When carrying out work related to laying a pipeline and other communication systems, almost every builder uses a device such as a pipe bender. The need for their application arises immediately after the system needs to "fit" the pipe dimensions with those indicated on the drawing. As practice shows, it is not necessary to wait for such cases for a long time. In addition, even with full compliance of the pipeline with the pre-drawn pattern, it is necessary to minimize the number of connecting elements. In simple words, when laying communications, it is undesirable to often use butt elements. It is for such cases that the bender is intended.
Design
It is worth noting that hydraulic pipe benders, despite the use of a special type of drive, are mechanical devices, and therefore their design is almost similar to the design of hand-held devices. In fact, the only thing that distinguishes them from their "younger brothers" is the presence of a special cylinder, which increases the man’s efforts to bend pipes. Using such a device, you can easily and quickly get the desired design from an ordinary straight pipe with an angle of up to 180 degrees. By the way, some hydraulic pipe benders do not have a limiter, due to which this part can be bent up to 360 degrees. But, as a rule, in construction only 2 main values of the slope are involved - 90 and 180 degrees.
What are they characterized by? A hydraulic pipe bender (including TG-1) is distinguished by the fact that it processes the material so high quality that the possibility of flattening or creasing of the pipe is reduced to zero.
Benefits
A manual hydraulic pipe bender (including TG-1) has a lot of advantages compared to electric and simply manual counterparts that do not have a hydraulic drive in the structure. Firstly, these tools have great power and productivity, due to which they provide high speed of work. However, it is worth noting that electrical devices related to professional equipment have much greater power and are therefore ideal for the mass production of such metal products. But such devices also cost hundreds of thousands of rubles. Hydraulic pipe benders due to the absence of any electric motor are many times cheaper than professional machines. In addition, they are not stationary, like their more powerful counterparts, and therefore can be used directly at the site of the pipeline and communications. Another advantage of these devices is their reliability and ease of use. Again, these features are achieved due to the absence of an electric motor in this pipe bender. Thanks to its simple construction, the mechanism will certainly break less often than electric machines.
Price
In the Russian market, hydraulic pipe benders can be purchased at a price of 10 to 40 thousand rubles.