What is a Pneumatic Tube System?

A Pneumatic Tube System is a system in which cylindrical containers (carriers) are propelled through a complex network of tubes by compressed air or by vacuum. They are used for transporting physical objects.

The Pneumatic Tube System is frequently labeled as old-fashioned, "because there is e-mail now". That's right, for the transportation of mail the pneumatic tube is often redundant, therefore is the internet and e-mail the media today.
But we can not use Internet or e-mail for sending materials, packages, etc.! Pneumatic tube remains one outcome, which remains up-to-date. Indeed, perhaps pneumatic tube is still very important for our future. Read more ».

Some foreign names for Pneumatic Tube Systems are:

• Czechish - Potrubní poÅ¡ta
• Dutch - Buispost / buizenpost
• English - Pneumatic tube system / pneumatic tube / pneumatic tube air system / pneumatic mail / pneumatic post / pneumatic conveying system / tubemail
• Finnish - Putkiposti
• French - Transport pneumatique / tube pneumatique
• German - Rohrpost / röhrenpost
• Italian - Posta pneumatica / trasporto pneumatico / tubi pneumatici
• Japanese - 気送管
• Polish - Poczta pneumatyczna
• Russian - Пневматическая почта
• Spanish - Transporte neumático
• Swedish - Rörpost

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