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The FlexShaft effect
Regardless of the setting,whether it’s a home, a restaurant or a business premises, one thing is known for sure: every drainage system needs occasionalmaintenance, either cleaning and/ or unblocking and for that youwant a quick, but efficient solution that leaves the pipes clean and free-flowing as if theywere new.
Residential Buildings
Some homeownerswould tackle odours or slow-flowing drains by pouring chemicals down the pipes to kill domestic blockages like grease or foodwaste, soap or hair residues. Short term, these chemicals are a health, environmental and safety hazard; long term, this practicewon’t solve the issue, on the contrary, it could damage the drains considerably. It’s a given that at some point in time, thorough cleaning of these drains becomes amust and amuchmore substantial job.
Restaurants And Businesses Centers
Restaurants and other premiseswith high footfall,may have issueswith grease, limescale or uric stone built-ups in their drainage systems. For example, hotel bathrooms or public toilets in big shoppingmalls or business centres.
Tree roots can also be problematic as they seek the easiestway to source for their growth. Sometimes these drainage issues can cause smells, can saturate concrete floors, or flood underfloor voids. Root intrusion reduces flow and can potentially cause a blockage in
54 drainage systems and gutters.
FlexShaft For TheWin When RIDGID designed the newFlexShaft machine, one of the biggest goalswas to bring real added value to the professional drain cleaners. Amachine thatwould tacklemost soft blockages, clean pipewalls, do the job in a short time andwithminimal effort or set-up, allowthe camera inside the pipewhile cleaning,would become a real value-bringer to the professionals’ business.
And yes, FlexShaft proved to be nothing less than just that, a value bringer.
One of the primary advantages of the two small FlexShaftmachines is portability. The K9-102 weighs about 11 kg,while K9-204weighs 17 kg – they are easy to carry around just about anywhere. Besides, FlexShaftmachines are powered by awidely used 18-volt battery- powered drills, so there’s no need to dealwith power cords. Allmachines comewith two chain knockers that expand as they rotate to clean the entire circumference of a pipe.
The latest addition to the FlexShaft range is the K9-306 featuring 38mof 10mmcable. It’s less playing in the portability field, butmore playing in the power field – themachineweighs around 72 kg. K9-306 is a heavy-dutymachine equipped with an internal universalmotor poweredwith I- Clutch™ technology. The i-Clutch protects the cable by stalling themotorwhen you encounter a hard blockage. The drumis, just like the other
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FlexShaftmachines, fully enclosed to keep the job site as clean as possible. The K9-306 aims a minimize set-up and clean up time. It has a telescoping handle,multiplewheels and grabs points tomake loading, unloading, transporting, and storage of themachine easier.
FlexShaft is a newstyle of drain cleaner; all these machines clean drains at high speed.What makes FlexShaft specifically useful is that it utilizes a very flexible shaft that can not only bend, but also still rotates. The fact it rotates within an outer sheathmakes it also safer and cleaner during operation, as the hands don’t touch rotating cables and debris isn’t thrown aroundwhile doing a clean-out.
FlexShaft Accessories – Chain Knockers
The benefits of using a Chain Knocker in the cleaning process is that the chains expand due to the high-speed rotation and centrifugal force, allowing grease and sludge to be hit off the walls of the pipe, rather than poking a hole in the blockage.
Evidently, the selection of the correct tool for the blockage remains crucial for success. RIDGID has awide chain knocker and brush offering for different types of blockages and different types of pipematerial.
A chain knockerwith smooth chains can be used for soft blockages, such as grease and soap. These chain knockerswork in all pipe types, fromPVC to cast iron.
A chain knockerwith carbide tipped chains is
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