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Firstly... What is Butyl?Butyl rubber (IIR), also called isobutylene-isoprene rubber, is a synthetic rubber and copolymer of isobutylene with isoprene. Butyl rubber is produced by polymerization of about 98% of isobutylene with about 2% of isoprene. It is a colorless viscoelastic material which is odorless, tasteless, has excellent impermeabil...

Recently our Area Sales Manager for Yorkshire – Dean Wade visited Bradfield Brewery with the purpose of meeting Richard Gill - the owner, to follow up after he visited our stand at SIBA BeerX and showed interest in our Brewflex® hose range.Through discussion, Richard explained how he was currently having difficulty with getting some replacement hos...

Choosing the right hose to brew your beer is like choosing the best glassware to use in order to enjoy all of the hidden nuances. It's those unique, subtle qualities that truly reflect what your beer is about. So what exactly is a brewery hose required to do? Well hopefully it will provide the fluid transfer link during the brew and ensure tha...

​Brewflex® is our range of branded brewery hoses designed entirely by Flextech Hose Solutions. Over an 18 month period we researched the brewery market, the exisiting hose products being offered and thier attributes and weaknesses and then we used what we found to create a truly unique hose, Brewflex®. Its main features are its cleanlisness, its fl...

Worm Drive clips are a low cost option of fastening for very low pressure and low temperature soft wall hose connection applications. This is suitable for low pressure air hoses and is not recommended for applications that require a higher operating pressure or ones that need to be leak free. Blow outs are a common occurrence and can become costly ...