Latest news from Aflex Hose Ltd http://www.aflex-hose.com Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:34:20 +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 head office and main manufacturing facility is located in Halifax, West Yorkshire and is equipped with state of the art technology. Our structure enables us to provide our customers with engineering, design, manufacturing and warehouse services. As an ISO 9001:2008 company, Aflex Hose continuously enhances its in-house procedures to ensure that only precisely crafted hoses leave our facility. Our world leading engineering brings cutting edge flexible hose technologies to critical environments. Whether used to satisfy... News - Latest Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.aflex-hose.com/news/latest/puretag_labelling_system/ Aflex Hose is pleased to introduce Puretag, the world's first fully integrated sanitary hose labelling system, providing significant improvements over the conventional silicone bubble encapsulated labelling systems. The new Puretag label is fully bonded to the inner braid of the hose, encapsulated by a transparent silicone, or a transparent EPDM rubber cover. The streamlined design ensures there are no bulges on the outside of the hose that could cause obstruction whilst in use, or that could prevent efficient external cleanability; which often occurs with standard silicone bubble encapsulated labelling systems. The fully bonded design of Puretag completely eliminates entrapment zones on the external surface of the hose. Puretag is available on our full range of pharmaceutical hoses; Pharmaline, Pharmalex, Bioflex Silicone (SI) or Rubber covered (RC) or Fireproof (FP) Hose, and Corroflon SI or RC or FP Hose. Puretag uses the same grade of silicone or EPDM that is used to form... News - Latest Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:12:22 +0100 http://www.aflex-hose.com/news/latest/hose_end_fittings/ Aflex Hose is pleased to announce that we have extended our manufacturing capabilities of hose end fittings. Taking total control of our supply chain reduced our dependence on external suppliers, proving beneficial to both Aflex and our customers. Sourcing components from other companies and countries can often cause the supply chain to break down, resulting in lost revenue and unnecessary down time for the customer. Continuity of supply at Aflex now enables us to provide an improved service to our customers and allows our customers greater control of their inventory. We commenced a major investment program, installing state-of-the-art CNC machines, and the purchase of a new electropolishing plant, allowing us to manufacture end fittings to order, in batches of 1 to 1000, within a short period of time significantly reducing lead times. These investments offer great improvements to product quality and can guarantee that all products are manufactured to the highest... News - Latest Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:43:25 +0100 http://www.aflex-hose.com/news/latest/lot_traceability/ Lot traceability is a crucial requirement in the pharmaceutical and Biotech world - the ability to trace all components of the hose assembly is essential for pharmaceutical manufacturers. Aflex Hose has recently introduced encapsulated batch numbers onto its Pharmaline brand of PTFE flexible hoses, ensuring full traceability throughout the supply chain. The batch number is encapsulated between the white inner silicone and the outer clear silicone cover to ensure permanent fixture. Lot traceability allows the customer to trace the manufacturing history right back to source. As well as Lot Traceability Aflex Hose offers two additional options of labelling: Standard Labelling - Vibro etched on to a loose stainless steel ring mounted onto the hose. Puretag Labelling - Encapsulated on to the braid by a transparent platinum cured rubber cover, which is integrally vulcanised and fully bonded to the rubber cover on the hose. These labels contain details of the manufacturer and Hose Size and Grade ensuring... News - Latest Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:42:46 +0100 http://www.aflex-hose.com/news/latest/middle_east_expansion/ As part of our global development strategy, we are pleased to announce our expansion into the Middle East. Worldwide demand for Aflex Hose products has been the driving force for our company to expand into the Middle East market with the appointment of two new distributors who hold essential knowledge of the Middle East, offering unrivalled technical support and after sales service to the chemical and process industries. Gulf Incon WLL will cover the State of Qatar and the Flexiflo Corporation will cover the United Arab Emirates, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of Bahrain, and Kuwait. These two companies will now offer the full range of Aflex Hose products, including our leading brands Bioflex, Corroflon, and Corroline, throughout the Middle East. It is essential for pharmaceutical and chemical manufacturers to have the right equipment, and certification for their process fluid applications. Our world leading engineering and process expertise has enabled us to develop... News - Latest Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:58:20 +0100 http://www.aflex-hose.com/news/latest/new_manufacturing_capabilities/ Supply chain control is an important part of the manufacturing process as most companies are increasingly reliant