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Refrigerant piping work
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Direction of the pipe when brazing
• Brazing the pipe should be done with the pipe headed downward or horizontally.
• Avoid brazing with the pipe headed upward.
Cutting or flaring the pipes
1
Make sure that you prepared the required tools.
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Pipe cutter, reamer, flaring tool and pipe holder, etc.
2
If you want to shorten the pipe, cut it with a pipe cutter ensuring that the cut edge remains at 90° with
the side of the pipe.
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There are some examples of correct and incorrect cut edges below.
90°
Oblique
Rough
Burr
3
To prevent a gas leak, remove all burrs at the cut edge of the pipe with a reamer.
4
Carry out flaring work with a flaring tool as shown below.
Flaring tool
Clutch type
Wing nut type
A
Flaring
bar
Copper pipe
Yoke
Flaring bar
Copper pipe
Flare nut
Outer diameter [D (mm)]
Depth of the flare [A (mm)]
Flare tool
Clutch type
Wing nut type
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1.0~1.5
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ø 9.52
1.0~1.5
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1.0~1.5
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ø 15.88
1.0~1.5
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