The nomenclature of bells and flares varies throughout the industry. We follow a simple definition. 1) A flare is a sloping conical expansion of a tube. Flares assist in funneling an object or carrier into the pneumatic tube system. Flares are usually defined by ID,...
Tubing Applications
Our Stratus line is used for LED lighting. Recently we received a request for a frosted tube. The link below gives Eastman's response, but for small extrusion runs we have a Per-Fix solution from Chem Pak. We have other methods, but the Per-Fix 6500 method is ideal...
This week our challenge was to make a simple funnel flare-- 3” ID tube to a 4” ID tube. The trick was to do it without tooling. The cup manufacturer company wanted only three flares to put at cup entrance points of its pneumatic transport system. Busada makes all...
While we're known for clear, transparent plastics tubing, we do more. Busada has extruded PVC, black ABS, and colored CAB. Last month we set out to run a rainbow of colors from black, red, greens, blues, yellows, and colors in between for a musical piping project....
Busada Mfg. Corp has been manufacturing and selling clear transparent tubing for over 70 years. Only in the last 5 years have we added colors, and so it's been more colors every year. It's about time we wrote a blog on some ways that we can color our tubing. First, we...
One simple way to connect your butyrate sleeves is using four to six cone set screws. Simply mark the spot from 1.5 to 2" from the end of the sleeve. Drill, tap, and lightly torque. The set screws will bite into the tubing. They can be removed for cleaning and...
Fiber-reinforced concrete has been rapidly growing throughout the building industry. Polypropylene fiber can increase toughness and durability of residential concrete. These synthetic fibers need to be uniformly distributed within the mix. But macro-synthetic fibers...
Puck Conveying: Busada tubing has been long-known for excellence in pneumatic conveying of cups, containers, caps and such. Our butyrate line enters its 7th decade. We also supply a USFDA NSF 51 approved PETG (Provista) tube (UVO stabilized) and Tritan (tough as...
Going through our file cabinets last week, we came upon this vintage gem. The candy-stripe uniform dates the photograph between the mid-50’s to early 60’s; but the tubing is not dated. Today, cup manufacturers essentially use the same method of pneumatic conveying...
Eastman Chemical has a Spectar Blog. Spectar, is a copolyester used for many applications, one of them is for LED light diffusion and transmission. Q: I know Eastman Spectar™ copolyester well in the retail market, but didn’t know about the offerings in the lighting...
Busada CAB (butyrate) tubing was used in hydroponic research at Penn State University and the University of Georgia horticulture departments. Here the tubing was colored on the inside (blue to reflect 430-525nm) to limit growth of algae. A simple aquarium pump...
Butyrate tubing (CAB) is known for its toughness, but when properly extruded it can compete even with cast acrylic in clarity. At Busada, we cater to the small order; we run in small lots and low screw speeds. Quality matters here, not throughput. We recently sent a...
For the final touch for a large 16' diameter helical rise, American Vault asked us to make an exhaust port on the exit 90°bends. The holes are 2" and the tube 2.375" OD. These saddles will be joined to a gate valve to control the speed of the carrier tube. The large...
One of our customers had a need to color several hundred ft. of tubing for three pneumatic conveying lines. The lines travel overhead at the factory ceiling as a labyrinth of turns and curves. The plant manager wanted a way to easily view each line from the floor. We...