Milk pipe screw con­nect­ors are stand­ard­ised seal­ing con­nec­tions for liquid media pipes. Besides their use in the dairy industry, these pipe con­nect­ors are also used in bever­age and food processing.

In the food industry, the man­u­fac­tur­ing pro­cess is sub­ject to hygien­ic stand­ards that must be strictly observed.

Com­pon­ents exposed to high stresses require spe­cial atten­tion. Espe­cially in the area of milk pipe screw con­nect­ors, seals rep­res­ent a major weak point, as there is a risk of parts detach­ing from the mater­i­al mat­rix due to mech­an­ic­al, chem­ic­al and/or thermal influences.

In order to reli­ably detect for­eign bod­ies, IDG-Dich­tung­s­tech­nik GmbH has developed Manoy­De­tect®, a seal­ing mater­i­al to which met­al-detect­able addit­ives are added. Depend­ing on the medi­um to be trans­por­ted, the seal­ing mater­i­als NBR, EPDM, VMQ, FKM and PTFE are used.

Particles of Manoy­De­tect® mater­i­als as small as approx. 2 mm can be detec­ted by con­ven­tion­al met­al detect­ors. The res­ults ulti­mately depend on the sens­it­iv­ity of the detect­or used and the respect­ive con­di­tions. IDG recom­mends the rel­ev­ant func­tion­al tests.

Manoy­De­tect® mater­i­als meet the food reg­u­la­tions accord­ing to the FDA, the 3-A San­it­ary Stand­ards, or EU 1935/2004 sub­ject to the mater­i­al group and com­pound­ing, and are suit­able for the tem­per­at­ure range from 60°C to +200°C depend­ing on the mater­i­al group, com­pound for­mu­la­tion and ambi­ent conditions.

• High hygien­ic standard
• For extreme temperatures

From -60 to +200 °C

but depend­ent on the mater­i­al selec­tion of the milk pipe seal­ing ring in indi­vidu­al cases.

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