Applications
Due to its flexibility, extreme resistance to chemical attack and optical transparency, this material, along with PFA is routinely used for plastic labware and tubing that involves critical or highly corrosive processes. Brand GmbH, Finemech, Savillex and Nalgene are well known laboratory suppliers that makes extensive use of the two materials.
Another application are sheet linings for chemical equipment where fabric backed PFA sheets (SYMALIT PFA). The use of a PFA liner allows to replace expensive metals and alloys like Inconel or Hastelloy with lined carbon steel or lined FRP. Examples are SYMALIT PFA lined columns, scrubbers, reactors and pipes which stand harsh environments like concentrated HF and HCl and halogens. Another application is for Co-axial cables like RG-316 In manufacturing high-quality composite parts, such as in the aerospace industry, FEP film can be used to protect molds during the curing process. In such applications, the film is called "release film" and is intended to prevent the curing adhesive polymer (e.g. the epoxy in a carbon fibre/epoxy composite laminate) from bonding to the metal tooling. One example is the A-5000 FEP release film by Richmond Aircraft Products (see link).
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