Elbows

Elbows For Caps

Angel hairs and tube abrasions are the nemeses of cap and closure conveyance. On Apr 1, 2009 Shrikant Dhodapkar (and others) published “Understanding Bends in Pneumatic Conveying Systems” in Solids Processing. The document is widely available online. The...

Tight Radius Mitered Pipe Bends

We recently had quite a challenge from Metraflex regarding a transparent tight-radius 4” pipe 90° bend. They required a transparent 4” Sch 40 long-radius elbow to observe a metal fin in a fluid system. The pipe bend needed to maintain a tight tolerance for ovality as...

Giant Bends For Spiral

Recently we received a request for some “giant elbows, about a 15 ft. radius to load material up a silo. This was hard for me to comprehend— for these bends would be not only huge but bent three-dimensionally. When the prints and drawings came in this seemed...

Tight Radius Bends VS. Elbows

Problem: We had a challenge to produce a 4″CLR bend in our 1-1/2″ pipe in clear, transparent, Provista (PETG). Provista is very clear, has NSF approval for food contact, no odor, and very good chemical resistance. But, it has a very short transition...

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