Tygon Hose: Extra-Heavy Duty Tygon Tubing

Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics touts it's Tygon tubing brand as "Application Specific Tubing." But sometimes your specific application calls for more than just plain old tubing; sometimes you need a hose.

Tygon hose is certain formulations and styles of Tygon tubing that feature extra-heavy, extra-thick and/or inner-braided walls that allow for increased maximum working pressures and higher vacuum ratings.

Like Tygon tubing, Tygon hose comes in a variety of materials:

• Silicone Hose - Tygon 3370 I.B.
• PVC Hose - NT-80
• Plastic Hose - Tygon R-3603 (Vacuum)
• Polyurethane Hose - Tygothane C-544-A I.B.
• Thermoplastic Hose - Norprene A-60-F I.B.
• Plasticizer Free Hose - Tygon 2275 I.B.

Eaton Aeroquip Flexmaster Joints, Couplings and Gaskets

Flexmaster Joints from Eaton are a quick, easy, efficient and economical way to make pipe and tube connections. There are many sizes of Flexmaster Joints, from .38" to 6" for pipe and 3/4" to 5" for tube.

Gaskets for Flexmaster Joints come in both standard and high-temperature BUNA-N, EPDM, fluorocarbon and silicone. Gasket styles include standard and self-restraining, which feature a stainless steel gripping ring inside which allows the joint to maintain a firm grip on the pipe or tube, preventing movement along the pipe or tube.

Basically, there is a Flexmaster Joint for almost any application you can think of and even special configurations and seal materials can be made-to-order.

Although commonly referred to as Aeroquip Flexmaster Couplings, Eaton does not include Flexmaster under its Aeroquip brand and the coupling is a piece of the entire Flexmaster Joint configuration.

No threading, flanging, welding, grooving or other special end preparation of tube or pipe is required with Flexmaster Joints. Use pipe after it is cut to appropriate lengths, but the Flexmaster Joint will accommodate large tolerances in the length of the gap.

Pipe vibration and noise can be drastically reduced with Flexmaster Joints. The resilient, thick rubber of the Flexmaster joint gasket absorbs vibration and noise. As explained above, use of the self-restrained style gasket restricts movement along vibrating pipes and tubes.

Even misaligned piping and tubing is no problem for Flexmaster. The Flexmaster Joint design eliminates flanged bolt holes and pipe threads that require careful alignment. The Flexmaster bulged joint permits up to a total of plus or minus 4° angular installation misalignment at each end while maintaining a leak-proof seal.

Installation time can be slashed by using Flexmaster Joints. Basic assembly tools are all that's needed. After extensive use, the gaskets can be replaced easily and quickly.

For more technical information on Eaton Flexmaster Joints, please view the Flexmaster Joint PDF.

Alligator Belt Lacing Category Improvements on eMurdock.com

There have been some recent improvements to the Alligator belt lacing category sections on eMurdock.com. Murdock Industrial has sold Flexco Alligator conveyor belt lacing on eMurdock.com for a while now, but we're hoping the small changes and additions we've made will help you find what you're looking for quicker and easier.

The first improvement you'll probably notice on the main category page is that the lacing sizes are now clearly labeled with their corresponding conveyor belt thickness and organized in ascending order from smallest (under 1/16" thickness) to largest (up to 7/16" thickness).

If you're still unsure which Alligator belt lacing size is right for you, there are now links below the main description to Flexco's Alligator belt lacing PDF and the full lacing size chart if you need more information such as the mechanical fastener rating for your belt, recommended minimum pulley diameter and approximate corrugated hinge pin diameter.

Once you click through to the lacing size you need, you'll see some improvements to the size category pages as well. It's now easy to determine the Flexco part number, how wide your Alligator belt lacing is, whether it's constructed of steel or stainless steel and what each carton of belt lacing contains.

Tygon Plastic Tubing: Flexible & Clear or Colored

 

Tygon tubing is a brand of clear, flexible plastic tubing from Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics, creator of the first clear, flexible plastic tubing that has set the standard for quality, innovation and performance with their exceptional line of plastic tubing products. Recognized as an integral and vital component of countless fluid transport systems, Tygon plastic tubing delivers an uncompromising standard of consistent performance in a range of applications.

