In food processing, beverage production, dairy equipment, bakery machinery and kitchen catering industries, pipeline materials directly contact edible raw materials, hot food, steam and cleaning agents, which put forward strict requirements on material safety, high temperature resistance and easy cleaning. Food grade foamed silicone tube is a flexible porous tubular material specially developed for food contact scenes, combining the soft buffering and heat preservation advantages of foamed silicone with food-safe pure silicone formula. Tengye produces premium food grade foamed silicone tubes with 100% food-contact silicone raw materials and clean foaming extrusion process, providing safe, odorless, heat-insulating and anti-scald pipeline protection for all kinds of food production equipment.
Food-Grade Silicone Raw Material & Clean Foaming Extrusion Process
Our food grade foamed silicone tube adopts imported high-purity food-contact silicone rubber without plasticizer, heavy metal, volatile odor and harmful precipitates. The formula strictly abandons toxic additives and meets global food safety standards. We adopt dust-free workshop integrated closed-cell foaming co-extrusion technology to form uniform fine pore structure inside the tube wall, with smooth inner and outer surfaces, no residual sundries, no mold release agent precipitation, and no secondary pollution to food liquid and steam.
This professional food grade foamed silicone tube has a wide operating temperature range of -60℃ to 230℃, stable softness and elasticity under long-term steam sterilization, high-temperature baking and cold storage circulation, no hardening, shrinkage or peculiar smell precipitation. It has excellent resistance to edible oil, fruit acid, alkaline cleaning fluid and high-temperature water vapor, and will not swell, crack or dissolve after long-term contact with food media. All products pass FDA 21 CFR 177.2600, EU LFGB, RoHS 2.0 and REACH standards, and can provide complete SGS food safety test reports for customer inspection.
Core Performance Advantages for Food Industry
Our food grade foamed silicone tube overcomes the defects of ordinary plastic tubes and industrial foam silicone tubes, and has multi-dimensional performance suitable for food production and catering environments:
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Full Food Safety Compliance:Pure food-grade silicone formula, non-toxic, tasteless, no heavy metal precipitation, safe direct contact with water, milk, fruit juice, edible oil and all hot and cold food materials, in line with FDA and LFGB international food certification standards.
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Excellent Heat Insulation & Anti-Scald:Uniform closed-cell porous structure forms stable air heat insulation layer, effectively isolate high temperature inside the pipe, prevent operators from scalding when touching hot steam and hot liquid pipelines, reduce heat loss and energy consumption of equipment.
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High & Low Temperature Resistant & Sterilizable:Long-term stable use from -60℃ low temperature freezing to 230℃ high temperature steam, support high temperature boiling, autoclave and CIP online cleaning and disinfection, no deformation or odor after repeated sterilization cycles.
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Oil & Acid-Alkali Resistance:Not easy to absorb grease, resist corrosion of edible oil, vinegar, fruit acid and food alkaline detergent, easy to wipe and clean, no mildew and residual stain after long-term use.
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Low Compression Set & Flexible Bending:Good rebound performance, compression set ≤5%, no permanent deformation after long-term clamping and extrusion; soft texture, can be bent arbitrarily to adapt to complex layout of food equipment pipelines.
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Mildew & Aging Resistant:Not easy to breed mold in humid kitchen and food workshop environment, anti-ultraviolet and hot and cold cycle aging, long service life, replace less frequently.
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Smooth Surface & Easy Sanitation Management:Smooth inner and outer tube wall, not easy to adhere food residue, convenient daily cleaning and disinfection, effectively reduce bacterial breeding risks in food production lines.
Main Application Scenarios
Our food grade foamed silicone tube is widely used in all food production and catering equipment that requires direct food contact, heat preservation and anti-scald protection:
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Beverage & Dairy Production Equipment:Heat insulation and anti-scald wrapping for milk pipelines, fruit juice delivery pipes, beverage filling machine steam pipes, yogurt fermentation equipment pipelines.
