Is it for me?
Individuals with limited or no previous experience of these welding processes, but who wish to learn them, including maintenance staff required to install and repair plastic pipe systems, welding engineers unfamiliar with these processes and engineering apprentices.
What will I learn?
Introduction to common thermoplastics (PVC, PP, PE, PVDF); key processing techniques; joint preparation; defects and how to avoid them; process control; inspection and testing; health and safety; practical butt fusion, socket fusion and electrofusion welding in polypropylene or polyethylene
What will I leave with?
- To understand practical welding - butt fusion, socket fusion and electrofusion
- To identify plastics materials
- To implement procedure control and safe operation
- To understand weld properties
- To identify faults/defects and how to avoid them