Butt Welding
Acrobat™ 160
Available for purchase or rental
The Acrobat™ 160 fusion machine for 63mm to 160mm offers the best capabilities for butt fusion in today’s most advanced piping systems. With its optimal weight and compact design, the Acrobat™ is an easy machine to manipulate whether you’re fusing pipe in the ceilings, the walls or the ground.
Resources:
Data Sheet
Operations Manual
Welding Parameters
Ideal Applications Include:
Please refer to the Welding Selection Chart for ideal applications.
Specifications:
Size Range:
63mm – 160mm (2″ – 6″ nominal)
Piping:
Materials:
Power:
120V (240V optional)
Dimensions:
24″ x 15″ x 14″
Weight:
3-Jaw: 78 lbs.
4-Jaw: 89 lbs.
Shipping Dimensions:
32″ x 45″ x 31″
Shipping Weight:
390 lbs.
- Small footprint, lightweight
- Tool-less conversion from 4-jaw to 3-jaw carriage for tight work spaces
- Narrow jaws allow fusions for flanges to outlet branch of tees and most fittings
- Single insert design
- Removable upper jaws
- Hard anodized aluminum wear surfaces for corrosion resistance
- Low-power consumption
- DataLogger® compatible
- Premium shipping container serves as work surface
- Open-frame HPU design offers easy access for maintenance
- Microprocessor-controlled heater with antistick, Teflon-coated butt plates
- Butt Fusion
- Use of the DataLogger® with the Acrobat™ series of tools will record the weld process from start to finish.