Service; Specific Safety Information; Roll Groover Safety; Description - RIDGID 918-I Manual

918-I Heavy Duty Roll Grooving Machine

Service

• Have your power tool serviced by a qualified repair
person using only identical replacement parts.
This will ensure that the safety of the power tool is
maintained.

Specific Safety Information

WARNING
This section contains important safety information
that is specific to this tool.
Read these precautions carefully before using 918-
I Roll Groover to reduce the risk of electrical shock
or other serious personal injury.
SAVE ALL WARNINGS AND INSTRUCTIONS
FOR FUTURE REFERENCE!
Keep this manual with the machine for use by the operator.

Roll Groover Safety

• Do not wear loose clothing when operating ma-
chine. Keep sleeves and jackets buttoned. Do not
reach across the machine or pipe. Clothing can be
caught by the pipe or machine resulting in entangle-
ment.
• Keep hands away from groove rolls. Do not wear
loose fitting gloves. Fingers can be crushed between
groove rolls or between groove roll and pipe.
• Only groove pipe 8" (200 mm) or longer, as speci-
fied. Grooving shorter than specified pipe can result in
entanglement and crushing injuries.
• Keep hands away from ends of pipe. Do not reach
inside pipe. Burrs and sharp edges can catch and cut.
Fingers can be crushed between groove rolls or be-
tween groove roll and pipe.
• Keep guards in place. Do not operate the groover
with guards removed. Exposure to grooving rolls
may result in entanglement and serious injury.
• Be sure that all equipment and material is properly
set up, secured and stable. Properly support the
pipe. This will help prevent tipping of the equipment
and pipe.
• One person must control the work process, ma-
chine operation and foot switch. Only the operator
should be in the work area when the machine is run-
ning. This helps reduce the risk of injury.
• Restrict access or barricade the area when work-
piece extends beyond machine to provide a mini -
mum of one meter (3 feet) clearance from the work-
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piece. Restricting access or barricading the work area
around the workpiece will reduce the risk of entangle-
ment.
• Do not use this machine if the foot switch is broken
or missing. Never block a foot switch so it does not
control the machine. The foot switch provides safe
control of the machine, such as shut-off in case of
entanglement.
• Only use roll groover to groove pipe of recom-
mended sizes and types according to these in -
structions. Other uses or modifying the roll groover for
other applications may increase the risk of injury.
• Read and understand these instructions, the fitting
manufacturer's installation instructions and the
instructions and warnings for all equipment and
materials being used before operating this tool to
reduce the risk of serious personal injury.
If you have any question concerning this RIDGID
– Contact your local RIDGID distributor.
– Visit RIDGID.com to find your local RIDGID contact
point.
– Contact Ridge Tool Technical Service Department at
rtctechservices@emerson.com, or in the U.S. and
Canada call (800) 519-3456.
Description, Specifications,
Standard Equipment and
Accessories

Description

The RIDGID 918-I Roll Groover forms rolled grooves in
steel, stainless steel, aluminum, PVC pipe and copper
tubing. The grooves are formed by the hydraulic feeding
of a grooving roll into the pipe which is supported by a
drive roll.
The 918-I Roll Groover includes two (2) groove and
drive shaft sets that can groove the following pipe:
• 2" – 6" Schedule 10 and 40
• 8" – 12" Schedule 10 and 8" Schedule 40
With additional roll sets, the groover can also be adapted
to groove the following:
• 2" – 6" copper tubing (Types K, L, M, DWV)
• 1" Schedule 10 and 40
• 1 1 / " – 1 1 / " Schedule 10 and 40
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CAUTION When properly used, the Model 918-I makes
grooves that are dimensionally within the specifications of
AWWA C606-87. Selection of appropriate materials and
joining methods is the responsibility of the system de-
signer and/or installer. Before any installation is attempted,
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