TubePilot Services are an integral part of the pneumatic material handling specialty industry. Our management and technical personnel have successfully installed, operated and maintained several thousand pneumatic tube systems in the commercial, institutional, and industrial marketplace-from simple point to point systems servicing departments within a single building to fully computer controlled system that service an entire campus setting of multi-storied buildings.

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The pilot tube method is a versatile trenchless technology that can be combined with micro tunneling, auger boring, pipe ramming and horizontal directional drilling to install a variety of final product pipes. Typical drive lengths are 400ft of less, although longer drives in non-displaceable soil conditions have been achieved.

HUP’s pneumatic tube system is a complex network of miles of tubes divided into multiple zones leading to specific destinations over all the hospital’s physically connected buildings. Hundreds of “carriers” are traveling at any given time and real-time monitoring constantly tracks their progress. When problems arise, problem alerts are sent to maintenance staff iPhones so they can be quickly resolved. Typically, carriers travel from station to station in about 5 minutes.