Drinking-Water and Food-Grade Hoses Drinking-Water and Food-Grade Hoses Drinking-Water and Food-Grade Hoses APSOfluid® – Groundbreaking Solutions in Fluid Technology APSOfluid® Strict requirements apply to drinking-water and food-grade hoses. They must be tasteless and odorless and must be resistant against the medium being transported while at the same time meeting strict hygienic standards. Product quality isn’t the only thing that counts; qualified advice also matters. Whether for drinking water, fat-containing, alcoholic or abrasive media, Angst + Pfister combines superior expert knowledge, excellent product quality and a wide range of hoses with diameters of up to 500 mm to create efficient APSOfluid® solutions for practically any application. Drinking Water Drinking-Water and Angst + Pfister – Your Supply and Solutions Partner The Angst + Pfister Group is a leading international technical distributor and service provider for high-end industrial components. As a supply and solutions partner for engineering plastics, sealing, fluid-handling, drive, and antivibration technology as well as sensors, Angst + Pfister combines efficient logistics concepts with comprehensive product application engineering services. Besides providing customer-specific parts, the group offers a product range consisting of approximately 100,000 standard items. Food-Grade Hoses Engineering Our core product divisions Extremely strict regulations apply to hoses used for drinking-water applications. Angst + Pfister provides its customers with expert advice on certifications and hose quality. Exceptional knowledge of materials, customer- and solution-oriented consulting and profound manufacturing technology expertise – engineering is the connecting link between all Angst + Pfister product lines. Our specialists pass their knowledge on to customers from start to finish of an order. These services provide customers not just with parts, but with components optimally tailored to their needs. Fat-Containing Media Angst + Pfister’s engineering services in the field of drinking-water and food-grade hoses range from selecting materials that precisely match customer specifications to procuring declarations of conformity and factory certifications. In close cooperation with capable partners, Angst + Pfister conducts in-depth testing and is thus in a position to issue certifications. In the food industry, many different types of fat-containing media can be encountered. Whether for milk- or olive-oil-based media for example, selecting the proper hose is extremely important. Non-Fat-Containing and Alcoholic Fluids Based on the specified application parameters, the specialists at Angst + Pfister are able to provide customers with advisory support in selecting the ideal hose. Particularly in connection with alcoholic media, the concentration of alcohol requires special attention. The APSOfluid® name stands for exceptional application expertise accompanied by engineering services that cover Angst + Pfister’s entire spectrum of product lines. APSOfluid® offers targeted solutions for practically every fluid technology application. Good value for money distinguishes the comprehensive APSOfluid® product range, which – thanks to international procurement logistics – extends from standard products to highly specialized components. Exemplary C-parts management and our own production facility capacity to fabricate even complex customized components ready for installation guarantee the shortest possible delivery times. APSOplast ® Engineering Plastics Technology APSOseal® Sealing Technology APSOfluid® Fluid Handling Technology APSOdrive® Drive Technology APSOvib® Antivibration Technology Customization Angst + Pfister offers an array of customization services that create significant added value for our partners, who benefit from the expertise of Angst + Pfister’s specialists, thus saving time and money. Our service portfolio ranges from simple prefabrication to manufacturing ready-to-install hose lines with preassembled fittings and seals. It goes without saying that hygiene regulations for the food industry are observed. Hoses can be custom-labeled on request. Dry, Abrasive and Viscous Media The more abrasive the medium, the greater the potential wear on the hose. Alongside information regarding the structure of the medium (e.g. fine, medium-grained, coarse), the installation situation is also a decisive criterion in selecting the ideal hose. 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At the roughly 18,000-square-meter logistics center, 150,000 different stock-keeping units are warehoused and a daily order volume encompassing more than 1,500 separate items is reliably processed and shipped. Excellent C-parts management coupled with a world-spanning procurement network guarantees high product availa­ bility – even for custom items – with fast delivery times. With logistics concepts such as just-in-time, kanban and supply management, Angst + Pfister enables customers to synchronize their incoming parts shipments to precisely match their production rhythm and to thus minimize inventory carrying costs. Angst + Pfister is an ISO-certified company. Optimized consistent processes guarantee absolute quality assurance – from unvaryingly high product quality to appropriately packaging hoses for shipment.