Plastic hose making method

A method of making a composite hose having a generally dimensionally stable hollow plastic core suitable for receiving and conveying an internal pressure producing fluid and a tubular textile net surrounding the core for reinforcing the core against the pressure of the fluid, said method comprising the steps of:

• applying a layer of thermally softenable material to the exterior of the core, said material being bondable to the core by thermal fusion but possessing substantial bonding incompatibility with the net, the material having uniformly dispersed therein a particulate susceptor having a size range of submicron to 20 microns and heatable upon exposure to a selected form of indirectly applied energy, the layer being applied in a thickness no greater than that which obtains a restraining partial embedment of the net in the bonding agent;
• drawing the reinforcing net about the exterior of the core;
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• exposing the layer material to a selected form of indirectly applied energy of sufficient heat generating properties and duration to transiently heat the layer for fusing the layer to the core and for providing a net embedding thermal softening of the layer to mechanically retain the net in the layer by the embedment in in the layer.