• Food and Beverage – Reliable, safer fluid transfer with PTFE-lined Aflex hoses

Increase hose life and lower maintenance downtime

With a global presence, we design, develop and manufacture hoses from raw materials to finished products.

What makes Aflex PTFE technology superior

Lined with polytetrafluorethylene (PTFE), Aflex hoses offer excellent chemical resistance and durability. Their highly flexible, kink‑resistant structure includes a smooth bore that ensures fast, clean flow even at high pressures and temperatures up to 260°C.

Precision-engineered to avoid costly and dangerous critical failure, our robust hoses are rigorously tested to the highest international safety and quality standards.

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Why choose Aflex Hose

  • Efficiency - increase hose life and lower maintenance downtime
  • Exceptional kink resistance for flexibility for misaligned or non-linear pipework
  • High temperature and pressure capability
  • Safer processes with rigorously tested, leak-free designs and quality and safety compliance
  • Reduced  risk of cross contamination
  • Low force to bend
  • No entrapment zones
  • Hygienic and fire-resistant coverings
  • CIP/SIP compatibility; ease of cleaning
  • Longer service life
  • Reduced vibration to critical components
  • Faster flow rates with minimal turbulence

 

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Case study: How can a brewery benefit from longer hose life?

Since switching to FaBLINE, Dr. Gab’s brewery has seen a marked improvement in reliability. The PTFE hoses also provide significant cost advantages over conventional rubber hoses thanks to superiority in lifetime and hygiene.

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Decades as PTFE specialists

Aflex hoses help eliminate the risk of process failure and contamination, while enabling continuous processing and providing a long service life. Aflex hoses integrate seamlessly with Watson‑Marlow technologies including Qdos chemical metering pumps, Bredel hose pumps and Certa Sine pumps. With support from a global distribution network, customers receive world‑class application expertise.

PTFE-lined flexible hoses

  1. FaBLINE hose

    FaBLINE hose

    Smoothbore PTFE hose for food and beverage processes, FaBLINE provides a hygienic, highly efficient solution to enhance the production of cheese, yoghurt, soft drinks, condiments and more. FaBLINE is resistant to modern-day chemical cleaning cycles.

    Flexible hose assemblies

  2. Pharmaline N and X hoses

    Pharmaline N and X hoses

    Pharmaline N and X are smoothbore PTFE-lined hoses commonly used in pharmaceutical and cosmetic applications, including the manufacture of vital animal healthcare treatments that support pet health

    Flexible hose assemblies

  3. Corroline+ hose

    Corroline+ hose

    Corroline+ is a technically advanced, kink-resistant, fire-resistant, smoothbore PTFE-lined hose, supporting the reliable production of everyday products from paints and chemicals to batteries

    Flexible hose assemblies

  4. Corroflon hose

    Corroflon hose

    Corroflon is a highly flexible, kink-resistant and versatile convoluted PTFE-lined hose, providing a trusted solution for a wide range of fluid transfer applications across multiple industries

    Flexible hose assemblies

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