Instant-Lock Installation: Cut the Bond Here, Not Earlier
The white bond on an Instant-Lock sleeve is cut at the pipe orifice, never earlier.
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Instant-Lock installation comes down to five small steps, and one cut that decides whether the sleeve opens at all. Here is how a crew installs Instant-Lock Small, from the ground to a locked sleeve. The sleeve is stainless steel inside an EPDM rubber jacket. A packer carries it in and expands it, and a locking gear holds it open. Carry the sleeve on its packer to the pipe orifice, with the bond still on. Only here, at the orifice, cut the white bond. Then the set rides into the pipe, to the defect. And if the bond is not cut? The packer swells out of both ends, and the sleeve stays rolled up. It will not expand. So cut the bond at the orifice, every time. The full Instant-Lock installation guide is on our channel.
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