How do you install a Victaulic gasket?
How do you install a Victaulic gasket?
Installation-Ready™ Grooved Technology Pipe Couplings & Fittings
- Remove the bolts and nuts.
- Remove the gasket.
- Fit the gasket over the gap between two grooved pipe ends.
- Wrap the housings around the gasket.
- Tighten the bolts and nuts.
Can you weld Victaulic pipe?
Victaulic systems improve safety in other ways. Because there is no welding involved, there are no hazardous flames or joint compounds, personnel face fewer risks in the installation process. The reasons to use this system are many and varied—and they all make perfect economic sense.
What is a Vic Flange?
Vic-Flange Style 743 flange-to-groove adapter permits direct connection of ANSI Class 300 flanged components into a grooved system. The two-piece, hinged housing engages into the pipe groove and bolts directly to any standard flanged component. The conventional bolt hole pattern allows for easy, fast assembly.
Is Victaulic and Gruvlok the same?
The brand name Victaulic has become synonymous with grooved fittings over the years (think Kleenex with tissue.) Cooney Brothers stocks Gruvlok fittings and couplings manufactured by Anvil, in nearby Columbia, PA.
Can you reuse Victaulic gaskets?
If any damage or wear is present, or there is any doubt concerning the condition of the gasket, always replace the gasket with a new Victaulic-supplied gasket of the same grade. Failure to use a compatible lubricant will cause gasket damage, resulting in joint leakage and property damage.
How does a Victaulic fitting work?
Victaulic couplings, or mechanical grooved couplings (also called mechanical pipe joining systems), are components that join mechanical pipes together to create a watertight joint. The metal housing – a sleeve of sorts – is then placed over the gasket and joined pipes and tightened with nuts and bolts.
What is a flange adapter?
The flange adaptor is the most basic type of dismantling joint. On one side, it has a flange connection in accordance with the required flange standard, on the other an insertion socket for the pipe. A variety of standard pipe types can be connected. flange adaptors are available for a variety of pipe types.
Is Shurjoint compatible with Victaulic?
They are fully interchangeable with popular brands such as Shurjoint & Victaulic fittings.
Is Victaulic domestic?
Victaulic is a global company with 15 major manufacturing facilities, 28 branches, and over 3600 employees worldwide. Currently, Victaulic headquarters is located in Easton, PA.
Can Victaulic fittings be painted?
Victaulic couplings can be directly coated both prior to installation and/or post installation for the purpose of providing a corrosion resistant barrier. Optional factory applied coatings include, paints, galvanizing, coal tar epoxy, organic zinc primer, bituminous, or epoxy.
How big is a Victaulic ductile gasket adapter?
Victaulic QuickVic® Style 107N 2-1/2 in. Grooved Painted Ductile Iron Coupling with E Gasket Victaulic Vic-Flange® Style 741 2 in. Grooved Painted Flange Adapter with E Gasket Victaulic FireLock™ Style 744 3 in. Painted Flange Adapter with Grade E Gasket Victaulic FireLock™ Style 77 1-1/4 in. Grooved Painted Ductile Iron Coupling with E Gasket
Do you need a Victaulic flange gasket for ULC style 743?
Vic-Flange gaskets utilize the Victaulic pressure-responsive design, sealing on the pipe end and directly to the opposing flange face. No standard flange gasket is required. Style 743 is designed to mate with raised-face flanges, but can be used with flat-face flanges by removing the raised projections on the outside face of the flange. ULC ULFM
Can a Victaulic valve be used outside the flange?
Illustrations exaggerated for clarity Vic-Flange Notes Because of the outside flange dimension, Vic-Flange should not be used within 90° of one another on a standard fitting. When wafer or lug-type valves are used adjoining a Victaulic fitting, check disc dimensions to assure proper clearance.
What makes a Victaulic gasket a good seal?
The Victaulic gasket is pressure responsive, providing increased sealing action as the internal pressure is increased. The combination of these characteristics creates a permanent, leak-tight triple seal on a variety of piping materials including steel, stainless steel, aluminum, PVC, ductile iron and copper.
