Bank Pneumatic Commercial

Published: July 26, 2020
by Charles Busada
Still from the bank commercial showing pneumatic tubing connected to a mailbox.

When we first received an inquiry into making tubing for a banking commercial we were amused. And, from their animations, we knew that this was going to be fun.

A still from the banking commercial showing many pneumatic tubing systems moving out from the exterior of a bank.

The project had its challenges though. The production company had no experience in pneumatic conveying but they wanted some pizzaz in the commercial. For example, they wanted a banking carrier to drop in the center of an athletic stadium. The only problem was that they wanted a tight radius — a really tight one. We chuckled when we saw that their generated image even showed the banking carrier bending inside the tube! So, we suggested that they get a rubber carrier 🙂 a smaller carrier, or go with a larger radius. They wanted to keep the same-sized carrier, and so we gave them three options of how they could place the tightest-possible radiused bend to do the job.

A collage of three proposed tubing bend systems at different angles for the banking commercial

They finally opted for a straight tube in a back yard. But we did make the bend pictured below.

Testing a prototype of the pneumatic tubing bend prepared for the bank commercial.

When we first received an inquiry into making tubing for a banking commercial we were amused. And, from their animations, we knew that this was going to be fun.

A scene from the bank commercial showing pneumatic tubing ascending out of the ground in front of a dog in the backyard.

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