Basics of Refrigeration

REFRIGERATION TOOLS AND MATERIALS

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Swaging Copper Tubing

Swaging permits two pieces of soft copper tubing of the same diameter to be joined together without the use …

Annealing Tubing

If a flare splits when being made, it may be due to the age of the tubing. Old tubing becomes brittle after …

Double Thickness Flare

Double-thickness flares are formed with tools made for this purpose, Fig. 2-14 illustrates a cross-section …

Single Thickness Flare

Before starting a flare, the end of the tube should be carefully prepared for flaring. The end must be straig…

Flaring Tubing

A good flare is very important if a solid, strong, leakproof joint is to be made at the flared connection. Tu…

Connecting Tubing

Since tubing walls are too thin for threading, other methods of joining tubing to tubing and to fittings must…

Bending Tubing

It takes considerable practice to become competent in bending tubing. For the smaller-size tubing used in dom…

Cutting Tubing

To cut tubing a hacksaw or a tube cutter may be used. The tube cutter should be used on the annealed copper t…

Nominal Size Copper Tubing

We have in common use a size of copper tubing used on water lines, drains, etc., but never used in connection…

Steel Tubing

Some thin-wall steel tubing is used in refrigeration and air conditioning work. Fig. 2-1 . A table of copper …

Hard Drawn Copper Tubing

Hard drawn copper tubing is used extensively in commercial refrigeration and air conditioning applications. D…

Soft Copper Tubing

Soft copper tubing is used in domestic, also in some commercial refrigeration and air conditioning work. It i…

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