Aalborg TPV - Manual (Page 8)

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3. PREPARATION & INSTALLATION
3.1 Installing Tubing in a TPU Pump
If you have a TPV pump, skip to Section 3.2.
The pumps can take tubing of 1/8-, 3/16-, ¼- and 5/16-inch inner
diameter; all should have a wall thickness of 1/16 inch. Aalborg
®
recommends the use of the following flexible tubing: Tygon
®
3603, peroxide-treated silicone, platinum-treated silicone,
PharMed
®
, Norprene
®
, and Hypalon
®
.
Graphs 1 & 2 provide typical flow rates for TPU pumps with 4
or 10 rollers, using Tygon
®
laboratory tubing of various inside
diameters:
GRAPH 1: TYPICAL TPU PUMP FLOW RATES (with 4 rollers)