Where are rubber hoses primarily used?

Core Tip: A category of tubular rubber products used for conveying gases, liquids, pastes, or granular materials. Composed of an inner and outer rubber layer and a skeletal layer, the skeletal layer can be made from cotton fibers, various synthetic fibers, carbon fibers, asbestos, steel wire, and the like. Generally, the inner and outer rubber layers of the hose are made from natural rubber, styrene-butadiene rubber, or isoprene rubber; oil-resistant hoses use chloroprene rubber or nitrile rubber; acid and alkali-resistant, high-temperature-resistant hoses use ethylene propylene rubber, fluororubber, or silicone rubber, etc. In recent years, thermoplastic rubbers such as thermoplastic polyurethane rubber and polyester rubber have begun to be used. Hoses are versatile due to their ease of bending, shock absorption, light weight, and ease of installation and use, and are widely used in agriculture for irrigation and drainage, in harbor dredging for mud suction and discharge, and in hydraulic, pneumatic, and fuel systems of aircraft, tanks, cars, and many mechanical equipment.