Recent conversion Trac - Tracpipe

1 Trac00 Nov /Dec 11 Ins tal lerRight The tim e-sa vin g benefital on e can enablean in sta ller toqu ote mo recompet it iv ely. HowtoassemblefittingstoTracPipe 1. CU T TO LENGTHTr ac Pip e is mark ed ev ery met er asan in st allat ion aid . Use a wheeledtube cu tter wit h a st ai nl ess st eelblad e. Cut throu gh plast ic cov erand st ai nless st eel pipe ensuringblad e is cen tred betweentwocor rugat io ns. Use full cir cu larst ro kes in one direct ion an d tig htenroll er pressu re sligh tly (a quart erturn) af ter ea ch rev olut ion . Ensu rea cl ean cu t with no tag STRI P COVERUsin g a utili ty knif e, st rip backthe plast ic co ver abou t 25 mmback from the cut end to al lowasse mbly of fit INS TA LL BA CK NUTSlid e the back nut ov er the cu tend.

2 Pla ce the two sp li t rin gsinto the first cor rug ation next tothe pip e cu t. Sli de the back nu tfor wardto trap the rin FIT AUTOFLARE FITTINGPlac e the AutoF la re fit ting int o theback nu t an d en gag e thr ead that the AutoFlare fit tin g isdesigned to form a meta l-on-meta lleak-t ig ht seat on th e pi pi ng as yo uti ghte n th e fitti ng. No pa ste shouldbe used . Usi ng ap prop riat ewr en ch es, tig hten the fit tin g untilthe resist anceto wren ch inginc reases greatly . The flar e has nowbeen creat ed on the pipin g en FINAL TORQ UETigh ten nu t and bod y as thoughyo u were making up a flared tu bingjoint. Note th e re lati on be twe en hexflat s at this poin t an d cont in ue totigh ten for twoadditio nal hex flats(o ne-th ird tu rn) to obta in require dto rque an d finalleak -tig ht sea su re no mor e than two thread sare on view wh en tight en ed.

3 6. TAPE WRA PAfter gas tig htness test .Care must be tak en after pressuretest to en su re that no st ai nlessst ee l pip e is visi ble . Any por tionsof exp osedst ain less st eel beh indthe fittin g nut sh all be wr app edwi th TracP ipe self -bon din gsil icon e tap e. Th is will red uce thepossib il ity of la te r corr osive atta pr odu ct, sol d acr oss the wo rld and dominate s the US ga s pipe mark et is makinglif eeasi er and mor e pro fit able for ins tallershere in the al le rlooks at why thi s is so .Ast ep-b y- ste pgu ide sh ow show easy it isto use theTracPipe sys te m. Usi ngTrac Pip e wewere ab le tocomp lete workon the flat s boilers in jus ttwo day s.

4 Argu abl y one of the be st -kept sec re tsin th e UK he ating indu stry has to beTr ac Pi pe the stai nl es s steel semi-r igidgas piping syst em th at s quicklybe co mi ngth e rec ognis ed alte rna tiv e to tra dition alrigid cop per or ste el pi pe work inst alledbe twe en th e me te r and an applian ce .Whi le relat ive ly new to the Europeanmar ke t, stai nle ss st ee l semi-rigid gaspi pin g ha s a 30-ye ar insta lla tion his tory ,initially in Jap an an d th en in NorthAm eri ca, wh ere th e pr od uct has capt uredmor e tha n 50% of the US gas pipema rk et, wi th a very sou nd safet y re cord .Her e in the UK , Trac Pipe se mi-rigidgas pipin g is quic kly win nin g frie nds asa via ble alte rna tiv e to coppe r and ste elrigid gas pipework,bu t wh at re allyseem s to attra ct UK inst all ers is howeas y it is to work with and how mu chti me it sav es on an ins ta llat for ds hi re -b ased man ufact ure r Ome gaFlex Limited say s th at Tra cPipe canty pic ally sav e up to 75% of the ti menorm ally req uir ed for a ste el or copperpi pe ins ta llat ion and tha t s the cle armes sage it wan ts to communica te toUK ins ta lle rs lookingfor a compe tit iveadvantage in a ch alle nging marke tplac e.

