Abstract: A high pressure gas hose and related methods of transporting high pressure gases in which gas permeability throughout a length of the high pressure gas hose is reduced. The high pressure gas hose can have an outer tube and the inner tube. The outer tube can be formed of a resistant polymer material such as PTFE. The inner tube can include a matrix formed of PTFE and graphene nano-platelets or nano-particles. The graphene nano-platelets define a tortuous path within the matrix such that gas permeability is reduced through an inner tube wall thickness. Gas permeability throughout a length of the high pressure gas hose can be less that about 20 ml/m/hr. The high pressure gas hose can find practical application in natural gas applications, automotive applications, cooling and refrigeration applications and other applications in which it is desired to have low gas permeability in high pressure applications.

Abstract: A tube including a PTFE tube, a jacket circumferentially surrounding the PTFE tube, and a protective jacket circumferentially surrounding the jacket and the PTFE tube, and methods of producing same. The jacket is formed from a plurality of plaits of fiberglass lace. The fiberglass lace includes PTFE. A method of producing a tube includes providing a PTFE tube, forming a jacket by circumferentially wrapping a plurality of plaits of fiberglass lace around the PTFE tube, and extruding a protective jacket over the jacket. The fiberglass lace includes PTFE. A method of using the tube, includes providing a tube as described herein and coupling one or more ends of the tube to one or more devices.

Abstract: A tube including a PTFE tube and a jacket circumferentially surrounding the PTFE tube, and method of producing same. The jacket is formed from a plurality of plaits of fiberglass lace. The fiberglass lace includes PTFE. A method of producing the tube includes providing a PTFE tube and forming a jacket by circumferentially wrapping a plurality of plaits of fiberglass lace around the PTFE tube. The fiberglass lace includes PTFE. A method of using the tube includes providing a tube as described herein and coupling one or more ends of the tube to one or more devices.

Abstract: A high pressure gas hose and related methods of transporting high pressure gases in which gas permeability throughout a length of the high pressure gas hose is reduced. The high pressure gas hose can have an outer tube and the inner tube. The outer tube can be formed of a resistant polymer material such as PTFE. The inner tube can include a matrix formed of PTFE and graphene nano-platelets or nano-particles. The graphene nano-platelets define a tortuous path within the matrix such that gas permeability is reduced through an inner tube wall thickness. Gas permeability throughout a length of the high pressure gas hose can be less that about 20 ml/m/hr. The high pressure gas hose can find practical application in natural gas applications, automotive applications, cooling and refrigeration applications and other applications in which it is desired to have low gas permeability in high pressure applications.

Abstract: A flexible, kink resistant, fluid transfer hose construction that employs a flexible and abrasion-resistant protective jacket is provided. The protective jacket demonstrates the necessary mechanical properties to be included under a crimped sleeve or collar of a hose coupling, thereby increasing the useful life of the hose by, for example, preventing damaging chemicals from accessing underlying layers at each end of the hose construction.