Silicon Tube
01 Overview
Transparent Silicone tubing is used in various industries like pharmaceutical, medical, cosmetics, food processing, chemical plants and other allied industries.
02 Details
Transparent Silicone Tubing are cured using following two types of cure systems:
Peroxide based cure system
Advantages:
- Peroxide based cure systems were traditional types of cure systems.
- Peroxide based silicone curing is cheaper
- Imparts better physical properties than platinum based silicone
Disadvantages:
- Product post curing is necessary to remove unreacted peroxide traces from the surface.
- Extractables may have peroxide traces.
Platinum Based Cure system
This is an advanced curing system. Platinum complex is the cure initiator and accelerator
Advantages:
- Silicone tubing can be manufactured with high transparency
- These kind of tubing have no contamination due to substrate.
- Silicone tubing has flame retardant properties, which makes is excellent for anesthetic applications
- FDA compliant and recommended for food and medical usage.
Disadvantages:
- Comparatively costlier than peroxide based silicone tubing
- Physical properties are not as good as peroxide based tubing
Main properties of our Transparent Silicone Tubing
- Temperature resistance from -30°C to 220°C
- Chemical resistance to a range of fluids and solvent
- UV resistance
- Corona discharge resistance
- FDA compliant and Food grade tubing