As I said last week in my post about Tygon tubing material, Tygon plastic tubing is offered in a broad range of formulations, each engineered to meet specific user needs including resistance to chemicals, temperature fluctuations and abrasion, as well as high purity and long service life.

All 11 Tygon plastic tubing formulations are noted to be flexible, but not all of them are clear. Tygon F-4040-A is translucent yellow for positive identification as a fuel and lubricant tubing, Tygon R-3400 is black in color to resist ultraviolet light, ozone and weathering, and Tygon Silver Antimicrobial tubing is formulated with a silver-based compound on the inner surface at the point of fluid contact to prevent bacterial buildup.

The clear, flexible plastic Tygon tubing formulations are:

• Tygon R-3603 tubing for general laboratory and vacuum purposes
• Tygon B-44-3 beverage tubing
• Tygon B-44-4X food, milk and dairy tubing
• Tygon LFL long flex life peristaltic pump tubing
• Tygon R-1000 ultra soft tubing
• Tygon S-50-HL medical and surgical tubing
• Tygon S-54-HL microbore tubing
• Tygon SE-200 inert tubing

Aeroquip Hose and Fittings Catalogs on Aeroquip.cc

Did you know there are over 6,000 products on Aeroquip.cc? And those are just the parts we've listed online! Needless to say, if you don't know exactly what Aeroquip products you're looking for things can get very confusing very quick.

This is why we're putting links to digital versions of Aeroquip catalogs in the places you most often visit: Aeroquip Racing Hose, Aeroquip Racing Fittings, Aeroquip Industrial Hose and Aeroquip Industrial Fittings. Click the Aeroquip catalog picture in the top right of those pages and a new tab or window will pop up and load a digital version of the Aeroquip catalog you need.

If you're looking for more information, check out our digital Aeroquip catalog library where you'll be able to view even more Aeroquip catalogs. These will all open at Youblisher.com where instead of a plain, old, boring PDF where you scroll through literature, you can flip through our digital catalogs just like you were holding a hard copy in your hands.

Tygon Tubing Material: What Is Tygon Tubing Made Of?

I try to stay on top of what people are saying on the internet about the products Murdock Industrial sells and one of the most common questions I see is, "What is Tygon tubing made of?" While that's a very good question since the answer will determine what you can do with your Tygon tubing, this question is like walking into a shoe store and saying, "I want to buy Nike shoes." You've whittled your choices down a little bit but there's still plenty more we need to know.

"Tygon" is the brand name of Saint-Gobain Performance Plastic's line of application specific tubing, the same way "Nike" is a brand name. Murdock Industrial distributes 40 different formulation and style combinations of Tygon tubing in 7 base material categories. These Tygon tubing material categories are: Plastic, Silicone, PVC, Polyurethane, Fluoropolymer, Thermoplastic Elastomer and Plasticizer Free.

In future posts I'll go over each of these material categories in detail and outline the features and limitations of each, but for now you can go here for a general overview. If you want to know information about a specific Tygon tubing formulation you can access product PDFs with technical info here.

Jackhammer Hose with Chicago Fittings: Thermoid Air Power

The newest product on eMurdock.com is the Thermoid Air Power Jackhammer Hose. I'm not going to lie, a couple days ago I knew nothing about jackhammer hoses, but after doing my research I've come to one conclusion: this thing is a beast!

The first thing that stands out about Thermoid Air Power above all other jackhammer hoses are the factory crimped-on steel Chicago fittings as opposed to the old single- and double-banded Chicago fittings. Crimped Chicago fittings offer many benefits including increased coupling retention, a solid, secure seal at the fitting, improved flexibility at the fitting/hose connection and it eliminates the chance your gloves or clothes will snag in the bands.

It comes in 50 foot lengths and consists of an EPDM tube with a 3/4" I.D., red EPDM cover and is reinforced with a 4 spiral polyester yarn construction. Many competitors use a 2 spiral construction, so this combined with the crimped Chicago fittings give the Thermoid Air Power Jackhammer Hose a 300 psi working pressure, more than the 200-250 psi of other jackhammer hoses.

Thermoid's list price for the Air Power Jackhammer Hose is $83.38 but you know you're not going to pay that at Murdock Industrial. From now until April 30 you'll pay just $32.81 for one of these bad boys or $31.40 per hose if you buy 28 or more.