ASPC XXX Tubes

Triple-X insulated Dig Tube:

• Insulating Cuffs
• Insulating Gap
• Insulating Handle
• Vibration Reduction

Tuff Tube® has been designed specifically for industries such as the industrial vacuum and sewer cleaning industry. The Tuff Tube® vacuum tube is used to vacuum sand, pieces of pipe, grit, rocks, water, concrete, dirt and organics. This mixture is very abrasive to the interior of the vacuum tube, to say the least, not to mention the bumping and banging the tube receives on the steel manhole frame when entering a manhole.

In both the wear and dent resistance tests, the Tuff Tube® performed significantly better than both the .072” and the .090” thick 3004-H22 irrigation tube. Tuff Tube®showed a 346% increase in wear resistance compared to the .072” thick sample, and a 272% increase compared to the .090” thick sample. Naturally, the tests conducted here do not entirely capture what can and does happen in the field. It is however, fairly safe to state from the data above, that the Tuff Tube® would last about twice as long as a .072” or .090” thick irrigation product when used in a highly abrasive environment.

Tuff Tube® seamless tubing has a wall thickness of .100”, which is .010” thicker than any other 6” & 8” aluminum tube in the industrial sewer and vacuum market. Tuff Tube® is also heat-treated. Thus, over-time, it becomes work-hardended, which in-turn prolongs its career in the field.

It has a material hardness of C15 to C16 on a Rockwell scale compared to 3004.H22 irrigation tube, which tested at C10 to C12. which improved this product’s wear rate by 41% over conventional aluminum vacuum tubing and a tensile strength of 35 KSI, which makes the Tuff Tube® 28% more dent resistant over conventional vacuum tubing available and provides better ovality.

In keeping the integrity of the tubing round, the Tuff Tube® helps ensure better air flow which equals better C. F. M. and total vacuum efficiency. A dent in a vacuum tube restricts  air flow creating less C.F.M. and less vacuum efficiency.