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Tubing & Hose Buying Tips
#9: Indoor or Outdoor Use
It can be challenging to make sure you’ve covered all the bases during the tubing and hose selection process. Have you considered all the elements involved with the application? Temperatures, chemicals, pressures, flexibility needs? In Tubing & Hose Buying Tips we’ll address common selection factors, one at a time, in each issue of extrusions.
 Does your application involve the use of tubing or hose inside a facility or out of doors? Conditions can vary greatly in either environment, but indoor usage normally offers more predictable surroundings. Temperature and humidity can be monitored and maintained indoors. Ventilation, whether it be automatically controlled or done so by fans that are turned on manually, can be regulated. Lighting is easily managed.
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Material Focus
Hytrel®
 Hytrel is a thermoplastic polyester elastomer developed by DuPont. It’s a product that combines properties of both plastic and rubber, along with the processability of thermoplastics (see Tech Talk below for a definition of thermoplastic). Hytrel resin is available in styles for injection molding, melt casting, and extruding.
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 Tech Talk
Thermo Terms
- Thermal
- Of, using, producing, or caused by heat
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- Thermal Conductivity
- The ability of a material to conduct heat
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- Thermo
- Heat
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- Thermodynamics
- Physics that deal with the relationships between heat and other energy forms
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- Thermoform
- Any process in which thermoplastic material is heated to its softened point and then drawn and/or forced against an open mold. Depending on the technique, the mold can either be male or female, and the method of forming either vacuum and/or pressure
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- Thermoplastic
- Soft and pliable when heated without any change of the inherent properties; a material which has a linear macromolecular structure that will repeatedly soften when heated and harden when cooled
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- Thermoplastic Elastomer (TPE)
- A family of thermoplastic materials (also referred to as Thermoplastic Rubber - TPR) that have many properties of vulcanized rubber but are not cross-linked; may be softened and hardened by heating and cooling without substantial changes in properties
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- Thermoset
- Having the property of becoming permanently hard when heated or cured; a material that will undergo or has undergone a chemical reaction by the action of heat, ultraviolet light, catalysts, etc., leading to a relatively infusible and cross-linked state
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- Thermotensile
- Pertaining to the variation of tensile strength with the temperature
For more terms common to the tubing and hose industry, be sure to visit the Glossary on our Web site.
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On the Light Side
In the Next Issue
- Tubing & Hose Buying Tips
#10: Moisture-Related Factors
- Material Focus
Polypropylene
- Tech Talk
Ordering FAQs
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Tubing & Hose Buying Tips
#9: Indoor or Outdoor Use
Material Focus
Hytrel®
Tech Talk
Thermo Terms
On the Light Side
A Touch of Humor
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