NORCONNECT 231 / NORCONNECT 232 The two patented clamp systems were specifically developed for heavy and super-heavy,
externally corrugated spiral hoses. NORCONNECT 231 is ideally suited for use in the plastics industry,
while NORCONNECT 232 is predestined for food, pharmaceutical and chemical applications.
Compared with many other plastic hoses, NORRES polyurethane hoses (PUR) have
the following distinguishing characteristics:
Less wear (about 2.5 to 5 times better than rubber and about 3 to 4 times
better than many soft PVC, see chapt. 14.8) → better service
life in pumping processes
Light and flexible (compared with many rubber
hoses, NORRES polyurethane hoses are
generally of lower weight and greater flexibility)
It is possible to observe the pumping and transport process
with transparent and partially-coloured (see Section 0.2) hoses
(rubber hoses are usually black and opaque) → visual
inspection of the pumping and transport process →
greater operational reliability
Excellent mechanical strength – PUR is superior to
most other thermoplastic materials in the following ways: →
very high tensile strength → very high elasticity →
good resilience and low compression set → high resistance to
tear propagation
Good chemical resistance (see chapt. 14.1)
Good resistance to UV and weathering (see chapt. 14.8)
High softening points and slow heat aging → greater residual
strength at high temperatures → high compression strength →
greater safety due to material stability
Very good flexibility at low temperatures → lower "bending
force“ at low temperature → lower risk of bending
fracture at low temperatures
Advantageous fire behaviour (in contrast to PVC for example)
Generally good environmental compatibility
But polyurethanes are not all the same! For many of its hoses, NORRES
uses special ester-polyurethane and ether-polyurethane mixtures that
we distinguish with the name Pre-PUR. For more information, please
refer to the details on our particularly high-quality Pre-PUR
polyurethanes (see chapt. 0.3) and the technical appendix (see chapt.
14.8).