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ATEX Hose – safe, flexible ducting for hazardous industrial environments
The ATEX Hose range from Masterflex UK is designed for industrial environments with explosive gases, vapours, powders, or dust. These hoses provide safe conveyance and extraction while minimising the risk of electrostatic discharge in hazardous zones.
These hoses are used in chemical processing, pharmaceutical production, food manufacturing, dust extraction, and industrial ventilation. They offer flexibility, durability, and conductivity for demanding applications. Many products in the range are suitable for ATEX-regulated environments and support safe handling of abrasive solids, fine powders, fumes, gases, and liquids.
Masterflex supplies high-performance ATEX hose solutions for reliable airflow, extraction, suction, and material transfer across the UK and Ireland. As experienced ATEX-compliant hose suppliers, we offer both standard and application-specific industrial ducting solutions.
What is an ATEX hose?
An ATEX Hose is a flexible industrial hose designed for potentially explosive atmospheres. These hoses dissipate electrostatic charges to support safer operation in environments with combustible dusts, gases, or vapours.
Many ATEX-rated hoses use conductive materials, embedded wire helices, or antistatic wall constructions to minimise spark risks during airflow, extraction, or material transfer.
ATEX hose applications
These hoses are widely used in industries that require safe handling of sensitive or combustible materials, such as:
- Chemical and pharmaceutical processing
- Food and powder transfer systems
- Dust extraction and ventilation systems
- Paint spray and solvent extraction applications
- Industrial vacuum and suction systems
- Grain, flour, and fine particle handling
- ATEX-regulated manufacturing environments
ATEX hose advantages
- Electroconductive and antistatic hose constructions
- Suitable for hazardous and explosive atmospheres
- Flexible and lightweight for easier installation
- Resistant to abrasion, chemicals, and mechanical wear
- Available in food-grade and high-temperature variants
- Compatible with suction, extraction, and conveying systems
- Durable construction for long service life
Many products also meet operational requirements for handling aggressive chemicals, hot air, solvent fumes, or abrasive media.
Materials & Performance
The range includes advanced polyurethane, PTFE, Viton®, PVC, and conductive elastomer materials chosen for industrial durability and compliance.
Polyurethane hoses offer excellent abrasion resistance and flexibility. PTFE-lined variants provide strong chemical resistance to corrosive gases and fumes. Viton® and conductive PVC constructions are suitable for demanding extraction and high-risk industrial applications.
Several hoses in the range also support food-grade or pharmaceutical applications that require both hygiene and conductivity.
Background knowledge: Dust explosion
In production facilities for powdery media, such as starch, unintentional electrostatic discharges can lead to devastating accidents in the form of explosions. Our "EL" type food hoses are ideally suited to minimising the risk of dust explosions - for example in grain mills.
We have written a white paper on the subject of dust explosions.
