Teflon® Tubing

Background Information

For over 40 years Zeus has led the industry in the extrusion of precision Teflon tubing. Since the 1960s we have been recognized as a pioneer in the polymer tubing industry and have introduced breakthrough developments such as thin-wall PTFE Sub-Lite-Wall® tubing (0.0015" wall thickness) and 4:1 PTFE Heat Shrinkable tubing.

PTFE tubing is commonly referred to as "Teflon® tubing". Teflon® is a registered trademark of DuPont and refers to three fluoropolymer plastic resins: PTFE, FEP, and PFA. These three plastics share common properties such as lubricity, chemical resistance, high temperature resistance and more. There are slight mechanical differences that make each tube uniquely suited for different applications.

Zeus Tubing and other Products

Resin Properties

You can find more information on PTFE properties, FEP properties, and PFA properties in our Technical Bulletins section.  Or you can contact us for assistance.

As you browse through our site please note that we segment our products by their chemical name (PTFE, FEP, PFA, etc.) rather than their trade names. These products all fit into a class of plastics referred to as Fluoropolymers. For your assistance, we have prepared a table of common fluoropolymer trade names and their related resins below. Click the links to learn more about each type of tubing.

Trade Name  Chemical Name  Acronym 
Teflon® PTFE Polytetrafluoroethylene  PTFE 

Teflon® FEP

 Fluorinated ethylene propylene  FEP 
Teflon® PFA Perfluoroalkoxy  PFA 
Kynar®  Polyvinylidene Fluoride  PVDF 
Tefzel®  Ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene  ETFE 

Click the acronyms above to view more information about each type of tubing.

Need More Information?

Contact us us now to evaluate samples of our extruded tubing or request a quote. To locate regional distributors, contact a technical account manager at 1.800.526.3842 or 1.803.268.9500.

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Teflon® is a registered trademark of DuPont
PEEK is a trademark of Victrex PLC
Teflon® Tefzel® are registered trademarks of DuPont
Kynar® is a registered trademark of ATOFINA
Sub-Lite-Wall® is a registered trademark of Zeus