摘要 |
<p>A method for joining thermoplastic pipes made by spiral winding a hollow profile with mainly rectangular cross section. The method includes: cutting an end of the pipe along an inside of a profile side wall fastened to a nearest preceding wound round of said profile and with a section cutting an outermost end of the profile in a right or obtuse angle, or equal size for all pipe ends to be joined together; closing hole in such cut profile ends, and preparing end surfaces of the pipes along their entire peripheries; positioning two pipes in alignment with each other; inserting a welding ring, having dimensions matching with the inner and outer diameters of the pipes, between the two pipes; the welding ring comprising at least one loop of a resistance wire covered by a thermoplastic sleeve, aligning the two pipes with an inner root support and an outer root support, pressing the pipe ends together against each other; connecting the resistance wire of the welding ring to a current source to heat the thermoplastic materials in the welding ring and in the pipe ends so that the thermoplastic materials melt and form a welding seam, cooling the welding seam; removing the root supports and other accessories from the pipe welded together, and cutting off the connecting wires of the welding ring.</p> |