Drinking Water Compounds

Product catalog summary

Overview
Hutchinson® is a leader in precision sealing, offering both standard and customized solutions for drinking water applications. Their compounds, including EPDM and NBR, are manufactured in-house and are vulcanized with peroxide to ensure safe sealing and compliance with high standards.

Range of Compounds
The compounds are available in different hardness levels and are recommended to be treated with KTW-approved W270 Lubricoat IT to reduce friction. The compounds are designed to meet various international standards and approvals for drinking water safety.

Characteristics and Compliance
Hutchinson® compounds are compliant with numerous international standards, including REACH, RoHS, and several drinking water approvals such as ACS, DM174, KIWA, NSF/ANSI61, and WRAS. The compounds are also latex-free, phthalate-free, and compliant with 94/62/EC and BSE regulations.

Technical Specifications
The document provides detailed specifications for different elastomers, including their hardness, TR10 values, and compression set percentages. For example, the EPDM compounds have hardness levels ranging from 60 to 80 Shore A, with TR10 values between -50°C and -46°C.

Approvals and Standards
The compounds meet various international standards, including WRAS (UK), ÖNORM (NO), NSF/ANSI 61 (USA), W534 (DE), W270 (DE), KTW/UBA (DE), KIWA BRL 17504 (NL), EN 681-1 (UE), DM 174 (IT), ACS (FR), and CLP (UE).

Catalog excerpts

Range of compounds Approved for drinking water In-house Manufacturing, Safe Sealing

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IN-HOUSE MANUFACTURING, SAFE SEALING As the world leader in precision sealing, Hutchinson® develops and manufactures standard and customised solutions such as O-Rings, Bonded Seals, JF4® quadrilobes and form seals. To preserve water quality, the materials used in drinking water applications are subject to very high standards. Hutchinson® laboratory and application engineers develop optimal sealing solutions in materials approved by the world’s leading organisations, a proof of quality and safety. CHARACTERISTICS COMPOUNDS Our range of compounds for drinking water consists of EPDM and NBR compounds...

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