Bear Hug™ PE Squeeze Tool On Location - Reed Manufacturing - video Dailymotion

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00:00Here we are today at DDS, we're going to be demoing the Bearhug on some 6-inch, 13-and-a-half

00:17polyethylene pipe.

00:18Today for the demo, we're going to forego putting the static grounding rod onto the

00:22tool just based on the fact that it's a demo and the ground is a little bit hard today.

00:27So why not?

00:28Let's go check it out.

00:29So we're going to connect the manual pump up.

00:35Now you adjust the pump lever to the release position to open the tool.

00:41The tool has color-coded stops, so you find it on one side and just match it on the other.

00:52You set the pump to squeeze, and you start going down slowly.

00:58The ASTM standards for squeeze and release rates are also on this tool as well.

01:05The pump has two different stages.

01:07Once it comes in contact with the pipe, the speed of the tool slows down, but it makes

01:12it easier to raise and lower the bar.

01:19Momentarily stop to let the pipe relax.

01:22You want to increase those times and pull the weather.

01:25Normally it's about double.

01:28Once you get down to a certain point, you can install the four saddle bolts.

01:34As he's pumping, the bolts are going to rise, and we'll just continually thread them in.

01:40That's just in case of any hydraulic failure or any cuts in the hoses or anything like

01:45that that you're not going to lose pressure.

01:47So in order to satisfactorily control flow, you need to either be able to touch the stops

01:51or reach 10,000 PSI, whichever comes first.

01:55And there we have it.

01:56The pipe is now squeezed off, and you'll be able to do any repairs that you need it to.

02:04Before you release the pipe, you've got to make sure all four saddle bolts are disengaged

02:08with the bottom saddle clamp threads.

02:11Quickly move the control lever to the neutral position, and then slowly and carefully to

02:17the release position.

02:18It's recommended to do a half an inch and then pause.

02:21So when the tool no longer opens due to the pipe pressure, you can fully release the tool

02:26from the pipe.

02:31And then for maintenance for the tool, just make sure all the moving parts are unblocked,

02:36free of any debris.

02:37You want to make sure that you store it in the closed position with the cylinders all

02:41the way fully retracted.

02:45And that is how you use the Bearhug Squeeze Tool.

Bear Hug™ PE Squeeze Tool On Location - Reed Manufacturing

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