Offset Bends

Franklin Institute Space Exhibit

The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia launched a new exhibit called Wondrous Space on November 4, 2023. This two-story future-focused exhibit on space exploration marks the first in a series of all-new thematic exhibits that will lead The Franklin Institute through...

Offset Bends

Offsets: Busada was one of the first plastics tubing and pipe manufactures to offer customers long radius sweeps, and we have done it for over 65 years. Before we had our advanced heaters, we would use hot oil, salt, glycol, vermiculite and other ways to heat the...

Special Offset Bends

A customer in New Jersey had an immediate need to replace his PVC offset bend. He was transferring a powder through it and was running into packing by the tight radius 45° elbows. He could not send us the bend and for a variety of reasons could not provide us...

Tritan Offset

We were recently asked to make an offset of a 5" Sch 10 Tritan pipe. While Tritan has excellent Mechanical, Optical and Thermal Properties, it takes some skill to bend it. Offsets are particularly difficult, but here we have a Tritan bend in its cooling blocks.

Coffee Roaster

In July we received a print to bend tubing for a trade-show coffee roaster display. We had two weeks to meet a deadline. We elected to make the bends out of a 3" OD butyrate tubing with a .125 wall. The bend radii were as tight as 8" CLR. Dry ice worked as the...

Snake Bend

Recently one of our customers south of the border had difficulty moving cups through a complex space. We suggested eliminating multiple bends with snake and offset bends. The result was eliminating over 50% of their bends and really neatening up the floor space....

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...

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