on outside sources for different components. When the supply chain breaks down lead times increase, resulting in lost revenue and unnecessary downtime for you, the customer. Aflex Hose has always manufactured its own product range of PTFE lined flexible hoses, and is now pleased to announce significant investments in new CNC machining capabilities and a new Electropolishing plant. With these new investments we are now able to manufacture end fittings in house. Our experienced and dedicated engineers consistently produce high quality products for the pharmaceutical, Biotech, Chemical and Food Industries allowing us to service your requirements in a timely and cost effective manner. Our CNC machines make it possible for us to make fittings in batches of 1 to 1000 within a short time frame enabling us to supply to your timeframes at market prices. All... News - Latest Tue, 30 Mar 2010 10:01:18 +0100 http://www.aflex-hose.com/news/latest/chemical_transfer_safety/ Greater emphasis on safety has meant that chemical transfer hoses have come under close examination. Governing bodies have introduced standards as a guideline for manufacturers to ensure the supply of safe and high quality hoses. Aggressive chemicals are known to attack hose liners, resulting in hose failure. Any hose failure can be devastating and lead to the release of poisonous, corrosive and flammable materials posing a health and safety risk to operators, the general public and the surrounding environment. One of the most important steps in ensuring hose safety is to select the correct hose for your application. As the demand for innovative products keeps increasing, Aflex Hose has designed a range of products for the safe and efficient handling of chemicals in the toughest chemical and process applications. Corroline and Corroflon are manufactured with a PTFE hose liner, the most chemically inert product available on today's market. We have developed a... News - Latest Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:35:04 +0100 http://www.aflex-hose.com/news/latest/global_coverage/ Aflex Hose Ltd has worldwide manufacturing and assembly facilities and a global distribution network enabling us to service the market needs of our customers in a reliable and cost effective manner. We have two manufacturing sites, 29 assembly locations and a worldwide distributor network covering 40 countries. Our worldwide network is committed to making the Aflex Product Range available to you quickly and confidently. Commitment to our customers worldwide is what our business prides itself on. Wherever you are in the world, you have the reassurance that we have the right product for you. Click on the map below to visit our contacts page and find details of your nearest distributor. News - Latest Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:15:09 +0100 http://www.aflex-hose.com/news/latest/smoothbore_ptfe_hose_for_the_chemical_and_process_industries/ Aflex Hose, born from our experience of the Biotech and Pharmaceutical World, today announces its entry into the chemical and general process industry. A world demanding the same exceptional performance that the pharmaceutical customer requires, a world of certification, engineering safety and cost effectiveness. Today chemical process industries have no alternative but to use a myriad of products to cover all eventualities and processes. This creates the scenario of a different hose for each product or application increasing store inventories and decreasing company cost effectiveness. After extensive discussions with engineers and meticulous research an industry wish list was composed: Smoothbore Kink Resistant Chemical Resistant Vacuum Resistant Temperature Resistant Flexible Hygienic Self cleaning Permeation Resistant Antistatic Alternative outside covers Certified to your industry Standard Lined / Unlined fittings Cost Effective Product Identification Impossible criteria to achieve some might say but Aflex Hose have taken it upon themselves to design and develop a flexible hose that provides customers with a universal hose product. Something the competition has not managed to... News - Latest Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:39:22 +0100 http://www.aflex-hose.com/news/latest/alternative_design_of_ptfe_liner_represents_an_improvement_in_hose_construction/ By Rod Anderson, Managing Director of Aflex Hose Ltd. (Original article published at www.pharmaceuticalonline.com) PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) was discovered in 1938 and became commercially available in 1950. PTFE-lined flexible hose products were first introduced in 1955, mainly for military applications in the United States. It was soon realized, however, that two of the primary properties of this remarkable plastic made it particularly ideal for use in pharmaceutical and chemical plants as a lining material for components containing process fluids - the excellent chemical resistance and ease of cleaning are quite simply in a different league than those of the other materials that previously had been used. Many pipes, vessels, pumps, valves, and other process fluid components have consequently been lined with PTFE and other fluoroplastics ever since, and various designs of PTFE-lined hoses have been developed to provide a flexible conduit for connecting between components. Basically, PTFE-lined hose constructions include an inner PTFE liner... News - Latest Mon, 19 Jan 2009 09:06:02 +0100