The invention relates to a method for continuously producing plastic tubes
by biaxial drawing consisting in producing a blank (E) by extrusion,
heating said blank to a molecular condensation temperature, radially
dilating it by the internal pressure of a fluid applied between two
axially distant obturator rings (7, 11) and in carrying out a calibration
(8) and cooling (9) associated with an axial tension produced on a tube
at the output thereof. A pressure opposite to the internal pressure is
applied to the blank wall from the outside in at least one area which is
exposed to the radial dilation. Said opposite pressure is selected such
that it is lower than the internal pressure, thereby preventing a
counteraction to said dilation and remaining sufficient in order to
control the dilation growth in such a way that it is possible to ensure a
substantially constant material thickness on the same circumference.