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How Fluoropolymer Tubing Supports High-Purity Pharmaceutical Production
As spring arrives, so does a renewed focus on cleaning, quality, and process validation in pharmaceutical facilities. Whether it’s a routine seasonal turnover or preparation for ramped-up production cycles, spring is a critical time in the pharmaceutical industry for equipment maintenance, cleaning validation, and ensuring product purity.
Behind every cleanroom, batch reactor, or filtration skid, fluoropolymer tubing plays a quiet but critical role-and at Fluorostore, we’re proud to supply the materials trusted by pharmaceutical manufacturers and lab operators across the U.S.
Spring often brings an uptick in:
- New production campaigns for biologics and small-molecule drugs
- Facility inspections and GMP audits
- Cleaning validations and process re-qualifications
- Preventative maintenance to avoid downtime during peak summer operations
In all these activities, the use of chemically inert, high-purity tubing is essential to maintaining sterility, compliance, and product consistency.
Fluoropolymers—specifically PTFE, FEP, and PFA—are the gold standard for pharmaceutical fluid handling because they offer:
- Chemical Inertness: Won’t leach or react with solvents, acids, or active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs)
- Ultra-Smooth Interior Surfaces: Minimizes the risk of biofilm formation or particulate entrapment
- Sterilization Compatibility: Resistant to autoclaving, gamma radiation, and chemical sanitizers
- Temperature Resistance: Performs reliably across extreme process conditions
Whether you`re handling buffer solutions, CIP chemicals, or high-purity water, fluoropolymer tubing ensures that nothing compromises your product quality or patient safety.
Fluorostore tubing is used in a variety of pharmaceutical processes, including:
- Transfer lines for active ingredients and solvents
- Sampling and testing systems for in-process quality control
- Peristaltic pump tubing for sterile fluid transfer
- Disposable bioprocess systems where purity and flexibility are critical