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Bakery & Food Processing Machinery:Thermal insulation protection for oven steam pipes, baking equipment hot oil pipelines, noodle cooking hot water pipes, food sterilization equipment pipelines.
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Catering Kitchen Equipment:Anti-scald insulation sleeves for coffee machine hot water pipes, steam oven pipelines, commercial water boiler hot liquid pipelines, buffet heating equipment pipes.
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Cold Storage & Fresh-Keeping Equipment:Heat preservation pipeline sleeves for cold drink equipment, refrigerated liquid conveying pipes, low-temperature food circulation pipelines to avoid condensation and frost.
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Food Packaging & Small Household Food Appliances:Safe heat insulation tubes for milk makers, fruit juicers, commercial food blenders and food filling small equipment.
Custom OEM/ODM Service
We provide comprehensive personalized customization solutions to match different food equipment pipeline sizes and food safety performance requirements, supporting small-batch trial production and mass continuous supply:
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Size Customization Customize inner diameter, outer diameter, wall thickness, total length and conventional food-safe colors (translucent, milky white); support ultra-thin and thick wall special size extrusion processing according to customer drawings or samples.
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Formula Performance Tuning Optimize foaming density, softness and oil resistance formula according to food medium types; can strengthen anti-mold and high-temperature sterilization resistance for long-cycle disinfection production lines.
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Post-Processing Service Support fixed-length cutting, segmented opening, single-sided food-grade adhesive backing, surface polishing treatment to meet automatic assembly of food equipment.
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Rapid Prototyping & Stable Delivery Deliver customized samples within 7-12 days for food safety test and equipment pipeline matching test, complete quality traceability system to ensure consistent batch quality and on-time delivery.
Precautions for Use
To keep the food safety, heat insulation and anti-aging performance of food grade foamed silicone tube, please abide by the following specifications during installation, use and storage:
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Before installation, thoroughly clean the surface of the pipeline and the inner wall of the silicone tube, wipe off dust, oil and impurities to avoid contaminating food materials during use.
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Control the stretching amplitude during installation, avoid excessive pulling to prevent tube wall pore damage and affect heat insulation effect; avoid sharp metal scratches piercing the tube body.
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Control the compression ratio reasonably during assembly, generally 25%-40%, long-term over-compression will cause permanent deformation and lose heat preservation buffering performance.
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Clean the tube regularly with food alkaline detergent and hot water after long-term contact with edible oil to prevent grease residue and mildew growth.
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Store in cool, dry and dust-free clean warehouse before installation, keep away from industrial corrosive chemicals and strong sunlight to avoid premature aging.
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Select the corresponding wall thickness and density grade according to the actual medium temperature, food type and disinfection frequency to match food production safety standards.
Strict Quality Control System
Adhering to the standard of "food safety first, quality supreme", we implement full-process closed quality control for food grade foamed silicone tubes from raw material feeding to finished product delivery:
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Raw Material Inspection 100% test all food-grade silicone raw materials, strictly detect heavy metal precipitation, volatile substances and food contact safety indicators, unqualified raw materials are prohibited from production.
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In-Process Monitoring All foaming and extrusion processes are completed in dust-free workshop, real-time control foaming ratio, extrusion temperature and dimensional tolerance to ensure uniform tube wall pores, smooth surface and no impurity defects.
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Finished Product Comprehensive Testing Conduct food safety precipitation test, high-low temperature cycle test, steam sterilization aging test, oil resistance and compression rebound test for each batch, provide complete food certification and test reports.
Tengye: Your Trusted Food-Grade Silicone Tube Partner
At Tengye, we focus on R&D, production and customized service of food safety silicone foamed products. Relying on dust-free food-grade production workshop, mature clean foaming extrusion technology and strict food safety testing standards, we provide safe, odorless and long-lasting heat insulation pipeline solutions for global food processing, beverage and catering equipment manufacturers. We strictly follow international food contact material specifications to eliminate food safety risks for customers. Contact us today to obtain free customized samples, food safety certification documents and exclusive mass production quotation!