Marketair Inc. has introduced easybend by Castel Engineering, a soft copper pipe bender that eliminates VRF and minisplit lineset installation kinks. Marketair specializes in ductless air conditioning tools/accessories and is the exclusive easybend importer/distributor for the North American markets.
The easybend kit consists of four color-coded, industrial-grade, solid polyethylene mandrel diameters. It is 13-ft-long and fits snugly into soft copper lineset tubing sizes of .25-in, 3/8-in, .5-inch, and 5/8-inch (O.D.). The easybend prevents collapsing and kinking while making bends of up to 180-degrees (dependent upon individual lineset manufacturer tolerances).