Solid-colour tubing offers quick recognition of individual tubing lines while it retains the performance characteristics for which silicone is known
AdvantaPure is announces the availability of colour silicone tubing for fluid and air transfer.
The solid-colour tubing offers quick recognition of individual tubing lines while it retains the performance characteristics for which silicone is known.
Applications include the transfer and processing of liquids and gases in the pharmaceutical, chemical, food and dairy, beverage, cosmetic, biomedical, and biotechnology industries.
Colour silicone tubing allows for immediate recognition of multiple lines.
Various colours can be used to associate the line with temperature, contents, departments and work shifts, processing equipment, or other user-defined specifics.
Colours will not degrade or wash off like ink can.
Because the tubing is a solid colour and encompasses the entire length of the tube, misidentification is less likely than with colour identification that covers only part or one side of a tube, or occurs at one fitting attachment or the other.
Silicone tubing's extreme flexibility, ability to be sterilised/autoclaved, and the fact that it imparts no taste or odour to critical streams are all retained when colour is introduced during the manufacturing process.
In addition, colour silicone tubing resists temperature extremes (-70 to +200C), compression set, chemical attack, ozone, radiation, and moisture.
Colour silicone tubing is a platinum-cured product that is custom produced according to specification.
Peroxide-cured tubing is also available.
Users can detail the colour(s) needed for each application in tubing sizes ranging from 0.76 to 25mm ID.
Other tubing and hose identification products from AdvantaPure include the patent-pending Hose Track hose assembly identification and tracking system, which uses RFID (radio frequency identification) tags; the AdvantaLabel hose labelling method; colour-striped silicone tubing; colour tracer braid for reinforced silicone hose; and laser-etched hose collars and metal hang tags.
Note: colourants may have an effect on regulatory compliance.
Testing must be performed if this is a concern.
