Shelf Life & Storage

Extruded Tubing
Fluoropolymer tubing does not have a determined shelf life. Extensive weathering and aging tests have been conducted by the resin manufacturers and they revealed little to no degradation when exposed to weather, U.V. light, or extreme temperatures. Fluoropolymer tubing contains no antioxidant, plasticizers, U.V. blockers, antistatic agents or other additives which would bleed out during normal storage.


Heat Shrink
PTFE and FEP Heat Shrink tubing conforming to AMS-DTL 23053/11 and /12 have the following shelf life of 4 years when stored at 65° to 95° F/ (18° to 35° C) maximum temperature. Zeus has tested heat shrinkable tubing that has been aged more than 20 years and revealed no adverse characteristics.


Etched Tubing
Etched fluoropolymers will "grab" molecules from the air to repair their electron deficiency. This results in a weakening of the surface etching. For this reason, all etched materials should be stored in their original sealed bags. Zeus ships all etched tubing orders in sealed black protective bags. 

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