How to solder the plastic pipe with his hands - detailed instruction

If you have decided on their own to do plumbing for your home, you should know that the best material for this are plastic pipes.In order to connect the pipes into a single system, you need to provide as made of plastic welding.However, even if it does not scare you, because he soldering process of plastic pipes is not very complex and does not require a large number of special tools.

For the production of welding you will need:

• roulette;
• marker;
• building level;
• shears for plastic pipes;
• welding device for plastic pipes.

All tools, except the last, are workman virtually any person.The latter you may need only once in a lifetime, so it is much better not to buy it, borrow or rent.

briefly about the welding machine

Before starting soldering should be briefly acquainted with the device, which you will use.

important element is the sole welding machine equipped with heating elements.Ease of work is ensured by the fact that on the bottom there are openings that allow to consolidate special nozzles for soldering.Temperature regulation is done using the thermostat located on the body.

process of soldering pipes

Getting soldering device must be installed in the correct position and fix it the right size nozzle.Using the thermostat, set the desired temperature:

• 260 ° C for pipes made of polypropylene;
• 220 ° C for polyethylene pipes.

Writing instrument to warm up for 10-20 minutes until the indicator goes out.

performing soldering, must be based on the following data:

soldering process is reduced to the followingoperations:

• using special scissors, cut the pipe to length, using an alcohol solution to clean from dirt and grease place the joints;
• Pipe and back into the nozzle socket set and warm for the time specified in the table;Warmed
• elements connected together by inserting the tube into the socket.This operation should be performed for a time in a process called a pause table;
• perform the operation, check the quality of the resulting weld joint, which will be evident in the form of plastic rings.

Recommendations for proper soldering

We have just outlined the essence of the soldering process.However, to ensure reliable operation of the pipeline should pay attention to the following details:

• first welding operation must be carried out after five minutes of warm-up soldering iron.
• If necessary, cook reinforced pipes should use a special instrument called a shaver, in order to take away the pipe and aluminum polypropylene, forming the top two layers.After that, the pipe coupling is made the same technique.
• welding work must be carried out only when the ambient temperature is above zero.
• completing welding, pipe joints to cool down, preventing their mutual scroll or move.In the case where the connecting seam has turned out poor quality, the node must be cut and re-perform the welding process.

Working with a welder, you must follow certain precautions, failure of which may affect the quality of welded joints.In particular, it must be remembered that the nozzles have a Teflon coating that prevents the formation of sludge.At the conclusion of each transaction must be fused with the remnants of them removed with a wooden spatula.It is strictly forbidden to remove the remnants of the material after cooling nozzles, as doing so can damage the coating and cause malfunction of the entire apparatus.