January 2014 Tube Products International
35
products & developments
New food grade range meets EC and FDA
requirements
The new Food Grade range from Jacob
Pipework Systems is claimed to be the
first product range in themarket segment
that meets the stringent requirements of
the European EC 1935/2004 standard
as well as the American FDA food
regulations.
The range is a modular, stainless
steel pipework system with more than
3,000 products. More than 1,000 of
the components – from the steel parts
to adhesives and sealing materials –
were replaced or redesigned where
necessary. This ensured that all of the
parts of the Food Grade products that
come into contact with food satisfy
the stringent EU requirements of the
EC 1935/2004 directive as well as the
American FDA regulations regarding
contact with food.
The
“adhesive-free”
vulcanised
U-shaped seals not only ensure food
grade conformity in compliance with EC
1953/2004 and the FDA requirements,
but also have better temperature and
tear resistance than conventional
adhesive-bonded U-shaped seals.
All components that come into contact
with food are made exclusively of
stainless steel that meets the quality
standard of V2A/1.4301. The use of
adhesives is avoided as far as possible
in the seals that are incorporated in
some of the steel fittings. In situations
where their use is unavoidable, only
food-grade adhesives are used.
Jacob manufactures pipe systems
based on themodular concept in Europe
with a worldwide market presence.
Pipe systems for bulk material handling
as well as dust extraction and exhaust
air units for environmental engineering
(cooling air/exhaust air) are the largest
application areas for Jacob pipe
systems (diameters 60 to 800mm
or larger for customised production,
1-3mm pipe wall thickness). Steel
pipes are primed, galvanised or
stainless steel.
The company’s main customers are
in the chemistry, pharmaceutical and
plastics industries, the food industry
(eg coffee, cacao, chocolate, sugar or
grain processing), feed plants, tobacco
industry, automotive industry, chip
industry, machine construction, and the
paper and building materials industries.
Jacob Pipework Systems
– Germany
OEM product development
PSW Consultants has been involved
with OEM projects for almost two
decades. Alongside its own range
of Pipeswizard fit up tools for the
oil and gas pipeline industry, PSW
has been responsible for the design,
enhancement, certification and
manufacture of products for other large
companies in the industry.
PSW has been the manufacturing force
behind many well-known products in
the industry, including a large portion
of the Mathey Dearman product range.
It has also manufactured parts for
large German automotive companies,
national military projects, and national
petroleum companies.
With 100 per cent of its manufacturing
facilities based inside the European
Union, PSW maintains a strict quality
control system, bound by the laws
and regulations associated with
manufacturing in the EU. As such,
the risk of quality issues is greatly
reduced. PSW is also pre-qualified
with numerous large EPC contractors
and national petroleum companies as a
result of its products originating within
the EU.
With a CNC plant, investment casting
foundry, assembly plant, machine shop
and powder coating shop all operating
under PSW, costs are kept low as
almost nothing has to be outsourced.
PSW Consultants (engineering) Ltd
– UK
The new Jacob Food Grade
range offers compliance
with both EC 1935/2004
and FDA
requirements
