Why?
My interest in the Victaulic grooved piping system started while I stared at some freshman’s
binder in math class. It was bright orange, and on it were pictures of some pipes and in big bold letters it read: The Victaulic System. I asked the kid what The Victaulic System was, I was fairly certain it had something to do with
engineering, but I thought maybe it was a
band or some other
pop-icon. To my surprise, he had no idea. Why do people wear shirts, apply stickers, or in this case carry binders, that they don’t understand? I was
incensed, I could feel irrational anger boiling inside me. I said “oh” and tried to calm myself down, but it kept nagging me: what the
hell is the victaulic system. My interest in
algebra was now completely gone, maybe it was a part for a
motorcycle engine, maybe that kid in
tech would know. I was resolved to find out.
Later I asked Zach, the aforementioned kid from tech, if he knew what it was. He had no idea. When I got home I immediately went to
www.everything2.com, the source of all knowledge in the world. Nope, there wasn’t a thing. I thought “Ok, maybe it’s in the
dictionary” no luck there. Ok, it looks like time for
www.google.com, the world's best search engine. Finally, after a few minutes I find some stuff, and I knew my duty. I must make a node for everything2 and bring my knowledge to the world!
The Victaulic System
The victaulic grooved piping system is a way to couple
pipes together, that requires no
welding. It has four major parts, the
housing, the
grove, the
gasket, and the
nut. The housing holds the gasket in place around the pipe which is firmly secured by the nut. The coupling's angled
grips bite into the pipe end to form a secure, leak-free
joint.
Flexible and
rigid couplings are available. The grooved system is designed for
roll grooved or cut
grooved standard pipe or roll grooved light wall pipe. It can be utilized with varied pipe materials including
carbon steel,
stainless steel,
aluminum,
copper,
ductile iron,
PVC,
HDP plastics, plus coated, lined and specialty pipe. Grooved systems can join pipe from 15-1200
m. Up to 2600
mm pipe can be joined using the applied
Vic-Ring system. It deadens sound and can accommodate for expansion.
After finding out how this worked and looking at some pictures, I found out the system is used in many everyday products. Go to the plumbing section in
Home Depot and you will see couplings and valves that utilize the system. Even the
fire sprinklers in your
school or
office could be using it. Your life depends on the victaulic system! The Victaulic system may also be known as the
Mannesmann press fitting system. This may also be the same system used in the
Tubeline copper fitting system. I can’t seem to get a second source for these last two statements though. Ultimately my search yielded results, hopefully I’ve made some people smarter, but for me it has only raised more questions, like: Why the
hell does that kid have a binder about this?
Sources
www.garitech.com
www.pmmag.com
www.jrg.ch
www.micron.pl