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Roasting Plant Pneumatic Art

We have been making bends for The Roasting Plant as they build new and upgrade existing restaurants. They and their engineers from Advanced Design (FL) have tight tolerances and every bend is different. We extrude Provista tubing (PETG) and coat it with our ACS...

Candy Cane Bend

A conveyance company occasionally orders candy-cane bends. The last order was for a tight 18" Radius on a 4" OD 180 Deg tube. It takes a certain technique to make these kinds of bends and to avoid the stresses that would generally pull the bend inward or outward....

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...

Rectangular Helix

Currently, we are preparing for a rectangular helical bend for a cup company. They are conveying squat cups and want a holding area for them. Thus, their engineer wants a 2 tier helix where the cups will travel in a vertical position. This would require the "hard bend...

Acrylic Bends VS. Butyrate Bends

Do not use acrylic tubing bends! We received a package in the mail today. We were asked to please "make two more like these." The broken bend was acrylic, and thus, it came in in fragments. We did our best to reconstruct it, but with a wall that varied nearly .030",...

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,...

Round To Rectangular II

Earlier we posted on our ability to fabricate rectangular tubing from our stock round Busada 200 Tubing. Recently we had a request to a 4.375 x 3.375" rectangular tube for a prototype test for pneumatic conveyance of squat paper cups. This is an inexpensive...

Helix

We are privileged to participate in a helical bend for a children's museum in Baton Rouge. More later as this develops. The helix (hexagonal) has a 96" radius and composed of (CAB) cellulose acetate tubing (4.125"ID).  Model 1 and support circle.Ideas on...

Pneumatic Fiber Transfer

VM Fiber Feeder is a global leader in fiber dispensing technology for asphalt, concrete, custom applications and an international fiber distributor. Recently they asked us to supply them an offset bend. Here is their pneumatic VM Fiber Feeder in action using our...

Hospital Pneumatic Tubing Systems

Recently I heard of this “Medical Mystery” on an NPR “Morning Edition” broadcast. My ears perked up when I heard the words “hospital pneumatic systems.” Apparently hospital pneumatic systems have a problem to solve; until we learn to beam up blood samples from one end...

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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