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We were up to the challenge
When Boss display contacted us to make a colored-tubing exhibit we were hesitant to take the order. The display consists of four large bends with clockwise and counterclockwise rotations with ...
Labyrinth Pneumatic Miter Challenge
When Bayer came to us with a rush project for a children's learning display we faced a daunting challenge. We needed to take clear, transparent CAB 4" OD tubing and bend it into complex 3D ...
LED Lighting in a Painting Booth
Ameri-Cure Inc. is a US manufacturer and leader in spray booth manufacturing for customers all over North America for decades. The Company offers waterborne spray booths, drying systems, truck ...
Dominion Energy
Plastic Fabrication Company Uses Clear Plastic Sheet for Custom Acrylic Fabrication
Occasionally our customers need fabricated sheets for their product. Dominion Energy recentlyneeded a new ...
Tubing That Holds Under Pressure
Building a Flow Loop with Clear Rigid Plastic Tubing and NPT Threads
We were recently contacted by a Ph.D. student working on a multi-phase flow problem. The application called for a clear ...
Three-Tiered Helical Bends for LED Lights.
As we have been developing a Stratus tubing line we had a challenge brought before us this week. Our customer wanted to see if we could make a tight-radius 2" OD tube that could be sectioned ...
Special Extrusions
We received a request for a Tritan oval tube that would be used as a robotic casing.
The challenge was that the tube had to fit within the wall grooves of a machined cap. Rectangular tubing, ...
Large Bell for Fiber Transfer
When a pneumatic fiber transfer system required a large bell in a short space, we had to get creative. The system was in need of a bell that would transfer the fibers at high speed from a 3-5/8″ ...
Rectangular Tubing Bend Guide
Rectangular tubing bend orientation can be confusing. Many simply call the two options the “hard way,” and the “easy way.” We designate two planes of rectangular-tube bending: Y, (around the ...
NPT Threading of Butyrate Pipe
Butyrate, being a cellulosic, is friendly to most fabrications.
The days are past when one could purchase butyrate fittings such as elbows and tees, nevertheless, butyrate pipe can be connected ...
Supporting Tubing
In any pneumatic tubing system, the installer must choose not only the pathway of the tubing, the radius of the bends, and airspeed, but also support. One can support the tubing by many means ...
Is Butyrate an Antistat?
Is butyrate an antistat? We get this question often, and the answer is 'at times' and 'no.'
Every winter we receive calls asking for help with static buildup in pneumatic systems. Lower ...