TECTUBE®_cips is the KME brand for tube designed especially for the installation of ACR components and for transporting industrial and laboratory gases. It is a preferred product for piping, construction and flow control tubes. This tube features a smooth, clean and dry inside surface. It surpasses the corresponding requirements of EN 12735-1 (seamless copper tubes for ACR technology; tubes for piping systems) and ASTM B 280.
These two international specifications for seamless copper connection tubes for ACR technology require that the maximum permissible contamination on the inside surface of the tube (measured as carbon) may not exceed a level of 38 mg/m2.
To ensure inner cleanliness until the moment tubes are installed, each tube is firmly sealed at both ends.
To guarantee traceability as demanded in the EU Pressure Equipment Directive PED 97/23/EC, the exact date on which the tube was manufactured, the dimensions of the tube and other information are engraved permanently on each tube.
The tube can be supplied as coils, pancake coils and straight lengths.