PVC Compounds in Food And Beverage Markets

PVC Compounds have a versatility that helps it meet the various needs of the food and beverage industry. When PVC is used in such applications as dairy hoses, the product must be approved by the FDA and certified

Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) is a widely used polymer plastic. Note that most but not all materials designated “vinyl” are PVC compounds. Closely related materials with very similar characteristics include chlorinated polyvinyl chloride (CPVC, CAS #68648-82-8) and polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC, CAS #9002-85-1). uPVC refers to a rigid unplasticized version of PVC, meaning without the phthalate plasticizers.

PVC is made from fossil fuels (generally oil or natural gas) and chlorine. The fossil fuels are cracked to produce ethylene which is combined with the chlorine to make vinyl chloride The vinyl chloride is polymerized to make PVC. It is generally mixed with any of a large number of additives to plasticize it (for flexible applications), stabilize it, and give it other desirable properties. Heavy metal stabilizers are added to PVC for construction and other extended-life applications.

PVC is a versatile resin and appears in thousands of different formulations and configurations. Over 14 billion pounds of PVC compunds are manufactured each year in the USA.  Over 15% of all PVC compounds manufactured aer used in food and beverage  materials such as for milk hoses and agricultural hosing. It has been widely used in food and beverage materials because it is relatively cheap and can be adapted to many different flexible applications.

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