PHARMALINE HOSE

INTRODUCTION

Pharmaline hose was designed and developed to provide customers with an improved high purity hose product which combined all the requirements they had requested for Pharma and Biotech applications, particularly the need for improved flexibility.

Pharmaline hose not only supercedes but also improves upon the wide variety of alternative products currently available.

CONSTRUCTION

Pharmaline is built around a patented PTFE hose liner design, which is smooth bore inside but convoluted outside to generate excellent flexibility combined with 'hoop strength'.

A stainless wire and stainless steel wire braid reinforcement adds to the kink resistance, crush resistance and the resistance of the hose to both pressure and vacuum. For sizes 3/4" and above, a SS helical wire is wound in to the convolutions to further reinforce the hose design.

This reinforced PTFE construction is therefore strong enough to withstand full vacuum and kinking without the need for either internal convolutions or the need to bond the liner to an outer cover, making it an ideal hose liner design, and a significant improvement upon standard products currently available.(Competitor’s products include a non-FDA approved adhesive layer outside a thin wall PTFE or FEP liner tube, which can leach into the process fluid through small pinholes and cracks).

Finally, an outer cover of Platinum Cured Silicone rubber is extruded on to the braid, with a super-smooth surface finish to aid external cleaning.

PHARMALINE HOSE - THE BEST FLEXIBLE HOSE FOR BIOPHARM APPLICATIONS

The primary application area for Pharmaline is in high purity pharmaceutical, biotech, chemical and foodstuffs plants where ease of cleaning the hose, both internally and externally is required.

Pharmaline is also very suitable for use in other general industrial applications, particularly those where hot fluids or gases are being passed, if there is any risk of burns due to accidental touching of the hose - for example, hot oil or steam transfer applications.

PHARMALEX HOSE

INTRODUCTION

Pharmalex hose was designed to provide a lightweight alternative version of Pharmaline hose, for light duty, low pressure applications.

CONSTRUCTION

The same as Pharmaline hose, except there is no SS wire braid, no helix wire, and the platinum cured silicone rubber is transparent, not white. Pharmalex is only available in bore sizes up to 1".