Clarity

Provista Bends And Sleeves

We recently filled an order with specialty bends for Provista (PETG) UVO. This clear, transparent conveyance system is UV stabilized and FDA/NSF approved. We also supplied sleeves for the order. In order to maintain NSF standards, the sleeve is thick-walled. This...

Provista Uvo For Coffee

We are delighted to be supplying The Roasting Place with its new line of Provista (PETG) tubing. Their design team has been searching for a more aesthetic and functional tube for their coffee-bean pneumatic transport. Provista UVO not only has FDA, but NSF compliance,...

Space Station Bend

Do you need an off-the-charts bend of transparent tubing? How about a 14° 200" R (no tangents)? We received an interesting call this week. A school is preparing a model of a space station to be displayed at NASA. Our little part in this was to scale down a 12 ft...

Butyrate VS. Acrylic In Outdoor Weathering Valve Stems

Decades ago, Rodney Hunt Company, Orange MA and Waterman Industries, Inc., Exeter, CA began using our butyrate tubing to protect their stems from weathering. Butyrate (CAB) protectors provided clarity, UV protection, and fracture resistance without the weight and...

Forty Years of Vibracore Sample Tubing

For decades, Busada has been extruding sample core tubing for oceanographic research; and off-shore bottom sampling in the search for submerged oil reserves. The clear tubing may be removed intact from the pipe, preserving the original spatial relations of the sample...

Mighty Mite – Custom Rigid Extruded Tubing

Problem: Extrude a heavy-walled small diameter pneumatic tube; in this case the wall area composes 75% of the tubing area. The difficulty comes in maintaining wall uniformity while eliminating “lensing,” uneven cooling, uneven shrinkage (curling) and chatter lines....

Tees, Wyes, And Branches

Often in pneumatic conveyance, one needs to bring two lines together. In such cases, transparency offers obvious advantages; a transparent connector immediately shows a visual of the area most likely to jam. At Busada we have made various Wyes and other connectors for...

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