Performance Characteristics of CAB Tubing

Petro Packaging Co. Inc. stocks clear tubing manufactured from Tenite™ CAB (Cellulose Acetate Butyrate). Tenite™ CAB was one of the first modern thermoplastics and has been used for over 60 years in tube and profile applications. This material is bio based and derived from 100% renewable softwood material. Butyrate offers many distinct advantages including exceptional clarity and high gloss, toughness with the ability to withstand abuse and chemically resistant to withstand environmental stress cracking. CAB is designer friendly and easy to fabricate, with high melt strength for designing complex and thick heavy parts. Tubes manufactured from this material are ideal for customers needing packaging tubes, prototypes, pneumatic conveying tubes, sight glasses and point of purchase components to name a few.

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CAB Stock Tubes						Slip On Caps

OD	ID	WT	Qtn/Ctn	FT/Ctn	P/N	Vinyl	Polyethene
1/8	1/16	1/32	425	2550	PPS18A	x	x
1/4	3/16	1/32	360	2160	PPS14A	x	x
1/4	1/8	1/16	360	2160	PPS14B	x	x
3/8	5/16	1/32	150	900	PPS38A	x	x
3/8	1/4	1/16	150	900	PPS38B	x	x
1/2	7/16	1/32	85	510	PPS12A	x	x
1/2	3/18	1/16	85	510	PPS12B	x	x
5/8	9/16	1/32	60	360	PPS58A	x	x
5/8	1/2	1/16	60	360	PPS58B	x	x
5/8	3/8	1/8	60	360	PPS58C	x	x
3/4	11/16	1/32	40	240	PPS34A	x	x
3/4	5/8	1/16	40	240	PPS34B	x	x
3/4	1/2	1/8	40	240	PPS34C	x	x
1	15/16	1/32	63	378	PPS1A	x	x
1	7/8	1/16	63	378	PPS1B	x	x
1	3/4	1/8	63	378	PPS1C	x	x
1 1/4	1 3/16	1/32	42	252	PPS114A	x	x
1 1/4	1 1/8	1/16	42	252	PPS114B	x	x
1 1/4	1	1/8	42	252	PPS114C	x	x
1 1/2	1 7/16	1/32	25	150	PPS112A	x	x
1 1/2	1 3/8	1/16	25	150	PPS112B	x	x
1 1/2	1 1/4	1/8	25	150	PPS112C	x	x
1 3/4	1 5/8	1/16	20	120	PPS134A	x	x
1 3/4	1 5/8	1/16	20	120	PPS134B	x	x
1 3/4	1 1/2	1/8	20	120	PPS134C	x	x
2	1 15/16	1/32	16	96	PPS2A	x	x
2	1 7/8	1/16	16	96	PPS2B	x	x
2	1 3/4	1/8	16	96	PPS2C	x	x
2 1/4	1 3/16	1/32	12	72	PPS214A	x	x
2 1/4	1 1/8	1/16	12	72	PPS214B	x	x
2 1/4	2	1/8	12	72	PPS214C	x	x
2 1/2	2 7/16	1/32	9	54	PPS212A	x	x
2 1/2	2 3/8	1/16	9	54	PPS212B	x	x
2 1/2	2 1/4	1/8	9	54	PPS212C	x	x
2 3/4	2 11/16	1/32	8	48	PPS234A	x	x
2 3/4	2 5/8	1/16	8	48	PPS234B	x	x
2 3/4	2 1/2	1/8	8	48	PPS234C	x	x
3	2 15/16	1/32	6	36	PPS3A	x	x
3	2 7/8	1/16	6	36	PPS3B	x	x
3	2 3/4	1/8	6	36	PPS3C	x	x
3 1/4	3 3/16	1/32	5	30	PPS314A	x	x
3 1/4	3 1/8	1/16	5	30	PPS314A	x	x
3 1/4	3	1/8	5	30	PPS314B	x	x
3 1/2	3 3/16	1/32	4	24	PPS312A	x	x
3 1/2	3 3/8	1/16	4	24	PPS312B	x	x
3 1/2	3 1/4	1/8	4	24	PPS312C	x	x
4	3 15/32	1/8	4	24	PPS4A	x	x
4	3 7/8	1/16	4	24	PPS4B	x	x
4	3 3/4	1/8	4	24	PPS4C	x	x

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