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How to bend a Glass Tubing
Date Added: September 29, 2011 09:07:31 AM
Author: carol moore
Category: Business & Economy

Glass tubing is exactly the same it sounds like “a tube made of glass”. Glass tubing is available in various shapes and sizes, from tube diameters or just a millimeter or less up to very large tubes. It can be used for many purposes such as to hold liquid and gasses. It is possible to break glass tubing into smaller pieces with the help of a triangular file. Sometimes you need the tubing to have a special bend for multiple applications. It is possible to bend glass tubing into different shapes by using hot flame of Bunsen burner. You can perform the bending yourself by heating up the glass tubing at the bending point. Bending process requires a technique to do it correctly and with good practice you can bend glass tubes without taking much time. What is Bunsen burner: Bunsen burner is a kind of burner in which normal illuminating gas is mixed with air. The amount of flame is being regulated by a ring which opens and closes the air holes in the burner. A Bunsen burner produces very hot flame because the gas in the tube moves faster than the gas in an ordinary burner and the oxygen in the air supports the gas to burn. If you have no gas in your house you can use an alcohol lamp which you can either buy from the market or make for yourself. How to Bend a Glass Tube: To bend a glass tubing first turn on the Bunsen burner and set it at a medium heat. Put on the gloves. Then, hold the glass tubing between your hands. Hold the tubing over the burner by placing the center of the heat in the middle of the area where you need the bend. Twist the tubing backward and forward in your hands so that the heat will evenly apply to all sides of the tubing. Hold the glass over the heat until it gets soft. Take away the glass tubing from the flame and hold it in place for a few seconds so that the heat will move through the entire tube. Quickly lift the sides of the tubing to form a bend in the middle. Hold the glass tubing in your hands and allow the heat to dissolve. To get a more complex bend, just have a steel cylinder nearby, such as a piece of tubing. Pull the glass against the tubing while it is hot to let the tubing conform to the bend on the cylinder. For more information on schott glass, visit site : http://www.us.schott.com/english/index.html
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