Air Brake Tubing
Extreme Performance
A typical heavy truck uses approximately 300 meters of air brake tubing (including trailer) to ensure safe and efficient braking during a long service lifetime. These brake tubes operate under alternating conditions of long-lasting positive pressure and are designed to operate safely at high and low temperatures. They are also required to demonstrate tremendous mechanical impact resistance and must resist a wide array of chemicals - most notably the aggressive and corrosive zinc chloride salt, a common ingredient in road salt.
This balance of extreme performance properties makes such tubing also suitable for a wide assortment of heavy duty industrial hydraulic and pneumatic tubing applications.
Important Properties
- Extreme chemical resistance
- Long-term reliability
- Excellent pressure and high/low temperature performance
- High flexibility
- Abrasion and wear resistant
Balance of Properties
Broad Portfolio
Rilsamid® and Rilsan® grades
Grade/ Multilayer solution | DIN 73378 level | ISO 7628 level | OEM proven performance | Additional features | |||||
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PHL | HIPHL | PHLY | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
PA12- Rilsamid® AESN black P302 TL | X | X | X | ||||||
PA12- Rilsamid® AESN black P401 TL | X | X | X | Higher Flexibility | |||||
PA11- Rilsan® BESN black P40 TL | X | X | X | ||||||
PA11- Rilsan® BESN black P20 TL | X | X | X | ||||||
PA12- Rilsamid® AESN black P201 TL | X | X | X | ||||||
PA11- Rilsan® BESN black P210 TL | X | X | X | Higher long term aging performance & up to- 60°C cold impact resistance | |||||
PA11- Rilsan® BESN black P213 TL | X | X |
Rilperm® grades
Grade/ Multilayer solution | DIN 73378 level | ISO 7628 level | OEM proven performance | Additional features | ||||
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PHL | HIPHL | PHLY | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
Rilperm® 3061- P201/ R463/ P201 | X* | X | X | Lower cost | ||||
Rilperm® 3062- P201/ R463Cp/ P201 | X* | X | X | Lower cost | ||||
Rilperm® 3063- P201/ R473/ P201 | Burst @ 23°C | Burst @ 100°C | X | Higher flexibility, Superior high temperature burst and lower cost | ||||
Rilperm® 3163- P210/ R473/ P201 | Burst @ 23°C | Burst @ 100°C | X | Higher adhesion | ||||
Rilperm® 3053- P201/ S452/ P201 | X* | X | ||||||
Rilperm® 3153-BP213/ S452/ BP213 | X* | X | X | Higher long term aging performance & up-to 60°C cold impact resistance |
*DIN 73378 only specifies PA6, PA12 & PA11. Rilperm® multilayer solutions which don't have specified material properties (density, extractible matters...) but have suitable performance (flexibility, cold impact, burst pressure prodile with temperature)
R463= Rilsan® Tieflex R463
R463Cp= Rilsan® Tieflex R463 black TL CP
R473= Rilsan® Tieflex R473 black TL
S452= Rilsan® Tieflex S452 black T6L
P201= Rilsamid® AESN black P201 TL
P210= Rilsan® BESN black P210 TL
TP213= Rilsan® TESN black P213 TL
BP213= Rilsan® BESN black P213 TL
Standard HIPHL: High Impact Plasticized Heat & Light (UV) Stabilized
- PA12 - Rilsamid® AESN BLACK P302 TL (Datasheet - US Units) (Datasheet - SI Units)
- PA12 - Rilsamid® AESN BLACK P401 TL (Datasheet - US Units) (Datasheet - SI Units)
Alternative HIPHL
- Multilayer Rilperm 3061 = Rilsamid® AESN Black P201 TL (Datasheet - US Units) (Datasheet - SI Units) / Rilsan® Tieflex R463 (Datasheet - US Units) (Datasheet - SI Units)/ Rilsan® T P413
- Multilayer Rilperm 3062 = Rilsamid® AESN Black P201 TL (Datasheet - US Units) (Datasheet - SI Units) / Rilsan® Tieflex R473 (Datasheet - US Units) (Datasheet - SI Units) / Rilsan® T P413
PHLY: High Pressure Plasticized Heat & Light (UV) Stabilized
- PA12 - Rilsamid® AESN BLACK P201 TL (Datasheet - US Units) (Datasheet - SI Units)
- PA12 - Rilsamid® MA 4411 BLACK (Datasheet - US Units) (Datasheet - SI Units)
- PA11 - Rilsan® BESN BLACK P210 TL (Datasheet - US Units) (Datasheet - SI Units)
- PA11 - Rilsan® BESN BLACK P20 TL (Datasheet - US Units) (Datasheet - SI Units)
Alternative PHLY
- Rilsan® T P213 / Rilsan® Tieflex S452 (Datasheet - US Units) (Datasheet - SI Units)/ Rilsan® T P213
- Multilayer Rilperm® 3153 - Rilsan® BESN P213 / Rilsan® Tieflex S452 (Datasheet - US Units) (Datasheet - SI Units)/ Rilsan® BESN P213
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