Abstract: An apparatus for continuously manufacturing hollow tubular elements has an elongated central core with one end portion connectable with a drive for rotation about its longitudinal axis, a plurality of supporting elements projecting circumferentially outwardly from the central core and longitudinally spaced along the same, a plurality of guides means each provided on the supporting element and axially aligned with one another, a cam element forming a cam surface arranged circumferentially about the longitudinal axis of the core and extending in a plane which is helical with respect to the plane transverse to the axis, and a plurality of rod elements forming a substantially cylindrical molding surface, arranged in side-by-side relationship, and extending longitudinally over the entire length of the central core in a circumferentially spaced relationship with the latter.