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Endless tube possibilities with the Master-Tube PE Ultra
The Master-Tube PE Ultra opens up completely new perspectives: extremely flexible, robust and customizable - for individual tube solutions without limits.
Endless tube possibilities with the Master-Tube PE Ultra
Due to the production process, manufacturing processes are often not endless, but are carried out in individual batches or steps. The following article has endless good content, so in a nutshell: We have endless tube possibilities! This is precisely why we at the Masterflex Group are ultra-proud to be able to offer you specific solutions time and time again.
Our Master-Tube PE Ultra is the best tube for demanding applications. We would like to introduce you to this endless tube, made from the tried and tested material ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE), based on three features.
Our Ultra product features of the Master-Tube PE Ultra
Ultra-hard: A high-performance polymer as the material for the Master-Tube PE Ultra
Due to the diverse mechanical properties of polyethylene, such as high surface hardness, very good resistance to stress cracking and a low coefficient of friction, the material is used in highly stressed areas of application and excels with its extreme abrasion resistance. This is precisely why products that are subject to high demands, such as gear wheels or sliding elements, are often made from this material.
Ultra-durable: the diverse properties of Master-Tube PE Ultra
The robustness of the Master-Tube PE Ultra ensures extreme product durability, as the Master-Tube PE Ultra has excellent resistance to chemicals, hydrolysis and solvents, among other things, which makes it extremely durable for use in the areas of feeding technology, chemicals, painting technology and automotive.
An overview of the technical data
Ultra-Infinite: Our patented manufacturing process for the Master-Tube PE Ultra
Our patented and completely newly developed manufacturing process is unique in the industry and replaces the previous RAM extrusion. This new manufacturing method now allows us to produce endless tubes. This manufacturing process is of interest for all applications that require tubes such as the Master-Tube PE Ultra over several meters in length. For example, in mechanical engineering, for material feeds or in sewer inspection, etc.
Let's stay with the example of the gearwheel. Until now, such components have been milled from semi-finished products (sintered round or rectangular profiles; plates/sheets). Together with the manufacturer, Novoplast Schlauchtechnik has developed a process for thermoplastic processing, which is now protected by a patent.
Welding wire feeder & Master-Tube PE Ultra tube
So that your robot doesn't break a sweat
If your robot breaks down for technical reasons and the feed lines need to be replaced, changing these feed lines is time-consuming. With welding robots, the welding wire must be fed from the spool to the welding point. Our UHMWPE tube offers significantly more flexibility and ensures less resistance on the robot thanks to its good sliding properties. It is also lighter for you! The Master-Tube PE Ultra is a lighter product, which has a lower density compared to the special PA12h compound. (0.966 g/cm³ to 1.08 g/cm³).
Thanks to the excellent mechanical properties of Master-Tube PE-Ultras, the operating time of your machines can, as you now know, be significantly extended.
A tube is used to feed the welding rod to the robot and automatic welding systems as well as manual welding systems. This tube is integrated into the tubepack and guides the welding rod to the head of the welding gun or tool. It is important that the welding wire tube has excellent abrasion and wear resistance, just like the Master-Tube PE Ultra.
Furthermore, the low coefficient of friction of the tube material ensures continuous and even welding wire feed. The Master-Tube PE Ultra is therefore a tube that supports automatic welding systems and robots in use with durability and extends the operating time.
Optimize your systems with the Master-Tube PE Ultra industrial tube. To make your work easier, this UHMWPE welding wire tube is even available in a customer-specific color. This makes it really easy to identify the transport tube within the tube package.
Your robot will not break into a sweat so quickly when using the Master-Tube PE Ultra. And neither will you, thanks to the extended operating time of the machines.
Feeding technology - Small parts feeder & Master-Tube PE Ultra
So that your screw stays loose
To ensure high production speeds, many industrial companies use fully automatic screwdriving machines.
These obtain the required small parts, such as screws, from a sorting system connected to a magazine tube. It is important to ensure a smooth production process.
In order not to disrupt the production process, it is essential to select the correct feed tube for the automatic screwdriving machine. In this case, it is advisable to use a dimensionally stable tube to prevent the screws from getting caught or jammed in the tube.
No mess! The Master-Tube PE Ultra (UHMWPE tube) promises high abrasion resistance. The tubes´s high abrasion resistance and gliding properties also guarantee long-term durability.
This tube is the ideal solution to ensure that you can enjoy the maintenance of your tubes in the future. Thanks to the mechanical properties of the UHMWPE we use, such as high surface hardness, very good resistance to stress cracking and a low coefficient of friction, your screws will always stay loose! Masterflex supply tubes extend maintenance intervals, thereby reducing your costs and resources.
Individual orders: Another advantage of the Master-Tube PE Ultra is the flexibility for your orders, as the tube sizes (diameter) can now be conveniently customized to each bolt size to provide additional flexibility in order processing! Sizes up to 50 mm outer diameter can be produced here, depending on customer requirements, and the tube length can now also be produced individually.
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The Master-Tube PE Ultra tube comes up trumps in trenchless pipe and sewer rehabilitation
Master-Tube PE Ultra convinces with its mechanical tube properties
When it comes to system components and a long-range push camera is used to support the inspection of house and property drainage systems, this equipment has to withstand a lot when it comes into contact with heavily used pipes and lines. In order for the camera technology to work, the cable bundles are usually wrapped around a fiberglass rod, which sits in a polyamide sheath. However, the material is anything but abrasion-resistant and the coefficient of sliding friction leaves a lot to be desired. Thanks to the thermoplastic production process using ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene material, the Master-Tube PE Ultra is very interesting for all types of tube and slide applications in the field of sewer rehabilitation and inspection measures due to its excellent sliding properties in combination with robust abrasion resistance.
Master-Tube PE Ultra - strong surface hardness for sewer pipes
It is clear that the Master-Tube PE Ultra is ultra-robust in its entirety. To be even more certain of these product advantages, Novoplast Schlauchtechnik carried out a wear test with other engineering plastics such as polyamide - the result was surprising! Plastics that are relevant for conveying and feeding technology were subjected to an abrasion test, and no technical plastic was able to match the good results of the Master-Tube PE Ultra. The UHMWPE tube embodies extreme product durability in conjunction with excellent resistance to chemicals, hydrolysis and faeces.
Master-Tube PE Ultra - a clear view for sewer inspections
The tube components in systems such as trolleys for pipes or systems that are used for work and inspection measures in manholes or sewage pipes, for example, must have a certain degree of flexibility. The protective conduits for the cable bundles of your camera technology are usually made of polyamide. Here, PE ULTRA is very interesting due to its sliding properties and abrasion resistance, as cable bundles that are wound around a fiberglass rod (ID 3.5 - 5 mm) still have to be pushed into 40-60 m long polyamide tube. How practical that our tubing can also be produced as continuous lengths over many meters.
Your application engineers will confirm that a certain flexibility and good bendability of the tubes is necessary, as they are usually used in places that are difficult to access. Mechanical properties, such as a low coefficient of sliding friction or greater lightness due to lower density, give the Master-Tube PE Ultra tube particularly good sliding properties. In this way, the Master-Tube PE Ultra enables your manhole zoom camera to provide the right view from the manhole into the connected ducts without you having to climb into the manhole to inspect the route.
