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HYGIENIC PROCESS COMPONENTS
Hygienic Gaskets
The Rubber Fab Smart Gaskets value is proven when validating in high - purity pharmaceutical system.
A standard sanitary flange utilizing the Smart Gasket, Thermocouple Gasket obtains the critical thermal mapping information needed during the validation process.
Meter fluids in your process system using a peristaltic pump or withdraw samples through valve or syringe.
Then, utilize Rubber Fab's Spore Trap Gasket to securely retain spore test strips. These gaskets can be supplied in KFM (Viton) and Silicon.
Available Ports:
Thermocouple Gasket: 1 - 4 ports
Sport Trap Gasket: 1 port
Rubber Fab's Sanitary Gaskets
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Hygienic Orifice Plates
Our innovative Orifice Plate line includes a complete selection of solid 316L Stainless Steel, in standard or tabbed TC and vertical styles, that can be custom drilled with an eccentric or concentric bore. Tabs help to acknowledge that an orifice plate is "in line" and can be laser engraved to indicate the hole diameter, gasket size or user specified information.
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Hygienic Screens
Rubber Fab's Fluid filtration screen gaskets provide the most comprehensive range of stainless steel mesh and filter cloth which provide for particulate elimination to protect fill and finish sterile products, spray balls and spray nozzles.
Materials Available:
Fluid filtration gaskets are manufactured in the following elastomers:
• FKM Fluoroelastomer
• EPDM
• Platinum Silicone
• Buna*
• PTFE (fluoropolymer)
• Tuf-Steel®
Meets High Pharmaceutical Standards
• U.S. Pharmacopeia Class VI Certification
• Cytotoxicity Criteria
• Title 21 CFR 177.2600
• Title 21 CFR 177.1550
• USDA Sanitary Standards
• Current Good Manufacturing Practices
(CGMP)
• ASME-BPE Standards
• Animal Derived Ingredient Free
* Buna-N does not pass U.S. Pharmac
Available Sizes:
• Mini, 1/2", 3/4"
• 1", 1-1/2", 2", 2-1/2", 3", 4" and 6" sanitary screen gaskets
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Hygienic Tuf-Steel
Tuf - Steel the original metal datectable and x-ray inspectable gasket, unique proprietary blend of non - pigmented and 316L passivated and atomized stainless steel.
Tuf - Steel is ideal for sanitary steam and extreme temperature processes.
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Hygienic Tuf-Flex
Tuf - Flex , the ultimate pharmaceutical sanitary gasket, is setting new standards for purity, performance, flexibility and is the world's first unitized gasket.
A Tuf - Flex gasket's contact surface is PTFE unitized to an EPDM rubber inner core.
• PTFE is the material of choice whenever low temperature flexibility or gasket memory is not required and can remain in service for longer periods of time in both water and steam applications. PTFE is not recommended with large temperature variations due to creep and cold flow. PTFE has minimal extractables, has a low absorption rate and excellent resistance to process fluids.
• Platinum Cured Silicone is the material of choice in sanitary water systems when PTFE is not feasible due to severely misaligned fittings, or if the cost of high pressure clamps does not outweigh the benefits of PTFE (extended service life). See Rubber Fab’s Platinum Silicone Hygienic Seal literature for more information.
• FKM Fluoroelastomer and EPDM compounds are specified by many of our process equipment manufacturers. They are generally suitable for these applications, however, service life must be considered and a preventative maintenance program be implemented to mitigate degradation.
• Buna is the last choice in most applications due to temperature limitations and does not pass U.S. Pharmacopeia Class VI Certification and Cytotoxicity.
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