Selection Guides

Pneumatic tubing has no universal color code. What the Festo and Pisco catalogs list and how to set your own scheme.

Why air tubing kinks, how wall thickness affects the minimum bend radius, and how to prevent kinks.

How to cut plastic and pneumatic tubing square for push-in fittings: tools, steps and leak fixes.

Shore A and Shore D explained for tubing, with the hardness printed on our PU, polyether, PA6, PA12, FEP and PFA data sheets.

PU and PE tubing compared size by size: working pressure, bend radius, temperature range and media, using our own published tables.

Nylon 12 (PA12) tubing sizes, working and burst pressure, bend radius, PA12 vs PA6 and where it fits.

What sets the price of tubing, how to compare quotations, and the eight details to send in a quote request.

PU pipe, pneumatic pipe and tubing: what the names mean, the metric sizes by OD/ID, and what to state when you order.

Minimum order, lead time and sample terms for standard and custom tubing, and what to send to shorten the lead time.

Seven checks for sourcing from a plastic tubing manufacturer, and what we publish for each.

Pneumatic tubing 6/4 and 8/6 mm: wall thickness, working pressure, bend radius and fitting match by material.

How to choose coiled (recoil) air tubing: PU or polyether, the sizes listed, and what to specify before you order.