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Nowadays CNC machines are widely used to cut different types of piping materials. They are preferred mainly because they provide with an economical way of cutting large number of pipes within a short period of time. Since CNC machines are computer numerical controlled machines, the chances of making mistakes while cutting the pipes are greatly reduced. Besides the standard metallic ones, CNC machines are also used to prepare coupler and socket for PVC pipes. However, before we go deeper into how CNC machines can help us to design coupling and sockets for PVC pipes, we need to understand what is PVC material and PVC coupling. PVC or Polyvinyl chloride is a material that is frequently used for the purpose of plumbing fixtures as they are quite cheap, easy to install and durable for a long time. PVC is actually a thermoplastic polymer that is predominantly used along with polypropylene and polyethylene. More than 50% of the world’s production of polyvinyl chloride is utilized for manufacturing pipe fittings. Different forms of fittings are produced for the purpose of plumbing. A coupler or coupling is a type of fixture which allow users to braze together two pipes. A coupler is a very short sized tube or pipe that has a socket at one or either ends. The socket allows the two pipes or tubes to be soldered and welded together. The combination fittings are available in very short sizes and are coupled with 2 female NPTs (national pipe threads). According to North American standards, a nipple is considered as double male fitting and a coupler is held to be double female fitting. Both of these fixtures are fitted tightly with the coupler. For a coupler, both the 2 ends should be the same. If the 2 ends are different, it will be known as an adapter. A PVC coupling can have one plain socket and one threaded socket. The national pipe threaded sockets may vary in their sizes. When 2 ends of a particular coupler are differently sized, then it is said to be a reducing coupling. There are plenty of CNC machine models that are perfectly tailor-made for cutting couplers and sockets for PVC pipes. Couplers and sockets need to be finely cut in order to make sure that their sizes are maintained properly. These CNC machines not only make it easier to achieve the perfect sizes that are required for these plumbing devices but also does that in a cost effective way. Get in touch with Hytech Machine Tools and Automation for cnc machine for coupler and socket of pvc pipes & for PVC pipe threading machines.
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