Flexicon has launched a food grade hygienic fitting for flexible conduit systems protecting cables used in the food industry.

The new LPC fitting has smooth edges and no crevices where particles, dust or bacteria could accumulate.  The fitting is as round as possible with a minimum area of flats for tightening.

It can be used with LPC and LTP conduits to form a complete liquid tight, hygienic system for the food industry with an ingress protection of IP66, IP67, IP68 (two bar pressure) and IP69.  This means that cabling can be protected against cleaning processes such as high pressure jets of steam and also be immersed in water.  It can also be used in most working environments within the food industry, with a working temperature range of -50oC to +135oC.

Tim Creedon, sales and marketing director for Flexicon, says: “You need to specify conduit fittings with care for food installations so that the interface between the equipment and power and data does not trap materials and bacteria.”

“We have designed this new LPC fitting to meet the rigorous standards expected from the food and other similar industries and to be simple to fit.”