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Zweck tape for high pressure pipe repair

“Dr. Gunjan Gadodia”

23-03-2019
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Technical Blog

01 March 2019

 

 

Zweck tape for high-pressure pipe repair

 

 

               High-pressure pipes are everywhere in our houses, industries, commercial buildings, agricultural fields, industries, home & industrial equipment, petrol pumps. These pipes carry water, steam, air, oil, chemicals, and other liquids.

 

The leakage/damage of these pipelines and joints are common problems and cause heavy loss of material. In the house, commercial places, agricultural placesit causes heavy loss of material. In industries, loss of material is accompanied by downtime leading to loss of production and man-hours. 

Zweck Tape is the most effective emergency and permanent solution. 

 

The advantages of using Zweck tape are :- 

  • Emergency response 

  • Saves replacement time and reduces downtime

  • Permanent

  • Economical

  • Easy to use

  • Can be used for outdoor/indoor applications

  • Can be used for underwater applications

  • Good water resistance

  • Good UV resistance

  • Works from -50C to +260C

  • Compatible with a wide range of liquids and many gases

Video of the actual application on the high-pressure pipe has been uploaded on the website: www.3aassociate.com and our youtube Channel 

 

Ideal winding techniques for the extremely high-pressure pipe.

                

1

Start wrapping 30 mm ahead of hole. Stretch the tape as much as possible, the original width of 25mm tape reduces to 14mm due to stretching. Apply 4-5 layers.

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2

Apply the tape on the other side of the hole with similar stretching

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3

Now apply the tape from one end to another with 75% overlap, move back again with 75% overlap

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4

If needed apply 2 -3 layers additional on the point of the hole

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Approximately 900mm of tape is consumed for 20mm pipe outer diameter. 

It can sustain pressure upto 6 kg/cm2.

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If taped properly and kept overnight then maximum pressure tape can sustain is 12 kg/cm2.

To buy please contact at below address: 
3A Associates Incorporated

232 910 872