How to Bend Parallel Kicks in a Conduit Bank

When a bank of conduits kicks together toward a wall that runs alongside the run, every conduit gets the same kick, so they are all marked alike and keep their spacing through the kick. What changes is where each 90 lands: the kicked legs run on a slant, so the 90s step along the run from one conduit to the next.

What to measure

• Kick and Angle: as on the Kick screen, the same for every conduit.
• Spacing, inside to inside: the gap between neighboring conduits, not center to center.
• Stub length (optional): to measure the marks from the stub end instead of the back of the 90.

How to bend it

1. Bend every conduit the same: the 90, then the kick at Between bends from the back of the 90, with the hook facing the 90 (see the Kick page).
2. Kick them all toward the same side, in the same plane.
3. When you set them, each next conduit’s 90 lands further along the run than the one before; Next conduit’s 90 is that step.

Where the numbers come from

Between bends and shrink are the Kick screen’s. The step between 90s is the gap divided by the sine of the angle: the gap between two slanted legs, measured along the run. It is worked from the inside-to-inside gap, so the conduit’s own size isn’t in it, and it doesn’t depend on the bender.

If it turns orange or red

Every conduit has the same kick, so they share the Kick screen’s color: red if the kick bend would run into the 90, orange if there is too little straight between them for the shoe. Use a smaller angle or a bigger kick.