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Jim McKinley
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AMETEK LARGE-DIAMETER UHP FLUOROPOLYMER TUBING AND PIPE FOR BULK CHEMICAL DISTRIBUTION AND LOW-PRESSURE/VACUUM CONTAINMENT VESSELS
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Release Date: Wednesday, June 29, 2011
NEWARK, Delaware – As the semiconductor and solar energy industries move to larger wafer and solar panel fabrication equipment, traditional tubing and pipe with diameters of up to 1 ¼ inches are not able handle the higher fluid volumes of acids, etchants and other chemicals used by the state-of-the art equipment. In response, AMETEK Fluoropolymer Products has added tubing with diameters ranging from 1 ½ inches to 3 inches to its line of ultrahigh-purity (UHP) tubing for the semiconductor and photovoltaic industries. Schedule 40 pipe with diameters up to 3 inches also are available.
Bulk Chemical Distribution
AMETEK can manufacture tubing and pipe from various grades of fluoropolymer resins to meet specific customer applications and ship them to comply with specific customer JIT delivery requirements. All tubing with a diameter of 2 inches or more is available in straight lengths up to 20 feet. Smaller diameters are available in spools or straight lengths. AMETEK tubing meets all common operating temperatures and pressures, with standard tubing meeting operating pressures up to 70 psi and 73oF.
Low-Pressure, Low-Vacuum Containment Vessels
Larger diameter tubing and pipe are used in containment vessels for processing tanks, storage buffers, heat exchangers and other applications, where high-purity and non-corrosive materials are required. AMETEK tubing and pipe can replace molded components that often must be welded together to achieve the desired storage capability. Larger diameter tubing and pipe in longer lengths reduces the number of welds along with process contamination concerns, providing an efficient and cost-effective solution for handling higher volume process fluids.
Fluoropolymer containment vessels can replace glass vessels that are more prone to breakage and thinning of the walls due to etching by certain corrosive chemicals such as hydrofluoric acid. Containment vessels made from AMETEK fluoropolymer tubing and pipe are inert to nearly all chemicals used in the semiconductor and photovoltaic industries. They will not corrode, thin or etch and are not subject to breakage from mechanical or thermal shock.
AMETEK Fluoropolymer Products is a unit of AMETEK, Inc. a leading global manufacturer of electronic instruments and electromechanical devices with annualized sales of $2.9 billion. For additional information, contact AMETEK Fluoropolymer Products, 455 Corporate Blvd., Newark, DE 19702 USA. Phone: 302-456-4471 or 302-456-4431. Fax: 302-456-4444. Web site: http://www.ametekfpp.com.
Click here for a hi-res image of AMETEK UHP fluoropolymer tubing
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