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What is Conductive Tubing?

For insulation purposes the high resistivity of plastics is an advantage but, in some cases, it can be a serious disadvantage as it results in high, static charge, build up; this in turn can result in dust pick-up and/or spark generation. The established way of improving conductivity is by adding a conductive filler such as, a high structure, carbon black. The addition of lubricants can minimize the generation of static while the addition of some semi-incompatible liquids can cause static to leak away.

TexLoc offers a wide variety of anti-static and conductive tubing to fit each customer’s specific needs in smooth-bore or convoluted form. This tubing may be supplied with a fully conductive liner and also, a fully conductive tube.

Fully conductive tubes are available in TEXfluor™ PTFE and TEXfluor™ PFA.  Industrial grade conductivity conforms to MIL-DTL-27267C having a minimum conductance of 10-20 micro amps with 1,000 vdc applied over a 14" length.  Upon special request an ISO grade conforming to a maximum of a 1 mega ohm resistance over a one meter length when tested in accordance with ISO 8031 is available.

Some of the many uses for these products include:
 

• Anti-static properties to prevent the attraction of dust and other particulate.
• Statically dissipative to prevent the build-up of static charges for electro-sensitive devices.
• Static dissipative or fully conductive for the dissipative elimination of static charges affecting combustible fluid transfer.
• Increased wear resistance.
• Increases the resistance to UV light.