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May 2010
Get it right - with SERTO
SERTO Ltd, the Swiss specialist for tube unions, couplings and valves, has expanded its line of products with a new bend clip. The bend clip made of fire retardant, black plastic (PA66 GF25 V0) was developed in-house and consists of two half-shells that are placed around a hose and clipped together. Hoses in the dimensions 6 mm and 8 mm are contained completely within the 90° bend and protected against kinks. It is impossible for the hose to fall out of the bend clip. The hose cannot flatten out; full flow of the medium is always guaranteed, even with minimal bending radii. Three-dimensional geometries are easily made by using several of the clips. The working temperatures range from 30°C to + 130°C.
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March 2009
Give gas with SERTO
SERTO has received ECE R110 approval for the use of its stainless steel check valves in natural gas applications. This is especially important in the rapidly growing market for natural gas and hydrogen-operated automobiles and fuelling stations. We are now able to offer a wider range of our compact products to our customers in this segment.
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September 2008
Safe braking a plus for everyone
The Swiss firm SERTO Ltd. has increased its capacity for manufacturing flexible PTFE hoses and now ships world-wide. The high resistance to aggressive media, pressure, temperature and environmental effects, for which these hose assemblies are well-known, has led to a rising demand for jacoflon. SERTO now manufactures these products in Switzerland, as well as in Germany. Not just racing drivers will breathe easier.
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February 2007
Management takes over SERTO Ltd
The Swiss specialist for tube unions, SERTO Ltd, has recently been acquired by its managers in the framework of an MBO. The founding family Müller-Gressel has sold all its shares in the corporate group to management as a means of regulating the firm’s succession. The current course of development and growth will be pursued and jobs at all six companies safeguarded.
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April 2006
No greasing required
The Swiss specialist for tube unions, SERTO Ltd, has developed a new solid lubrication. A special coating on the connecting nuts makes greasing redundant even for repeated mounting of the compression ferrule. Users of stainless steel unions of the same manufacture enjoy multiple benefits, one of them being the much lower tightening torque.
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February 2006
Searching for the "Titanic" of the Lake of Thun
A professional Swiss diver and submarine constructor operates one of only 40 submarines used worldwide for research, as well as search and rescue operations in depths of up to 40 meters. To comply with the high safety requirements, he uses only select materials with a large safety reserve. SERTO stainless steel unions, for example, are implemented in the air supply system.
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October 2005
Lead-free would have saved Arctic explorer Franklin
The Swiss firm SERTO Ltd is the first to supply, at the request of its customers, tube unions in unleaded brass. The lead values of the products with no lead content fall below the stringent limit values of the American NSF.
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April 2005
Just-in-time for best coffee
SERTO takes care of all the logistics for supplying manufactured parts its customers. This is accomplished using the simple and reliable KANBAN system. This principle, developed in Japan in 1953, of automatic ordering, release of production and just-in-time delivery harbours a great deal of savings potential for customers. For Schaerer, the coffee machine manufacturer, SERTO produces and supplies approximately 500,000 tube unions annually.
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February 2005
Oil and grease-free for the Queen's tea
Oxygen in piping systems is extremely combustible and explosive. Merely very small amounts of oil or grease contamination in a piping system can cause an explosion. In ozone production, often pure oxygen is transformed into ozone. One of the world’s largest manufacturer of ozone generators offers its customers added safety thanks to SERTO’s new cleaning service. Thanks to this, even the Queen can enjoy clean London water.
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May 2004
Safe up to 400 bar: New stainless steel tube unions
The Swiss firm SERTO Ltd has launched a new stainless steel tube union on the market. The union, which is mountable radially, withstands a working pressure of up to 400 bar. This doubles safety in high pressure areas and where such media as natural gas or hydrogen are used. The unions must pass strenuous vibration tests, thus warranting a longer service life for the complete pipe system.
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October 2003
Oil-free, trouble-free
SERTO Ltd now offers oil and grease-free unions. Developed especially for oxygen applications, the tube connection specialists in Switzerland have experienced a great demand for these cleaned products. Customers rely on the documented and warranted cleanliness, which means they don’t have to worry about what could be explosive situations.
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October 2003
Portrait SERTO Ltd.
The resourceful Swiss company SERTO Ltd manufactures fittings that can be mounted and dismounted radially. The inventors of the metal-to-metal seal offer customer-specific solutions in addition to their standard line of products.
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