5 Hist ory ha s prov en tha t onc e UKinst al lers try the Tra cPip e sy st em, th ey l limmedia te ly see the ad van tag es bot hin terms of ti me sav ed and eas e ofinst al lat ion , sai d Omega Flex Sal es andMar ket ing Di rector To ny Dark. G iven the curr ent marke t co nd itio ns ,instal lers can gain a gen uine competitiveadv anta ge when the y us e Tra cPipe .Th e time- savi ng ben ef it alon e can en ab lean ins taller to qu ot e more comp etitivelyand win mor e work as a res ult . SowhatexactlyisTracPipe?Tr ac Pipe is made of flex ible Corrug at edSta inles s Steel Tub e (CSST) wi th a smo keand fire ret ar da nt yello w polyet hy len epr ote cti ve cov er, in acc ord ance withBr itish Stand ard BS 783 pro du ct comes in co nv enie ntreels fo r long con tin uou s pi pe runs , india me te rs of 12 , 15, 22, 28 , 32, 40and 50mm.

6 Th e recen t int rod uct ion ofTr ac Pipe KITS in sh ort er leng ths of5, 10 and 15 met res are sup plied withTr ac Pipe self -am alg amat ing ta pe andav aila ble with or witho ut Aut oFlare fit ting s ide al for smallerinstalla tio ns ,wh er e do mes tic heat ing engi neers ru nor rep lace , un ders ized lin es bet wee nga s met er an d an ap plian ce. T he key ad va nt age tha t ins tallersus ing TracPip e ha ve when quot ing towin bu sine ss is the red uct ion in labo urtime and cost res ult ing in bein g ableto co mple te more prof ita ble wor k inles s tim e, due to the sig nifi cant time -sav ing bene fits of the pro du ct sa idTony Dar k.

7 Th e corrug at ed des ign ofthe pip e allo ws it to be run qu ickl y andsafe ly in cont inu ous leng ths , bend ingea sily by han d wit ho ut altering itsint erna l diam eter . Tra cPip e can easi lyrun the entire lengt h of th e ins ta llationwith no fit tings be tw een eith er end andreq uir es no spec ial too ls th ere s none ed fo r tim e-co nsu ming joining ,sold er ing or we lding . At the he art of Tra cPipe s de sign isits pat ent ed Au toFlare fit ting . Au toFl ar emale BS P tap er threa ds link all thebe nef its of Trac Pipe to tradit iona l pipefi tt ing s mallea ble iro n, steel et c. anddo es so wit h no specia l tools.

8 Tw ospan ner s, a utilit y knife and a stand ar dtube cut ter suit ab le for stain less st eel ,ar e all you nee d to con nect Aut oFla refi ttings (see pane l). AutoFl are is self -fl ar ingand easy to use. It is sel f-piloting and thejoi nt seal s with norm al spanner tor quefo rsafe, leak- free con nect ions no pasteorsealin g co mpo unds are req uire ad dition , the ne w Tra cP ipe- to-co pperco mpr es sion fitt ing allo ws it to beconn ect ed to exis ti ng cop per pip ew ork .BS i Kitemarked to Bri tish St and ar d BS7 838,Trac Pipe is sui tab le for na tur al gas, pr opa ne orbut ane, (1s t 2n d an d 3rd fam ily gas es ), at worki ngpr ess ur es to 75 mbar.

9 For work ing pr ess ur es abov e75mba r refere nc e sho ul d be made to TheInstit ut ion of Gas Eng ineers Util isation Proced ur esIGE/ UP/ 2. Desig ning an instal latio n us ing TracPi pestainle ss st eel semi rigid gas pi ping ca n beper formed by ref ere nc e to the des ign pri nc ipl esand flow tabl es incl ude d in Trac Pip e De si gn andIns ta llation Spe cifica tion, whi ch is avai labl e fromdistr ibut ors or thr oug h the compa ny s we bs ite,ww w. omeg af .uk. (See BS 6891 Specificationforinstallationoflowpressur egaspipeworkofupto32mm(R1)indomesticprem ises(2ndfamilygas).)RecentconversionLeka nSham u, Man ag ing Director of LDS Heati ng,rece nt ly use d Tra cPip e for the fi rs t time on aconv er si on of ten hig h-s pe c fl ats ne ar the OvalCricke t Gr ound in Lond on.

10 Us ing TracP ipe we were ab le to com plete workon th e flat s boilers in just two day s, desp itethefact th at som e boi ler locati ons cha ng ed dur ingthe pro ject. If we ha d bee n usi ng co pp er pi pe itwou ld ha ve taken a we ek, said Leka le Trac Pipe co st s a little mo re tha n coppe r,Leka n says tha t you mor e tha n ma ke up for thisin the signi fi cant amo unt of time it sa ve s yo u. T he othe r grea t thin g ab out it is th at it s muc hsafer to leave on site , he said. Co pp er pi pe ha sa nasty hab it of be ing st olen. As a fi rs t-t ime user , Lek an said he had ex cell entsup po rt from Tr acPi pe du ring the build.