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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