Plastic Tubing

When it comes to plastic tubing, our capabilities include ...

  • the ability to laminate unique, specialty materials to meet specific performance requirements
  • making clear, color, or striped tubes
  • printing tubes for product identification purposes - or offering printing combined with colors and/or striping
  • providing optional fabrications, including sealed-end tubes (dot, half-moon, bar seal) and thermal-formed ends (flat or rounded profile) made of various high-temperature, high-dielectric plastic materials

Plastic Tube Sizes (specifications may vary with cutting method, material, or application):

  • ID: .026"  to 2.00"
  • Wall Thicknesses: .001" to .040"
  • Lengths: up to 120"

The materials we use for our plastic tubing generally include ...

  • Mylar®
  • polyester - available in non-shrink, low-shrink (4 - 11% MD/TD), and high-shrink (35 - 50% MD/25 - 50% TD) grades
  • Kapton®
  • polyimide
  • Nomex®
  • polyamide
  • aramid paper
  • PEN (polyethylene napthalate film)
  • polystyrene
  • metalized foils (aluminum, copper, nickel, lead)

Plastic tubes can be made in material combinations for specific applications.

For more information on our plastic tube capabilities, contact PPG.