Plastic Tubing Blog

Plastic Tubing in the Maple Syrup Business

micheals — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:24:18 +0000

Plastic tubing is one of those industrial products that finds uses in all kinds of contexts. You can find plastic tubing in use in healthcare contexts, in heavy industrial contexts such as chemical processing, in homes and in places of business as pl

Plastic Tubing Manufacturers – Methods and Markets

micheals — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:22:02 +0000

Plastic tubing manufacturers have a few methods at their disposal for creating the products that their clients need. The most common method is extrusion. Plastic extrusion is a fairly simple process that can be used to create plastic tubing out of ma

Rigid Plastic Tubing vs Flexible Plastic Tubing

micheals — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:09:56 +0000

In our last post, we discussed why flexible plastic tubing is in such high demand in medical contexts. The main point was this: human beings move around a lot, and if a human being has to be connected to a tube, that tube had better not inhibit that

Flexible Plastic Tubing in Healthcare Contexts

micheals — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 20:31:22 +0000

I’ve been a patient in a hospital only once, and it’s an experience I hope I won’t have to repeat any time soon. That said, it was a positive experience. I went there to get a procedure and emerged healthier. And I also learned a lot about the

Extruded Plastic Tubing – One of the Most Common Plastic Tubing Varieties

micheals — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 21:38:51 +0000

Most plastic tubing varieties are produced through a process called extrusion. While there are exceptions, extrusion is often the cheapest, most efficient and most intuitive plastic tube fabrication process. This is true for a number of reasons. Plas

Plastic Tubing is Important to Our Economy

micheals — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 21:28:46 +0000

Plastic tubing image courtesy of Freelin Wade.

You might not think of plastic tubing as the most likely candidate for the title of “Most Important Industrial Product.” After all, plastic tubes seem simple. Th

PVC Tubing: Common for a Reason

micheals — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 21:23:20 +0000

PVC tubing image courtesy of New Age Industries.

If you’ve been in a restroom today, you’ve probably been in close proximity to PVC tubing. If you’ve been in a basement, it’s likely that you were near PVC

Clear Plastic Tubing is Benficial

micheals — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 21:17:00 +0000

Clear plastic tubing image courtesy of Genplex.

There are many different kinds of clear plastic tubing. Every kind of clear plastic tubing is characterized by a few different factors. The first factor is chemical

Plastic Pipe Connects our Infrastructure

micheals — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:59:14 +0000

Plastic pipe image courtesy of Argos.

Take a look around you, wherever you may be sitting at the moment. If you’re indoors, look up. If you’re in a home or office building, there’s a good change that plasti

Square Plastic Tubing – Just as Important as Cylindrical Tubing

micheals — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:54:17 +0000

Non-cylindrical plastic tubing image courtesy of Polytec Plastics, Inc.

“Square plastic tubing” might sound like a contradiction in terms. After all, when we think of tubing, we usually think of cylindrical,