasion Protective Sleeves, made of nylon or textile yarns, are usually used for the applications requiring anti-abrasion protection and containment for ropes, wire harnesses and hose assemblies, such as hose sleeves, hose covers and hose anti-abrasive protection.
Just implying from its name, anti-abrasion is the essential characteristic of such kind of sleeve.
What determines their anti-abrasion performance? It is the material and structure!
Today, let’s take a look at the common materials for abrasion-resistant sleeves in the market.
Material Characteristic:
| Material | Working Temperature | Melting Point | Anti-abrasion Performance | Cost |
| PA (polyamide) | -45℃ to +180℃ | approx. +230℃ | excellent | high |
| PET (polyethylene) | -45℃ to +150℃ | approx. +230℃ | excellent | moderate |
| PP (polypropylene) | -40℃ to +120℃ | < +200℃ | so so | low |
To know more about the abrasion resistance performance of each material, we internally tested the sleeve samples we have at hand.
▶ Abrasion Resistance Test Result:
| Test Method | A 950g weight is applied to the iron grinding head and the anti-abrasion sleeve is subjected to a round trip linear wear test until it wears out. The higher the number of round trips, the more wear-resistant it is. |
| Material & Source | Test Result | Ref. Picture |
| PA (from Japan market) | 183,000 round trips |  |
| PA (from China market) | 117,900 round trips |  |
| PET (Hantai sleeve with fine pattern) | 180,000 round trips |  |
| PET (Hantai sleeve with coarse pattern) | 144,000 round trips |  |
| PET (from China market) | 63,000 round trips |  |
| PP (from China market) | 55,000 round trips |  |
| We can learn from the above information that Hantai’s PET sleeve actually shares nearly the same anti-abrasion performance as the PA sleeve we got from Japan. We can even say that our PET sleeve has better abrasion resistance than the PA sleeve, subject to the different grades of raw materials. |
Hantai, as a professional manufacturer, would like to offer an economical yet durable product to our customers. Polyester PET Textile Protective Sleeve is the better choice concerning both the cost and performance.
Hantai’s textile protective sheath protects hoses from abrasion and degradation, helping prevent severe injury and protecting equipment from costly damage. It performs well on hose burst protection to limit the effects of hose bursting and pinhole occurrences. Its typical application is the hose and wire protection for heavy equipment, and cable and hose protection and containment in the automotive industry.
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