EPDM FOOD HOSE — Industrial & Food Hose

PVC is transparent and cheap, and it goes rigid at low temperature and softens when washed hot. The EPDM body here is rated 10 bar working with 30 bar burst across nine codes from 19 mm to 152 mm, and it keeps a 100 mm bend radius at the 3/4 inch size, which is what a permanent line needs.

The construction is the same, and on this range it is the same body: EPDM tube, polyester cord with spiral wire, EPDM cover. What changes between a dairy line and a brewery line is the bore and the length, which is why the range runs 19 mm to 152 mm with 61 m coils.

The 51 mm code is rated 10 bar working (150 psi) with 30 bar (450 psi) minimum burst. Minimum bend radius is 300 mm, mass is 1.93 kg/m, and the coil is 61 m, so a 2 inch order arrives as a 118 kg coil.

20 m3/h is 5.6 l/s. A 2 inch (51 mm) bore moves that at about 2.7 m/s, which stays inside the range where milk does not churn; a 1-1/2 inch bore would need 4.9 m/s and starts to damage the product. The 2 inch row is 1.93 kg/m with a 300 mm bend radius.

The body handles 10 bar working pressure, and the bore is smooth EPDM so it drains and rinses. CIP success depends as much on the ends as on the hose: crimped or clamped terminations leave fewer residue points than a pushed-in fitting with a hose clip. Tell us the cleaning routine along with the product.

2 inch for the main run and 1 inch for whip lines at the filler. The 1 inch code is 0.84 kg/m with a 150 mm bend radius, and the 61 m coil length lets a long cellar run be cut in one piece rather than joined mid-floor.

Because residue stays in the bore, or because the tube was not flushed after the previous product. A smooth EPDM bore drains, but a 2 inch line at 1.93 kg/m that is not rinsed between products will carry taste regardless of the compound. Flush time is usually the cheapest fix on a filling line.

Because a delivery-only hose has no spiral. This body carries a spiral steel wire, which is why it can be used on the inlet side at 10 bar. Also check the bend: 750 mm at the 6 inch code is the minimum, and a line pulled tighter than that kinks before the pump manages to collapse it.

Material compliance documentation is supplied with the order: compound data, batch records and material statements for the tube and cover. Where a project requires a specific FDA or EU 1935/2004 declaration, raise it at enquiry stage and the requirement is confirmed in writing as part of the specification, so it is settled before the coil is cut rather than at the audit. The range itself is 9 codes from 19 mm to 152 mm at 10 bar working.

Price follows bore, length and ends: 0.67 kg/m at 3/4 inch, 1.93 kg/m at 2 inch, 8.17 kg/m at 6 inch. Coils are 61 m up to 4 inch and 30.5 m at 6 inch, bagged and palletised. Send bore, length, ends and destination for a firm figure the same working day.