Victaulic Catalog

Pipe Preparation Tools

Pipe Preparation

Tools for Preparing Pipe to Receive Victaulic Products

Roll Grooving

Vic-Easy tools form groove into pipe - maintains dimensions

Roll grooving removes no metal from pipe.

The concept of cold forming (rolling) a groove without metal removal into pipe was developed by Victaulic in 1955. The concept was first used for light-wall pipe with insufficient wall thicknesses to permit cut grooving.
Developments now permit roll grooving of standard weight steel pipe, from 3/4 - 48" (20 - 1225 mm).
Victaulic Vic-Easy roll grooving tools are all designed to rotate the pipe as an upper roll is impressed into the pipe. New enhanced tracking rolls (ETR) provide hands off grooving. The lower roll, in addition to driving the pipe, is the female die inside the pipe. Groove depth is controlled by an adjustable stop. The configuration of the rolls provides the proper "A" (pipe end to edge of groove) and "B" (groove width) dimensions.
Standard roll grooved pipe will provide one-half the expansion/contraction or deflection of the same size standard cut groove pipe.
Roll grooving is applicable for stainless steel (may require special "RX" rolls, contact Victaulic), carbon steel, aluminum (Type 6061-T4), PVC, copper and similar metallic pipe.
For complete tool details and specifications request 24.01.

Cut Grooving

Cut groove removes less metal than threading

Vic-Adjustable tools provide proper groove dimensions

Victaulic developed the grooved piping concept in 1925 and designed the first portable cut grooving tools in 1945. Technology now provides a variety of tools for cut grooving from 3/4 - 36" (20 - 900 mm) pipe including steel, stainless, aluminum, ductile and cast iron, PVC plastic pipe or lined pipe.
Victaulic cut groovers are driven around a stationary pipe to machine away material, providing a groove. The design of the tools assures a groove which is concentric with the pipe O.D. even with out-of-round pipe. The groove is always of uniform depth. An integral pipe stop is adjustable to provide proper groove depth. Stops in the tool provide the proper dimension from the pipe end to the groove ("A" dimension). The tool bit provides proper groove width ("B" dimension).
For complete tool details and specifications request 24.01.