Southampton, PA — NewAge® Industries, the maker of AdvantaPure® products for pharmaceutical and biotech industries and a manufacturer of plastic tubing and rubber hose, recently took several steps to support the green effort. It revamped its trash disposal system to increase recycling, completed several building improvements, and discontinued printing its product catalog. Besides being environmentally…
Bending Equipment Turns Electric
Aerospace is among the more demanding applications for tube bending with manufacturing tolerances becoming tighter. Yet it’s still commonplace to see older-style hydraulically actuated benders in use. All-electric bending equipment from Unison Ltd. has helped GKN Aerospace produce tubular parts with as many as 19 bends, complex shapes with multi-radius coils, and bending titanium tubing…
IPT Introduces High Pressure Tubing
ERIE, PA — Innovative Pressure Technologies (IPT) introduces High Pressure Tubing. Made of 316L Stainless Steel as standard, this quality tubing is available in a wide variety of sizes and grades to satisfy specific application needs, and is highly resistant to corrosion. This tubing provides good resistance to organic acids at high concentrations and moderate…
Hose with High Hoop Strength Resists Kinking
Coreflex‚â„¢ Series U-COR hose offers flexibility, yet resists kinking. A smooth-bore PFA core supplies a chemically-inert, non-aging, nonstick surface for use in sanitary applications. The hose is nonabsorbent and will not impart taste or odor, is easy to clean, and features ultralow extractibles. The hose can be autoclaved and sterilized in accordance with system cleaning…
Medium and High Pressure Products Guide from IPT
ERIE, PA — Innovative Pressure Technologies (IPT) introduces a new Medium and High Pressure Products Guide. This brochure provides an overview of IPT’s family of medium and high pressure valves, fittings and tubing, as well as custom solutions and specialty products, including key features and specifications. Medium pressure products are up to 20,000 PSI, and…
AutomationDirect Adds Pneumatic Tubing & Fittings
Cumming, GA — AutomationDirect now offers NITRA‚â„¢ pneumatic tubing and fittings for use in compressed air applications. NITRA tubing is available in polyurethane and nylon styles, in inch and metric sizes from 5/32 inch or4mm up to1/2 inch or 12mm; tubing is available in 100 and 500-foot packages. Polyurethane tubing is available in black, blue…
Plastic Barbed Fittings Available in Single and Reusable Versions
Plastic barbed fittings in nylon, polyethylene, PVDF, and polypropylene suit multi-use and single-use/disposable applications. Called Thermobarb‚®, the fittings are used in chemical, food and beverage, appliance, MRO, packaging, laboratory, and other applications. The single use style is often used in the pharmaceutical and medical markets for disposable tubing assemblies. Thermobarb fittings offer:‚• A lightweight, compact…
Air Intake Hose and Tube System
Air intake hose and tube from Crushproof Tubing is the answer to awkward, rough, and loose connections on your air intake system. We have an answer to wire snips, scissors, tape, and adapters. Custom length air intake hose for your air intake system. Our air intake tube features custom sized cuffs to fit the space…
Single Lumen Tubing from Precision Extrusion
Single-Lumen tubing has a single channel running through its interior. Single lumen tubing has an Outer Diameter (OD), an Inner Diameter (ID), and a wall thickness between the ID and the OD. We can extrude single lumen tubing with OD’s as large as .5″, ID’s as small as .002″, and walls as thin as .002″.…
Composite Hoses offer Chemical Compatibility
Chemical compatibility offered by contemporary materials make new composite hoses ideal for transfer of a wide range of chemical and petroleum products. For example, non-polar polypropylene resists polar fluids such as methanol and sulfuric acid, and polar polyester resists non-polar fluids such as gasoline or aromatic fluids. Composite hoses, consisting of multiple layers of thermoplastic…
Push-fit Tubing Replaces Welding
Not much has changed in industrial tube fitting design in the last 50 years,” said Parker Instrumentation’s Kevin Ballard. Until recently, shipbuilders were often locked into using welded tube fittings in applications requiring leak protection above approximately 6,000 psi (413 bar). The multiple profiles mean that each sealing point bears less pressure than a traditional…
Two Hardnesses Of Flexible Viton® Tubing
(Southampton, PA) – NewAge® Industries announces Vitube® a new product made from 100% pure Viton. Viton is a high performance synthetic rubber. The tubing offers a wide range of both temperature and chemical resistance and is available in 60 and 75 Shore A durometers. Vitube is used in applications such as appliances, chemical transfer, hot…
Lightweight Polyethylene Tubing
Linear, low-density formula polyethylene tubing is lightweight, flexible, and chemically inert, forming a good barrier to gases, vapors, and moisture. It has no transfer of odor or taste to critical streams and is nearly resistant to stress cracking. The tubing is durable and flexible at temperature below 0°. Co-extruded, polyethylene-lined EVA shares the properties of…
Braid-Reinforced PVC Hose
Nylobrade brand of flexible, braid reinforced PVC hose comes in twelve sizes, from 1/8 in. to 2 in. I.D. in its standard wall style. Three reinforcement options – thin wall, standard, and high pressure – lets users select the best fit for their individual needs. Thin wall hose suits light-duty applications, such as instrumentation lines.…
Save Gold
Being locked into a design means less room for error and increased cost for prototyping. Servometer/Precision Mfg. Group, LLC has solved this problem by developing a special process to manufacture solid gold electroforms, suitable for both invasive and implantable medical applications. A custom electroform requires significant tooling and the use of expensive dies or molds,…
Brass Fittings Available in Two Styles
Southampton, PA – Plastic tubing manufacturer NewAge Industries, Inc. now stocks brass fittings in both barbed and push-to-connect styles to work with various plastic and rubber materials. U.S. -made of durable brass, applications include general purpose and industrial use, potable water systems, pneumatic control, robotics, and instrumentation. The barbed brass fitting, called Thermobarb, is designed…
Compact Cable And Wire Marking System
The CMD cable and wire marker dispenser is a compact, pocket sized, portable wire marker system suitable for industrial, commercial, and general purpose use. The reusable dispenser packs easily into tool boxes or tool bags and is equipped with a loop for easy connection to lanyards, hooks, or tool belts. The markers are made…
It’s Show Time!
The Medical Design and Manufacturing West exposition and conference brings together the latest advances, leading suppliers, and technical experts in the field, offering engineers a one-stop look at what’s going on in medical design. This year’s show features four special-focus business pavilions: Precision Tec, MEDPAK, and new for 2007, Quality, and Laser Tec. In addition,…