Applications - Beta 1850B Mode D'emploi

Applications

Here are some of the applications
you can use BETA hot air guns
for. This selection is by no means
exhaustive – no doubt you can
immediately think of other exam-
ples.
A Stripping paint: Paint is soft-
ened and can be removed with a
stripping knife and paint scraper
to leave a clean surface.
B Shrinking tubing on cables:
The shrink tubing is slipped over
the section you want to insulate
and heated with hot air. The tub-
ing shrinks by approx. 50% in
diameter to give a sealed union.
Shrinking is particularly fast and
even using reflector nozzles.
Sealing and stabilising cable
breaks, insulating soldered joints,
gathering cable runs, sheathing
terminal blocks.
Tool elements
1 Stainless steel outlet
2 Air intake with lattice guard to
keep out foreign matter
C Forming PVC: Sheeting, pip-
ing or ski boots can be softened
and formed with hot air.
D Lighting the barbecue:
Gets charcoal glowing in next to
no time; no more waiting.
E Thawing: Water pipes, frozen
door locks, steps. Gently thaws
Material Application types
Pipes, fittings, sheets, building pro-
Rigid PVC
files, technical mouldings
Welding temperature 300 °C
Floor coverings, wallpapers,
Plasticised
hoses, sheets, toys
PVC
Welding temperature 400 °C
Domestic and electrotechnical
Soft PE
(LDPE) articles, toys
Polyethylene
Welding temperature 250 °C
Baths, baskets, canisters, insulat-
Hard PE
ing material, pipes
(HDPE)
Polyethylene
Welding temperature 300 °C
HT drainage pipes, moulded
PP
Polypropylene seats, packaging, car components
Welding temperature 250 °C
Car components, equipment
ABS
housings, cases
Welding temperature 350 °Cr
3 Soft stand for stable,
non-slip stationary work
4 Heavy-duty rubber-sheathed
cord
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and dries all in one go.
F Soft soldering: First, clean
metal parts you want to join.
Then, using hot air, heat the
point you want to solder and
offer up the soldering wire. Use
flux or a soldering wire with a
flux core to prevent oxide form-
ing.
Distinguishing characteristics
Carbonises in the flame, pungent odour;
crashing sound
Smoking, yellowish-green flame,
pungent odour; silent
Light yellow flame, drips continue to
burn, smells of a candle being extin-
guished; dull sound
Light yellow flame, drips continue to
burn, smells of a candle being extin-
guished; crashing sound
bright flame with a blue core,
drips continue to burn, pungent odour;
crashing sound
black, fluffy smoke, sweet odour;
crashing sound
5 Air flow switch
2-stage
Soft grip handle for com-
6
fortable operation