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Hot Tap Operation
Clamp Tool in Fusion Machine
Install proper size jaw inserts, as required. Clamp the bearing
housing on the tool in the movable jaw and the gland end cap in
the fixed jaw.
IMPORTANT:
If bearing housing is wider than the movable jaw,
clamp with jaw moved toward drive end of the hot tap tool to ensure
the machine will have enough stroke to bottom the bearing
housing against the gland end cap.
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Pressure Test Tool Make-up
Attach hose to the pressure relief valve on the tapping tool. Open
valve and pressure test the tool make-up as required by applicable
regulations.
Relieve all pressure after test is complete and close pressure relief valve.
Remove air hose.
Maximum working pressure:
Same pressure rating as pipe being
tapped.
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Begin Tapping
Attach the ratchet wrench to the hex at the end of the cutter drive
shaft.
Using a manual fusion machine, apply moderate pressure on the
movable handle and rotate the cutter drive shaft in a clockwise
direction to begin tap.
Using hydraulic fusion machine, shift the selector valve to the
facing mode and reduce the pressure to the lowest setting. Ratchet
the cutter shaft clockwise while activating the carriage control
valve to move in. It may be necessary to shift in and out of neutral
when too much resistance is encountered.
IMPORTANT:
When using offset inserts, such as 809202,
place the flat side facing the movable jaw to ensure maximum
penetration of the cutter into the main.
Keep tapping until the bearing housing bottoms out against the
gland end cap of the tool or until the end of the carriage travel.
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02
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2-19-0
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416
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417
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414
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Offset
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