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Our hoses in your everyday life
Have you enjoyed a coffee today? Or driven your car to work or to the workshop? And passed by the airport or a wind farm on the way? Then you have already encountered our hoses today! Guaranteed!
Tubes are everyday companions
Did you actually know that hoses accompany you day after day through everyday life? Even, if you do not always see them at first glance, they are there. And meet us again and again in everyday situations. They ensure important and essential functions that make our lives more enjoyable, healthier, easier and more sustainable.
Food hoses for good taste
"At APT, we develop fluoropolymer hoses that we manufacture and test to the highest technical standards." Justyna Lesch, quality assurance associate at APT
Espresso like at the Italian
Whoever likes to drink coffee knows the differences in coffee and its preparation. Why else does the cappuccino in the café or the espresso at the Italian around the corner taste so much better than at home? Clearly, professionals are at work. And professionals use the right accessories in addition to good ingredients - such as professional coffee machines. When you hold your specialty coffee in your hands, you have indirectly already had contact with our hoses. Because for high-quality hoses made of fluoropolymers for conveying hot water in professional coffee machines, we have a specialist within the Masterflex Group - APT.
The perfect flavor symbiosis
Want a little flavor with your coffee? Maybe hazelnut, chocolate, caramel or coconut flavor? Before the coffee combines with the flavors to a sweet-aromatic seduction, these flavors have already made acquaintance with our food-safe tubes. Most likely, they have been transported from A to B with it.
One example is the drop conveying of syrup - this is where our Master-PUR H Food from Masterflex comes in.
The secret of the cinnamon bun
The secret of the cinnamon bun is the cardamom in the dough. This makes them beautifully spicy and irresistibly delicious. Our hoses are also used in the manufacture of baked goods, e.g. for conveying delivered flour or baking powder into a silo. But our food hoses are not only in continuous use for you during transport, but also during the manufacturing process. Like the Master-PUR HX Food or the Polderflex PUR Food from Masterflex, which create flexible connections between the distribution station and the dough mixer.
Certified quality
Only hoses that meet strict regulations and guidelines are allowed to transport food. All food-grade hoses from Masterflex meet these requirements in terms of material. Novoplast Schlauchtechnik has even launched a food-grade hose that as a whole has EU food approval. The Master-Tube PUR 98A Food fulfills all requirements in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EU) No. 10/2011, including the amending regulations, as well as the Consumer Goods Regulation; thanks to good manufacturing practice (GMP), product contamination is ruled out from the outset and consistent product quality and traceability are ensured.
Protection for your health
"At Novoplast Schlauchtechnik and Fleima-Plastic, we work as technology partners on innovative products that also protect your health." Kevin Seitz and Oliver Matuschek, cleanroom production employees at Fleima-Plastic
Stay healthy
Sutures that no longer need to be pulled, implants that disappear by themselves - and what comes tomorrow? Medical technology is one of the most innovative industries and makes an indispensable contribution to our healthcare. Always in focus: the safety of the patient. All products are put through their paces before being used on humans. Our two brands Fleima-Plastic and Novoplast Schlauchtechnik have many years of experience in medical technology and support medical care with hoses, connectors and applications as well as customized assemblies for demanding applications in medical technology.
.No access for bacteria
In hardly any other industry is the control of germs and dirt particles as important as in medicine. In hospitals, there are disinfectant dispensers in every room and access to certain areas, such as the operating rooms are only permitted after thorough cleaning and the donning of special protective clothing. The use of clean rooms is also used in the manufacture of medical products. Novoplast Schlauchtechnik and Fleima-Plastic have clean rooms of ISO classes 6 to 8 and are certified according to DIN EN ISO 13485.
Renewable energies
We are represented with our components in many innovative and forward-looking industries. For example, in wind turbines: they convert the kinetic energy of the wind into electrical energy and feed it into the power grid. Our hoses ensure that wind turbines function smoothly in a wide variety of places.
Suction
The production of rotor blades for wind turbines generates a lot of dust that has to be extracted. The requirements for the hose are high: it should be abrasion-resistant, lightweight, flexible and, in some cases, electrically conductive. The Master-PUR Step MHR from Masterflex meets these requirements - and it can be grounded via a stranded wire.
Cooling
In the nacelle of a wind turbine, i.e. where the housing encapsulation of the generators is located, enormous heat is generated due to the transmitted power, which must be dissipated to the outside. The temperature- and weather-resistant Master-SANTO SL from Masterflex is installed there and provides the necessary cooling.
Heating
Temperatures around freezing point, snowfall or freezing rain: Now ice layers can also form on the rotor blades of the wind turbine. So that the rotor blades nevertheless turn incessantly and the turbine can generate electricity, there are special heating systems for the rotor blades. This is where the Master-SANTO L from Masterflex comes into play.
