Get High- Quality PTFE Tubes for Various Manufacturing Purposes

Polytetrafluoroethylene or PTFE tube (it also goes by the name of Teflon) is a versatile kind of material. It is ivory-white and is made up of opaque plastic fluoropolymer; it is composed by the technique of free-radical polymerization of a number of tetrafluoroethene molecules and is used for a huge range of applications in industries which ranges from telecoms, pharmaceuticals to aerospace and the food and drink industry.

The chief characteristic of PTFE tube is that it offers a low friction coefficient that enables higher flows and easy wash down. This process can get rid of the process-contaminating residue. Since PTFE’s permeability is low it can enable the use of severe chemical and specialty gas service. It also features a high dielectric strength which is inert to most chemicals and solvents. It is this characteristic of the chemical-resistant tubing that enables it to be used in a number of industries such as chemical processing, industrial, general laboratory, insulation automotive, aerospace, insulation, and food service applications.

 

The Chief Properties of PTFE

PTFE is one of the few inventions which boasts of properties such as high flexibility, chemical resistance, thermal resistance, non-stick property besides being an electrically resistant material. There are very few inventions which come even close to the properties of PTFE.

PTFE’s melting point veers around 327°C, and pure PTFE can be called completely chemically inert, highly insoluble in most chemicals or solvents and thermally it is stable enough to be used between the temperatures ranging from 200 degrees C and +260 degrees C without any signs of degradation.

That’s not all there are some other PTFE properties too which is its high flexural strength, even in supremely low temperatures, dielectric strength and high electrical resistance, resistance to water ( thanks to the fluorine’s high electronegativity), and also the low coefficient of friction. PTFE’s density is actually pretty high almost as high as 2200 kg/m3.

Barring its reaction to a few chemical agents and solvents (such as xenon difluoride, chlorine trifluoride, cobalt (III) fluoride, or elementary fluorine, only when is put under the condition of high pressure and temperature), the only factor that can be taken into consideration when using PTFE is that it’s resistance power to high energy radiation isn’t too high which causes the breakdown of the PTFE molecule.

Teflon tube also has a wide number of applications in many industries. It is the unique properties of PTFE which allows the tubing to solve problems and that too in a jiffy. When compared with other polymers it also has the best price/performance ratio.

However, PTFE tube fittings can be hard to bond, but what works in its favor is that it is non-melting and is also self-extinguishing. PTFE tube suppliers make tubes which are oversized in either diameter and/or thickness. This helps customers to produce perfect items within the required size and reduces signs of any minor surface imperfection.

It is true that PTFE was discovered by happy accident in 1938 and now, we simply cannot imagine a world without it!