R&L Manufacturing
R&L Manufacturing is a custom fabrication shop, established over a decade ago in the Great Northwest. We are a family-owned and operated company with three generations of Mechanical Engineers and Machinists working under the same roof. Our goal has always been to provide the industrial field with the machinery and tools needed to get the job done right and efficiently.
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PMB 374
19215 SE 34th St. Suite 106
Camas, WA. 98607 USA
Phone/Fax - (360) 833-9194
Why Remove the Internal Bead?
The first question everyone asks is how severe does the fusion beads affects flow reduction or pressure loss in HDPE pipe systems. The answer is, very little. One of many great attributes of HDPE pipe is its low friction factor. HDPE pipe is less impaired by flow reduction or pressure loss from the fusion beads than the turbulence in a comparable system made of PVC push joints.
So then the question "Why remove the beads at all?" arises. Well, using a material that has less flow reduction and pressure loss doesn't mean that there isn't impairment. It is this impairment that we are completely removing. Excluding the issue of flow reduction there are four additional reasons why bead removal is important:
