The Welding Process - Rothenberger P63-S4 Manual De Instrucciones

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INSTRUCTION MANUAL
SOCKET WELDER P63-S4 / P63-S5 Electronic
Model
The SOCKET WELDER P63-S4 / P63-S5 Electronic
Model has a temperature scale marked from 200 C
to 300 °C
260 C - 280 C Working position
Fig. 9 Electronic model regulator knob
5) Wait until the socket welding device reaches
its working temperature
SOCKET WELDER P63-S4 / P63-S5
Thermostatic Model
When the socket welding device has reached its
optimum working temperature, the green
temperature-control LED will light.
Welding can now start. The temperature control LED
will turn on and off as the thermostat operates.
SOCKET WELDER P63-S4 / P63-S5 Electronic
Model
When the socket welding device has reached its
optimum working temperature, the green
temperature-control LED will start to blink.
Fig. 10 Temperature-control LED
The time required to reach working temperature is
approximately 5 to 7 min.
PRECAUTION
The parts of the equipment indicated in Fig. 11
can reach temperatures between 100 and
300 °C. Never handle the heating plate while the
unit is hot.
Never attach or remove adapters while the
heating plate is hot.
Only handle items that could be hot when it is
safe to do so.
Fig. 11 Hot areas (burn risk)
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NOTE
The socket welder is equipped with two safety
thermostats which disconnect the unit if the
temperature reaches 330 ºC and reconnects it when
the temperature has fallen to 265 ºC.
C) THE WELDING PROCESS
This consists of four steps: heating, assembly, setting
and cooling.
1) Heating
• Using light pressure, insert the tube and the
accessory simultaneously onto the
corresponding adapters (tube in the female
adapter, accessory on the male adapter)
Fig. 12 Inserting the tubes
• Maintain the tube and the accessory on the
adapters during the time indicated under
HEATING TIME in table 2 (page 23)
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Fig. 13 Heating the tubes
2) Assembly
• Remove the tube and the accessory from the
adapters
Fig. 14 Removing the tubes