New Color Options for Silicone Hose Help Identify Lines
Color Distinguishes Between Multiple Hoses

Southampton, PA — New from AdvantaPure is Color Braid Silicone Hose, a unique advantage for line identification. Incorporated into flexible, braid-reinforced silicone hose, the colored braid material offers a quick and easy way to differentiate between lines used for the transfer and processing of fluids, air, or granular materials. Industries that use this benefit include pharmaceutical, biomedical, food, beverage, dairy, soap and cosmetics, chemical, medical, and other high purity applications.

AdvantaPure’s Color Braid Silicone Hose begins with a core of low volatile grade, platinum cured silicone elastomer. The core material is also NSF (National Sanitation Foundation) 51 listed. Polyester braiding to enhance pressure-carrying capabilities is then applied, and an outer layer of silicone completes the product. By incorporating the identifying colors into the interior braid layer, the hose retains its compliancy with Class VI, FDA CFR 177.2600, ISO 10993, European Pharmacopoeia 3.1.9, and 3A standards. (See APSH Reinforced Silicone Hose.)

The colored braid is used as a tracer line among the other braid material, which is white. Braid colors currently offered include red, blue, green, and yellow. Uses for identification can be as simple as red for a high temperature line and blue for cold. Colors can be used to relate to other equipment or to signify direction of flow. Multiple braid colors may be used in a single hose.

Color Braid Silicone Hose is available in I.D. sizes from 1/16” to 1”. Temperature use encompasses a wide range: –100°F to 400°F, and the hose is sterilizable/autoclavable for economic reuse.

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