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Tube Products International January 2014
products & developments
Check valve video demonstration
Val-Matic has placed a video, titled
‘Slam! or How to Stop the Ground
from Shaking’, on its new YouTube
channel. The dynamic test in the
video demonstrates that the Val-Matic
Surgebuster
®
check valve closes faster
than a conventional air cushion swing
check valve, which reduces check valve
slam up to 80 per cent.
The Val-Matic Surgebuster features
the patented Disc Accelerator, which
closes the valve disc rapidly, avoiding
slamming by flow reversal. The
Surgebuster also features drop tight
seating and a 35° short disc stroke
to help reduce the closing time of the
valve, minimising flow reversal and
the resultant water hammer normally
associated with the sudden stoppage
of reverse flow.
Val-Matic Valve & Manufacturing
Corp
– USA
Compact press tool
Ridgid’s pressing solutions enable
contractors to make reliable, water-
tight connections to copper, stainless
steel, multilayer and PEX tubing in as
little as four seconds. The RP 340 is the
company’s latest press tool innovation.
The Ridgid RP 340 press tool is 30 per
cent smaller and 17 per cent lighter
than its predecessor, while offering a
25 per cent longer service life. For
maximum flexibility, an interchangeable
power source allows the RP 340 to
be operated as a corded and battery-
powered tool.
The compact RP 340 is 33cm long and
weighs just 3.76kg, and supports con-
nections up to 108mm. The detachable
corded power adapter can be replaced
with new advanced lithium batteries
(2.0A or 4.0A), allowing contractors to
carry out more work per charge.
The RP 340 is compatible with standard
series pressing jaws from Ridgid and
other manufacturers.
It only requires recalibration after up
to 42,000 cycles. Microprocessor-
controlled cycles ensure a reliable press
and watertight connection.
Other features of the RP 340 include
an LED status indicator and warning
light; white LED work-light to illuminate
workspaces; nylon straps for attaching
a security harness; on/off button for
disabling the tool; and an extreme-
temperature sensor to prevent the tool
from operating outside acceptable limits
(-10°C to 50°C / 14°F to 122°F).
Enver Celik, product manager at Ridgid,
commented, “Ask any contractor and
they’ll tell you bulky tools can really
slow them down. But give them a
smaller tool and they can move swiftly
from job to job. That’s what the RP 340
is all about. It’s smaller, lighter, and
runs off corded or battery – exactly
what contractors need to get the job
done quicker.”
As part of the launch of the RP 340,
Ridgid has created a dedicated
webpage (
), which
explains in more detail the benefits and
applications of the tool.
Ridgid markets its tools and equipment
in more than 140 countries. The
company’s range of more than 300
types of tool serves the rental, plumbing,
HVAC/R, utility, industrial, electrical,
petroleum, institutional, commercial and
hardware markets.
Ridgid
– Belgium
Val-Matic’s Surgebuster check valve
Fittings and flanges
Hebei Haiyuan Pipe Fittings Co
specialises in the manufacture of steel
butt weld pipe fittings and forged
flanges, which are widely used in the
water, oil, gas and chemical industries.
The company has advanced production
equipment including hot forming elbow
machine, cold drawn tee machine,
bevelling machine, sandblasting
machine, air hammer, CNC lathes and
drilling machines.
It also has advanced testing equipment
such as metallurgical analysis, physical
experiment, chemical analysis, X-ray
testing and ultrasonic testing.
Products include 45° and 90º elbows
from ½" to 48"; straight and reducing
tees from ½" to 48"; concentric and
eccentric reducers from ½" to 48";
caps from ½" to 48"; and welding
neck, slip-on and blind flanges from
½" to 24".
Hebei Haiyuan Pipe Fittings Co, Ltd
– China
