FEP Tubing

Parker’s FEP tubing features a low refractive index, making it ideal for applications where operators must visually monitor materials passing through the tube. It is the clearest fluoropolymer tubing available and Parker uses a high molecular weight FEP resin that offers the best stress crack resistance. FEP tubing is used in paint spray applications making for easy color coding of the paint being delivered to the spray units as the color of the paint shows through. It is widely used in water purification systems due to its excellent transmission of UV light. Using bulk reels up to 1000 feet aid customers in providing installations with continuous length assemblies, free of connectors, and also reducing scrap when producing shorter length assemblies.  Series 103 smoothbore and Series 203 metric tubing is similar to Series 101/201 PTFE respectively, but operates at the lower maximum temperature of 400°F (204°C). FEP tube is chemically inert, odorless, taste-less, non-wetting and non-leaching and is often used in fluid and material handling applications, such as chemical transfer. However, it also performs well in food & beverage or medical applications. Parker’s FEP resin meets the FDA requirements for repeated food contact and it is also USP Class VI compliant. 

Markets:
• Fluid Transfer
• Life Science
• Food and Beverage

Features/Benefits:
• Offers best clarity of all fluoropolymers
• Long continuous lengths
• Chemically inert to nearly all industrial chemicals and solvents
• Weldable
• Non-wetting
• Nonflammable
• Lower cost alternative to PFA

Applications:
• UV applications
• Medical devices
• Thermal cycling
• Food/Beverage processing
• Robotics
• Gas sampling
• Chemical
• Instrumentation

Certifications/Compliance:
• ASTM D2116
• 21 CFR 177.1550 compliant
• USP Class VI Compliant
• UL 94 V-0 compliant

Technical Specifications:
• Extruded from virgin FEP (Fluorinated Ethylene Propylene)
• Qualified with Fittings from Parker Fluid System Connectors Division Fittings (See Brass Composite and Thermoplastic Fittings and Valves Catalog CAT3501E USA) • Working and burst pressures rated at 73°F /23°C
• All dimensions are nominal
• Random lengths, continuous lengths available as a custom run