What is swing piping?
Swing pipe is flexible tubing made from high quality polyethylene that is used to connect pop-up spray heads and rotors to PVC and poly pipe lateral lines in an irrigation system. Even in wet and muddy conditions, the surface texture of our swing pipe is easy to grip.
Is funny pipe the same as swing pipe?
The key to an easy DIY sprinkler installation project is using swing pipe, also commonly referred to as “Funny pipe”.
How long can you run swing pipe?
Re: Swing pipe max length No more than 24″ of swing pipe or pressure losses will be very high. I use this flexible piping that can have standard PVC fittings cemented onto it called spa flex around trees.
Why are swing joints used?
Swing joints are flexible pipe fittings used to attach sprinklers or rotors to an irrigation system. Swing joints allow for easy adjustments to fine-tune sprinkler head placement during installation.
Do you need clamps on funny pipe?
Funny Pipe lets you place sprinklers at the correct depth without cutting and gluing PVC risers. This allows for an eco-friendly method of connecting to sprinkler heads since no cement or clamps are required.
Do you use Teflon tape on irrigation fittings?
Always use Teflon tape on pipe threaded plastic irrigation products and PVC fittings and nipples. Teflon tape alone does an excellent job of sealing plastic pipe thread connections, and it will hold up for many years if it is applied properly.
What is funny pipe made of?
Flexible, Thick-walled Polyethylene Pipe Super Funny Pipe is a high-strength poly tubing that solves tough sprinkler installation and replacement problems. It acts as an extension cord between the water line and the sprinkler.
How are swivel joints different from swing elbows?
Swivel joints are different from swing elbows. They are most commonly used in sanitary piping systems and are usually pigged clean before changing connections. An example would be a food plant where a bulk storage tank is plumbed to many mixers but the recipes change often.
When to use swing elbows in a furnace?
Swing elbows are used in applications when there is a need to divert the flow occasionally to another system. This is very common for furnaces (Crude, Visbreaker, Coker etc.), where swing elbows are installed in the outlet header.
When to use swing elbow in Chemical Process Engineering?
Swing elbows are used where in normal process particular services needs to be positively isolated for example air and hydrocarbon or H2 and air. In special cases like in bed regeneration etc these services have to be taken in line. That time service is disconnected by removing existing elbow and fixing required elbow in air or H2 line.
How is swing pipe used in Rain Bird?
Swing pipe is used to connect spray heads and rotors (up to 10 gallons per minute) to lateral irrigation lines. Used with Rain Bird’s spiral barb fittings, the installation of sprinkler heads and rotors is quick and easy. Swing pipe is made of high quality polyethylene. If installed above ground UVA and UVB sun rays will not degrade the product.