How do you ensure that your lab, semiconductor or food processing applications won't be contaminated by materials in transport? It's easy … use performance plastics! With smooth, nonreactive flow paths and high-purity performance, polymers protect fluid streams from contamination.
Applications
- Clinical and diagnostic — sampling, reagent transfer, dialysis, blood processing, washing
- Pharmaceutical industry
- Food processing and dispensing equipment
- Chemical process industry
- Semiconductor fabrication
- Ultra high purity fluid storage, transport, monitoring, control
- High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) components
- Line tanks and transport vessels
- Manifolds, fittings, valves
- Municipal water and wastewater treatment
- Potable water treatment
- Pumps, valves
- Wafer carriers
- Industrial wastewater treatment
- Heat exchangers
Advantages May Include
- Low coefficient of friction
- High flexibility
- Outstanding temperature stability
- Chemical resistant
- Low gas and vapor permeability
- Corrosion resistance
- Smooth inner walls for a fluid flow path with no dead spots or crevices
- Meets high purity and high hygiene requirements
- Can be cleaned and sterilized using clean-in-place (CIP) or sanitize-in-place (SIP) methods
- Nonreactive with a wide variety of chemicals
- Does not contain impurities that can leach into the fluid stream
- Will not absorb contaminants
- Wide variety of pressure ratings
- Clarity — ability to monitor flow
Materials
- Acrylic (PMMA)
- Chlorinated Polyvinyl Chloride (CPVC)
- Ethylene-Chlorotrifluoroethylene (ECTFE)
- Fluorinated Ethylene Propylene (FEP)
- Nylon (PA)
- Perfluoroalkoxy (PFA)
- Polyetheretherketone (PEEK)
- Polyethylene (PE)
- Polypropylene (PP)
- Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)
- Polyurethane (PU/PUR)
- Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)
- Polyvinylidene Fluoride (PVDF)
Sustainability Advantages of Performance Plastics
1/16th
Thermoplastics are lightweight — averaging 1/16th the weight of metals — and lower in total material and installation costs than conventional metal systems.
Source: lbre.stanford.edu
6x
When used in pumps, valves and fittings, performance plastics have a 6x longer useful life compared to metal.
Source: sme.org
99.99%
The latest innovations in antimicrobial plastic can reduce bacteria by up to 99.99%.
Source: avomeen.com
Packaging beverages in PET versus glass or metal delivers a meaningful environmental advantage:
52%
Less energy consumed
55%
Lower greenhouse gas emissions
Source: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
.023 lbs
Plastic 2 fl. oz bottle
.177 lbs
Glass counterpart
Glass manufacturing is energy-intensive — about 1% of total industrial energy use, mostly fueled by natural gas. Glass makes up 5% of U.S. garbage and, despite being recyclable, often gets landfilled.
Source: aipprecision.com
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