In a method for manufacturing a double-walled, thermoplastic tube with a
connecting sleeve, which enables precise and complete molding of the
connecting sleeve by simple means, it is provided that a) a first tube
(1) is extruded into a mold tunnel (4) comprising at least one row of
molds (5) guided on a path, b) the first tube (1) is given a corrugated
shape in at least one first section and expanded into a connecting sleeve
in at least one second section, c) a second tube (6) is extruded into the
first tube and pressed against the corrugation troughs (8) of the first
tube (1), d) while the first tube (1) is being given a corrugated shape
and the second tube (6) extruded into the first, the space (A) between
the two tubes (1, 6) is subjected to a pressure p1 that is above
atmospheric pressure, e) the space (A) between the two tubes (1, 6) is
subjected, at a specified time before or after expansion of the first
tube (1) into a connecting sleeve, to an essentially constant pressure
p2.ltoreq.p1 above atmospheric pressure, or to a variable, but not
continuously declining pressure p2, f) during extrusion of the second
tube (6) into the first tube (1), which has already been expanded into a
connecting sleeve, the second tube (6) is internally subjected to a
pressure p3 above atmospheric pressure and pressed against the first tube
(1), and g) pressure p1 is subsequently again applied to space (A)
between the two tubes.