Ventilation
Wind turbine towers usually look rather unimpressive, but are very significant when it comes to stability and energy yield. And they must be ventilated. This is where the Master-Clip PE from Masterflex comes into its own: it has a diameter of up to 2 meters, is very light, has a large pitch and aluminum spirals, and can be laid in bends.
Just lean back with our hoses!
"At Masterflex and Novoplast Schlauchtechnik, we make sure that you get to your destination comfortably and safely with our hoses and connection parts." Wolfgang Carle and Daniel Kores, employees in the extrusion department at Masterflex.
Sitting correctly
Long sitting in the same posture is strenuous for the spine. In the office just as when driving.
In the office, there are ergonomic chairs with lumbar supports in the backrest for this purpose. Also in the car there are lumbar supports for a healthy sitting posture. Height-adjustable and depth-adjustable they are usually by air cushions. The air cushion can be easily adjusted individually by the connected hand pump and thus optimally supports your back. The Master-Tube PA 12w from Novoplast Schlauchtechnik provides the connection between pump and air cushion for flexible adjustment of the backrest in the car. Master-Tube PUR hoses are also guaranteed to be at play in massage functions or inflatable seat components.
Workshop appointment cleared?
Do you have a workshop appointment soon? Here you can also see our hoses.
Running engines often produce harmful exhaust gases in car workshops. To avoid this, the vehicles are usually connected to exhaust extraction systems during the inspection. Such exhaust hoses as the Master-PUR Step or the Carflex Super from Masterflex ensure good air around the lifting platform. The Master-PUR Step is also ideally suited for rough applications: Even after being driven over, it springs back to its original shape due to its special design.
No flight without our handmade hoses
"At Matzen & Timm, we make sure you can get on a plane feeling good every time with our handmade hoses." Kennedy Okwarah, Flexafit employee at Matzen & Timm.
Air distribution and air conditioning hoses
Did you know that when you fly, you're sitting just inches away from our hoses?
Because when warm or cool air flows from the nozzles in the ceiling above the seats, there is almost always a hose from Matzen & Timm behind it. At our Norderstedt site, in the immediate vicinity of the airport, hoses are manufactured for the air distribution and air conditioning system in aircraft. Wherever fresh or exhaust air, cold or hot, dry or humid exhaust gases, fresh, gray or waste water have to be transported in an aircraft, our sturdy yet lightweight hoses are needed.
By the way, the production is still manual work over long distances, depending on the requirement and application.
Toilet Service Unit Hoses (TSU)
With hundreds of passengers, quite a bit can accumulate on long-haul flights that ends up in the on-board toilet of an aircraft. But how is that disposed of?
Once the plane has landed, the fecal tank is emptied using a special vehicle. This is where our ground support equipment hoses come into play: the Master-PUR L MHR suction and transport hose from Masterflex is not only robust, but also lightweight. It can withstand the mechanical stresses caused by friction on the rough asphalt floors of airports. And can be lifted into the air by ground staff without any problem (unlike much heavier rubber hoses). Due to its transparency, it is also easy to see at any time during suction when no more fecal matter has been passed through, but only rinse water.
Pre Conditioned Air Hoses (PCA)
The machine has landed safely - even on the parking position aircraft are cooled, heated or ventilated. This is where our PCA hoses come into play.
Masterflex produces flexible and compressible PCA hoses, with which pre-conditioned fresh air is fed into the aircraft cabin. Whether the external air conditioning is centralized via the jetway or decentralized via mobile systems (self-propelled units or trailers). This means that parked aircraft no longer have to run their internal auxiliary power unit (APU) for air conditioning - making it quieter, reducing kerosene consumption and the associated CO2 emissions.
Robust hoses for shipbuilding and shipyard equipment
It is not only in the air that our hoses perform important functions - they also ensure reliable and safe mobility on water and on land. On shipyards, for example. Whether ferries, yachts, cargo ships or cruise giants: Everything that transports goods or people across the water is represented in the docks of shipbuilding companies. Our hoses ensure safety here.
Welding fumes
Welding is today what riveting was in the past. It brought great advantages to shipbuilders and is now one of the most widespread work processes in shipyards. In addition to noise, however, welding also produces substances that are hazardous to health - both in the form of gases and particles. Particulate matter is formed predominantly from the welding filler metal and from the coatings used. Our special hoses protect employees from welding fumes and are ideally suited for rugged use in shipyards. An example is the Master-PUR Step MHR from Masterflex.
Gases
In addition to particles that are hazardous to health, dangerous gases are also produced during welding - mainly as reaction products from the gases and gas mixtures used and present. Our flexible exhaust gas hoses reliably extract these toxic gases and thus perform well, not only in shipyards. Other examples of exhaust hoses include the Master-Santo L, the Master-Santo SL, or the Carflex Super from Masterflex.
These hoses are lightweight, easily withstand temperatures up to 130°C, and are resistant to influences such as UV, ozone, chemicals, and seawater.