Truborez for steel pipes and other types of similar tools

22-05-2018
Instruments

It must be admitted, although polymers have penetrated into many areas of our life, where they can replace many of the usual materials, in plumbing are rare, but there are metal pipes. Mounting various systems, it is necessary from time to time to cut them for convenience at certain intervals. This article just will be devoted to tools that help to do it quickly and efficiently.

On a photo - the tool with screw giving

If you tried at least once to cut a metal pipe with a hacksaw for metal with your own hands or with a special disk, after that you had to refine the edges, which were uneven and not smooth. Truborez performs the same task, but much better and faster. Now let's see what companies offer us, producing such products for domestic and professional needs.

Rotary hand pipe cutter for large diameter metal pipes

Types of tools

When choosing a pipe cutter, note immediately that it cannot be considered a universal tool. This is due to the different diameters of pipes that are installed for the supply of water, heating and drainage of sewage. Therefore, in each case, should be applied according to the material and size of products. If there are some models that are suitable for different types of pipelines, but this is most likely an exception to the rule.

Tip: before you go shopping, decide what material you have to work with.

There is also good news, but it concerns home craftsmen who can use a roller pipe cutter for steel to easily cope with both copper and metal-plastic.

Portable pipe cutting tool

Tip: Do not use tools designed for soft materials to work with steel. He will not be able to cope with it or deteriorate after the first time.

Wall thickness

Affects the choice and thickness of the wall of the product with which to work with the tool. Given this parameter, we can say that they can be for:

Heavy loads
  1. Equipped with robust, snap clips.
  2. Used for cutting products made of iron and steel from O300 mm.
Thin-walled tubes These include the following:
  • copper;
  • brass;
  • metal plastic.
Ceramic and asbestos cement products Such pipes are usually used in sewer and waste systems.
Equipment for cutting ceramics and cement

Design features

It is fashionable to distinguish the following types of pipe cutters:

  • rotary or swivel;
  • roller;
  • telescopic;
  • with ratchet;
  • incisal;
  • chain.
Incisive
  1. It makes it possible to make an almost clean cut.
  2. This is a clip made of steel, designed for a diameter of up to 100 mm.
  3. Cutting discs are made of durable steel and mounted in a cage, while it is possible to adjust their relative position.
  4. On the moving part of the cage mounted 1-2 cutter. To move it in the cutting plane, a threaded rod is installed.
  5. In the most simple models, it is a handle.
Manual roller type
  1. Usually used for cutting steel pipe.
  2. May have 1-3 cutting rollers and rollers contributing to the direction of the pipe. The number of rollers determines which diameter of the pipe it can process. For example, with the 3rd rollers you can cut O15-100 mm, 1st - O15-50 mm.
  3. A significant disadvantage when using the tool is the burrs at the cut points that are removed by a countersink.
  4. Pipes with a diameter of 75 mm are cut by multi-roll chain or clamp pipe cutters, which have a small span of the handle, which is much more convenient.
Chain
  1. Used for fragile materials of small diameter from:
  • cast iron;
  • concrete;
  • ceramics.
  1. Cutting is carried out with the help of a chain, with cutting rollers installed. She is wrapped around the pipe.

Operating principle

This is another way to classify a tool, it can be:

  • electric;
  • manual;
  • pneumatic;
  • hydraulic.

Most often in the home use a manual version, which is driven by physical force. Typically, such equipment is quite simple, its price is low, it does not require any special skills and qualifications.

Unlike the previous electric pipe cutter, it is significantly more expensive, but its performance is much higher. The device eliminates the use of physical force, has a high efficiency, so it is usually acquired for large-scale work.

Scissors for cutting plastic pipe

How to choose

The most popular and numerous are pipe cutters for steel pipes.

With respect to other materials, it doesn’t look so bright.

  1. When working with copper, you should not forget that it is a soft metal that can easily be deformed. Therefore, a special pipe cutter for copper pipes is used to work with it.

Tip: in this case, a ratchet or telescopic tool is also made of steel, and their blade should be made of alloy steel.

Truborez for plastic pipes of large diameters
  1. For working with thin-walled plastic pipes, special scissors are used, completely replacing the pipe cutter for plastic pipes.. Their main advantage is low cost and ease of operation. From minuses - hands will quickly get tired when cutting a large number of products, low-quality models come across.

Use roller and battery models:

  • the first ones are cut with one cutting roller, rolling through several guides, usually they are not “hurried”;
  • the latter cope with work much faster, but its maximum diameter is 42 mm.
Battery Cutter for Polypropylene Tubes
  1. It is better to cut thin metal-plastic pipes with scissors, and use a pipe cutter for products whose O40 mm and more. A good choice would be a telescopic tool or a ratchet version, resembling scissors in appearance. The process is made by closing the handle.

Then you need to restore the cross section of the product, using a calibrator, which simultaneously removes the chamfer. The instruction allows the use of a tool for cutting steel pipes.

Truborez for metalplastic pipes like scissors

Conclusion

It has long been noticed that the use of various devices in the work helps not only to facilitate the process, but also to make it faster and better. The same can be said about pipe cutters, which make it possible to get a smooth, even cut. They are classified by design features and principles of action.

The video in this article will help you find additional information on this topic.

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