Specialty Compliances
TKF Tech strives to offer all of the specialty compliances needed for any application. We have materials available for O-rings, gaskets, & custom molded parts with compliances ranging from USP Class VI <87> & <88> for medical applications, to FDA CFR 21.177.2600 grades A through F for different food types, to the various drinking water specifications like KTW and NSF.
Whether your parts are rubber, plastic, or metal; O-rings, gaskets, or custom molded parts, you can be sure that TKF Tech has a material available that meets your requirements.
TKF Tech strives to meet all customer service requests. If you need something that isn't listed below, feel free to contact a TKF Tech product and application consultant and let our knowledgeable staff help identify the perfect material for your needs.
Explore a wide array of products, including O-rings, gaskets, custom molded parts, custom assemblies, and valves and fittings, with help from the TKF Tech engineering team.
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Medical & Pharmaceutical
TKF Tech offers an array of USP Class VI tested materials that can be used to manufacture standard parts like O-rings and sanitary seals, as well as custom parts of any geometry. Depending on the material blend, we can provide USP Class VI <87> and <88>. We can also offer multiple additional sanitary manufacturing conditions depending on your requirements.
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USP Class VI: USP Class VI materials undergo an array of cytotoxicity tests that aim to certify that a material is biocompatible by proving that it doesn't leach any chemicals that have harmful reactions or long term bodily effects. These tests are designed to assess systemic biological reactivity when the material in question makes contact with mammalian cells. It's commonly used for O-rings, gaskets, & custom molded parts.
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USP Class VI <87>: USP Class VI <87> is a set of in-vitro cytotoxicity tests involving agar diffusion, elution assays, and direct contact. It's commonly used for O-rings, gaskets, & custom molded parts.
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USP Class VI <88>: USP Class VI <88> is a set of in-vivo cytotoxicity tests involving direct implantation, intracutaneous injection, and systemic injection studies. It's commonly used for O-rings, gaskets, & custom molded parts.
TKF Tech strives to meet all customer service requests. If you would like a quote for O-rings, gaskets, & custom molded parts, or if there is a different certification that you require, feel free to contact a TKF Tech product and application consultant. Our knowledgeable staff will work with you to identify the perfect material for your needs.
Our TKF Tech engineering team is your dedicated resource for O-rings, gaskets, custom molded parts, custom assemblies, and valves and fittings.
Food Grade
TKF Tech offers an array of FDA compliant materials that can be used to manufacture standard parts like O-rings and sanitary seals, as well as custom parts of any geometry. The specification typically used to define TKF Tech elastomers compliance to FDA standards is FDA CFR 21.177.2600 sections A, B, C, D, E, & F depending on the use case of the final component.
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Dry Foods (A-D): This section of CFR 21.177.2600 describes the regulations and the composition necessary for rubber O-rings, gaskets, & custom molded articles intended for repeated use in applications involving dry foods. It defines ingredients that are allowed in the production process of rubber parts, O-rings, gaskets, & custom molded parts.
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Aqueous Foods (A-E): Section E of CFR 21.177.2600 describes the extractable limitations under specific conditions of rubber O-rings, gaskets, & custom molded articles intended for use in applications where the articles contact aqueous foods.
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Fatty Foods (A-F): Section F of CFR 21.177.2600 describes the extractable limitations under specific conditions of rubber O-rings, gaskets, & custom molded articles intended for use in applications where the articles contact fatty foods.
It is important to note that the FDA does not "approve" products, rather it is up to the manufacturer to certify to FDA CFR 21.177.2600 compliance.
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NSF 51 / ANSI 51: NSF 51 compliant TKF Tech materials are also commonly used in the food manufacturing industry. This certification defines the requirements necessary in manufacturing plastics and rubbers that are used in various food equipment and food contact applications. NSF has based these requirements on certain FDA regulations.
TKF Tech strives to meet all customer service requests. If you would like a quote or if there is a different certification that you require, feel free to contact a TKF Tech product and application consultant. Our knowledgeable staff will work with you to identify the perfect material for your needs. Explore a wide array of products, including O-rings, gaskets, custom molded parts, custom assemblies, and valves and fittings, with help from the TKF Tech engineering team.
