GENERAL PURPOSE TUBES

The general purpose tubes and hoses are used for the general purposes which do not require high range of purity of the compound. These are mostly used in many domestic appliances and in the workshops or hobby applications because of their excellent flexibility.

MEDICAL/FOOD GRADE TUBES

These are specially designed hoses and tubes which are made in a manner so that they do not react with any medical or food material. They are sterilized in standard autoclaves in order to make them fit for the application in which they come in close contact with the food ingredients, body tissues and fluids or sensitive drugs. In this particular type of tubing the manufactured silicone tubes and hoses are completely tasteless, odorless, and non-toxic with a special property which does not support bacterial growth.

The high pressure tubes and hoses are made by strengthening their composition with wire or polyester braids which combats expansion and flattening. These tubes are mostly used when then the tubes are in direct contact with pressurized gases or suction is conducted. However, sharp edged clamps and fitting should be avoided near the tubes as they have low tensile strength and resistance to steam which may cause excessive wear and tear.

USES OF SILICONE TUBES IN THE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR

Silicone has a multiple usage in the industrial sector because of its excellent properties and types which provide a very wide area for functioning. Some of these uses are:

Tri Clamp And Flange Gaskets, Mumbai, India

Tri Clamp And Flange Gaskets

A gasket is a mechanical seal which is used to fill the space between two moving surfaces. This is usually done to avoid leakages from or into the two conjoined surfaces while they are under compression. Gaskets allow less than perfect mating surfaces on the machine parts where there are irregularities which might cause leakage. These gaskets are common produced by cutting rubber sheet materials.

Tri Clamp And Flange Gaskets

Tri-clamp and flange gaskets are two of the most popular form of gaskets used for these purposes because of their extremely stable properties and flexibility.

TRICLAMP GASKETS

These gaskets are usually used as sanitary gaskets and in the food, dairy, beverage, biotech, chemical and pharmaceutical industries. Size range from 1/8 inch to 12” inch are offered suitable to most types of couplings like DS, DIN11851, SMS1149, ISO2853 as well as clamp-types like ISO2852, BS4825/3, ISO1127, DIN32676 and others. Most of them can be supplied in NBR, EPDM,FKM VITON, PTFE and SILICONE , all meeting the requirements of FDA for use with foodstuff. All standard materials are furthermore tested and certified against USP Class VI.

The tri-clamp gaskets are usually manufactured from the four different materials which are as follows: SILICONE The silicone tri-clamp gaskets are translucent clear in color and have a very wide range of temperature ranging from -58 F to 446 F which makes them highly suitable for a wide range of applications at both industrial front and the domestic front. They are extremely flexible and relatively soft which makes it easy to work with them and use them as a seal. However, over a prolonged use with acids and caustics, they become gummy and soft in commercial applications.

EPDM These gaskets have a narrower temperature range than silicone ranging from -30 F to 300 F but are much stronger to acid and caustics attack in commercial setting. Hence, they are preferred over the silicone gaskets in commercial and home brewery settings and applications. The EPDM gaskets are relatively softer and easy to use as seals. They are also one of the best choices if the application is now situated too close to the flame which affects them adversely. These gaskets are black in color.

PTFE PTFE Teflon has one of the widest ranges of properties and applications in the commercial and domestic world. These solid white gaskets made of EPDM similarly have the widest range of functional temperature ranging from -100 F to 500 F. however, they are tougher than the above two substances or rubbers and thus, it is difficult to mould them into seals.

BUNA-N BUNA-N gaskets are also black in color but have a narrower range of temperature from -30 to -200. However, they remain flexible across that temperature and seal well within it too.

FLANGE GASKETS

A flange gasket is a gasket which is specially designed to fit between two sections of the pipe that are flared to provide higher surface area. These come in a variety of sizes and are often categorized on the basis of their inside and outside diameter. They are primarily of four types:

TRI CLAMP AND FLANGE GASKETS

Tri Clamp And Flange Gaskets

Tri Clamp And Flange Gaskets

TRICLAMP GASKETS

FLANGE GASKETS