Latest news from Aflex Hose Ltd http://www.aflex-hose.com Sat, 10 May 2008 21:53:35 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.aflex-hose.com/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://www.aflex-hose.com Latest news from Aflex Hose Ltd http://www.aflex-hose.com/news/latest/the_company/ Aflex Hose Ltd is known in the industry as the primary innovator and pioneer of PTFE hose technologies. We were established more than 30 years ago and pioneered the concept of PTFE lined flexible hoses for the transfer of process fluids in pharmaceutical and chemical plants. Since then, the company has been committed to a program of continuous development and improvement, resulting in the most technically competent and sophisticated hose range available today. Our world leading engineering brings cutting edge flexible hose technologies to critical environments. Whether used to satisfy specific requirements for hygienic and chemical resistance in pharmaceutical manufacturing and research facilities, or to satisfy multi purpose use in chemical or food stuffs process operations, our smoothbore (Bioflex) or convoluted (Corroflon) PTFE hoses can answer all demands. For industrial applications from motorsport to high pressure steam transfer, our Hydraline PTFE hose product range has been designed to satisfy... News - Latest Thu, 15 Dec 2005 14:12:18 +0100 http://www.aflex-hose.com/news/latest/ptfe_lined_hose_for_process_fluids_transfer/ Aflex Hose was established as a PTFE hose manufacturing company in 1973 and, since then, has led the world in inventing and developing all the major innovations in PTFE hose design for use in process fluids transfer applications. Pharmaceutical, Biotech and Chemical manufacturing plants worldwide recognise the Aflex PTFE hose product range to be the best available, and have adopted them as ‘site standard’ over many years. Download Brochure Aflex Hose takes particular pride in our ability to design, specify and custom build special purpose hose assemblies to customers’ non-standard requirements. From hose assemblies for fluorine, with non-standard hastelloy end fittings to an electrically trace heated hose assembly with a colour coded rubber cover for viscous fluids transfer – whatever the customer requires, Aflex Hose can develop a specific solution. Brochures describing the complete range of Aflex Hose products are available from our Downloads Area. News - Latest Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:35:53 +0100 http://www.aflex-hose.com/news/latest/interphex_2008/ Location - Interphex Philadelphia, April 2008. Aflex Hose again took its world leading PTFE product range to one of the world’s premier Pharmaceutical and Chemical exhibitions. The Aflex range was led by our flagship product Bioflex a true smoothbore flexible PTFE hose along with our sister products Corroflon, Pharmaline and Pharmalex and were joined by the world launch of Relink our reusable self assembled end fitting range, which is designed to compliment our range of PTFE hoses. Relink - a reusable coupling of the future available today! At the exhibition, the Relink fitting was partnered to our Pharmalex range of hoses - a PTFE liner with clear outer silicone cover, the hose itself carries FDA certification for all materials, USP Class VI for assembled hose and Atex approval, add to this full certification including CE Marking and 3.1 Traceability and you have a natural successor to the shortfalls of silicone. Interphex 2008... News - Latest Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:47:58 +0100 http://www.aflex-hose.com/news/latest/pfa_encapsulated_fittings_vs_integral_ptfe_lined_fittings/ These designs of end fittings are used in applications where the end fitting material is not compatible with the fluid passing through the hose, so all internal 'wetted' parts must be protected by a chemically compatible plastic. The difference between PFA Encapsulated hose end fittings and 'Integral PTFE Lined' hose end fittings is clearly defined: The severely reduced bore size of the PFA Encapsulated fitting design reduces the fluid flow rates through hose assemblies by up to 75%. Integral PTFE lined fittings have no bore size reduction, so full-bore flow through the hose assembly is maintained. This means that the time taken to fill or empty vessels through the assemblies can be considerably reduced by choosing a BIOFLEX or CORROFLON assembly with integral PTFE lined fittings. The internal design of the PFA Encapsulated fitting also creates a significant entrapment zone behind the inserted end fitting tail. This makes it difficult during cleaning through to ensure the... News - Latest Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:37:56 +0100 http://www.aflex-hose.com/news/latest/flowtag/ Aflex Hose today launch Flowtag, an RFID system tailor made to suit the exacting demands of the Pharmaceutical, Biotech, Chemical and Food industries. The Flowtag RFID system puts you in control of your hose and production environment. No more searching for Test Certificates, FDA or USP approvals. It brings a strict control of test, cleaning and replacement dates. The user friendly system incorporates a hand held scanner that when in scan mode identifies the required hose or piece of production equipment using LED identification, eliminating the need to manually search for equipment. The system can read tags up to a distance of 100 mtrs (300 ft), so all items of plant become accessible. The Flowtag RFID system comes with a full technical support package and guarantee. Combine all this with Atex approval, CE Certification and ROHS compliance and you have a tracking and control system to cater for your Company's exacting requirements. A full... News - Latest Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.aflex-hose.com/news/latest/whats_wrong_with_silicone_hose?/ Nothing at all, in many cases. Silicone hose and tube is widely and successfully used to transfer chemicals, foodstuffs, and other fluids in a wide range of applications but sometimes problems occur, because there are a number of specific disadvantages which render silicone hose unsuitable in some applications. Firstly, chemical resistance. Although silicone rubber hose has excellent chemical resistance to nearly all foodstuffs and biological fluids, there are many chemicals, solvents, fuels and oils which interact with silicone rubber, swelling or degrading the rubber and/or contaminating the fluid being transferred. Secondly, steam resistance. The resistance to steam, especially at steam pressures above 50 psi (3 bar) is limited, as the silicone rubber will degrade with increasing exposure. This represents a problem in applications where steam sterilisation is applied. Fortunately, there are now alternative products which will solve these problems, yet continue to offer the other advantages which silicone hose provides. PHARMALINE and PHARMALEX hose... News - Latest Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:38:41 +0100 http://www.aflex-hose.com/news/latest/corroflon_and_bioflex_used_as_chemical_hose/ Corroflon and Bioflex are well known products in Pharma and Biotech applications, but are now being increasingly used as a Chemical Hose in Chemical Plants around the world. The primary reason is the fact that when used in the many chemical hose applications, where corrosion resistance is specifically required, the PTFE hose lining provides the ultimate corrosion resistant hose product. This thick wall PTFE lining is also extended through the bore of the end fittings, then flared to form the sealing face, isolating and protecting the end fitting from the corrosive fluid passing through. In Chemical Hose applications, another benefit of the PTFE hose lining is that the media passing through will not be subject to any contamination from chemical reaction with the hose lining - often a problem with conventional chemical hose products which have non-PTFE hose lining, and which are not able to provide the excellent resistance to chemical reactions which... News - Latest Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:26:11 +0100 http://www.aflex-hose.com/news/latest/ptfe_beaded_triclover_fitting/ PTFE Beaded Triclover Fittings for BioPharm Hose applications Yet another new end fitting design from Aflex Hose, developed in response to customer requests. Several of our BioPharm Hose customers were using triclover connections with PTFE triclover 'envelope' gaskets, to avoid contact between the fluid passing through, and the rubber used in conventional gaskets. These gaskets are difficult to use, fail prematurely, and do not always form a reliable seal. Aflex Hose have responded with the PTFE Beaded Triclover Fitting. This design prevents fluid contact with both the steel fitting and any rubber component, and permits full-bore fluid flow through the joint without any crevices. The seal is reliable, and long lasting. Please view our Bioflex PTFE hose product literature on this website, which includes a more detailed description (http://www.aflex-hose.com/products/bioflex/ptfe_beaded_triclover_fittings/) of this unique, patented fitting design. News - Latest Tue, 07 Nov 2006 14:54:17 +0100