Drinking Water
TKF Tech offers an array of materials formulated for use in drinking water applications. These materials can be used to manufacture standard parts like O-rings and sanitary seals, as well as custom parts of any geometry.
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NSF 61: TKF Tech offers many NSF 61 materials. NSF 61 defines the minimum health requirements for the chemical contaminants and impurities that are imparted into drinking water via the material in question. It covers materials, O-rings, gaskets, & custom molded parts that come in contact with drinking water and drinking water treatment chemicals.
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KTW: Similar to NSF 61, KTW certification is aimed at providing minimum health standards for chemical contaminants and impurities that are imparted from O-rings, gaskets, & custom molded parts into drinking water. KTW is most commonly used in German markets.
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WRAS: The Water Regulations Approval Scheme (WRAS) is a UK based certification body that defines material regulations that certain plumbing products must adhere to, including O-rings, gaskets, & custom molded parts.
TKF Tech strives to meet all customer service requests. If you would like a quote or if there is a different certification that you require, feel free to contact a TKF Tech product and application consultant. Our knowledgeable staff will work with you to identify the perfect material for your needs.
Sanitary
TKF Tech offers an array of materials manufactured using specific sanitarty standards and certified clean rooms. These materials can be used to manufacture standard parts like O-rings and sanitary seals, as well as custom parts of any geometry.
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USDA 3-A Sanitary: TKF Tech offers many materials manufactured to 3-A sanitary requirements. The USDA 3-A Sanitary Standards maintains design criteria for equipment and processing systems designed to promote acceptance of products by the USDA, FDA, and state regulatory bodies.
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Clean Room Manufactured: For most TKF Tech materials, O-rings, gaskets, & custom molded parts, clean room manufacturing is available. Depending on your specification requirements and material needs, we can produce your parts in one of our multiple levels of ISO certified clean rooms.
TKF Tech strives to meet all customer service requests. If you would like a quote or if there is a different certification that you require, feel free to contact a TKF Tech product and application consultant. Our knowledgeable staff will work with you to identify the perfect material for your needs.
Other Specialty Compliances
With thousands of material variations available, TKF Tech has a compound to fit every application and industry requirement. If your specification requirement isn't listed below, let us know and we will work with you to develop a solution.
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UL Certified: UL is a leader in product safety testing. Because there are multiple application specific UL ratings, TKF Tech offers many UL listed materials for each use case to ensure we are meeting your needs for your O-rings, gaskets, & custom molded parts.
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ASTM D 2000: This is the specification that defines the standard testing that most elastomeric materials undergo (except for most FFKM materials). It is widely used across the rubber industry for the production of O-rings, gaskets, & custom molded parts. ASTM D 2000 provides a great standardized system to define a materials capabilities and compare performance. Most TKF Tech elastomers have been tested using ASTM D 2000.
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NACE TM0297: NACE TM0297 materials have undergone specific testing to show the materials performance under high pressure carbon dioxide applications where explosive decompression is a risk. It is common for materials, O-rings, gaskets, & custom molded parts that have undergone NACE TM0297 testing to be considered "anti-explosive decompression" (AED).
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NORSOK M-710: Similar to NACE, NORSOK M-710 materials have undergone specific testing to show the materials performance under high pressure carbon dioxide applications where explosive decompression is a risk. It is common for materials, O-rings, gaskets, & custom molded parts that have undergone NORSOK M-710 testing to be considered "anti-explosive decompression" (AED). NORSOK M-710 also tests chemical compatibility in sour gas.
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AMS: The Aerospace Material Specification (AMS) defines quality standards for components, O-rings, gaskets, & custom molded parts used in aeronautical applications.
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Etc.: There are many material specifications that exist to increase confidence in product safety for different applications and industries. Some common specifications for materials that we provide that haven't been listed above include MS, SAE, MIL, NAS, and more. Let us know what you need - TKF Tech has materials, O-rings, gaskets, & custom molded parts to fit nearly any use case and we can work with you to compound a new material if needed.
TKF Tech strives to meet all customer service requests. If you would like a quote or if there is a different certification that you require, feel free to contact a TKF Tech product and application consultant. Our knowledgeable staff will work with you to identify the perfect material for your needs.
