Ridgid Contact Information; Description - RIDGID 918 Manual

918 Roll Groover
erly set up and secured. This will help prevent tipping
of the equipment and pipe. Properly support the
pipe. This will help to prevent the tipping of the pipe
and equipment.
• Properly prepare and handle pipe. Burrs and sharp
edges can catch and cut.
• One person must control the work process, ma-
chine operation and foot switch. Only the operator
should be in the work area when the machine is run-
ning. This helps reduce the risk of injury.
• Restrict access or barricade the area when work-
piece extends beyond machine to provide a mini -
mum of one meter (3 feet) clearance from the work-
piece. Restricting access or barricading the work area
around the workpiece will reduce the risk of entangle-
ment.
• Only use power drives and threading machines
that operate under 58 rpm. Higher speed machines
increase the risk of injury.
• Always wear appropriate personal protective equip-
ment while setting up and using the roll groover.
Appropriate personal protective equipment always in-
cludes eye protection and may include equipment such
as tight fitting leather gloves and steel toed footwear.
• Only use roll groover to groove pipe of recom-
mended sizes and types according to these in -
structions. Other uses or modifying the roll groover for
other applications may increase the risk of injury.
• Before operating roll groover, read and under-
stand:
• This operator's manual
• The operators' manual for Power Drive or Threading
Machine
• The fitting manufacturer's installation instructions
• The instructions for any other material or equip-
ment used with this tool
Failure to follow all instructions and warnings may re-
sult in property damage and/or serious injury.

RIDGID Contact Information

If you have any question concerning this RIDGID
– Contact your local RIDGID distributor.
– Visit RIDGID.com to find your local RIDGID contact
point.
– Contact Ridge Tool Technical Service Department at
rtctechservices@emerson.com, or in the U.S. and
Canada call (800) 519-3456.
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Description

The RIDGID
grooves in steel, stainless steel, aluminum, PVC pipes
and copper tubes. The grooves are formed by hydraulically
advancing the groove roll into the pipe, which is supported
by the drive roll.
The 918 Roll Groover typically includes two groove and
drive roll sets for grooving pipe:
• 2"-6" schedule 10 and 40 steel pipe
• 8"-12" schedule 10 and 8" Schedule 40 steel pipe
Other materials can be grooved – see tables in appendix.
Other groove and drive shaft sets are required for other
sizes and copper tubing.
A two-stage hydraulic hand pump is used to advance the
groove roll into the pipe to form grooves. An adjustment nut
is included to control groove diameter.
An adjustable stabilizer is provided to aid in maintaining
tracking and control of the pipe during grooving, espe-
cially pipe lengths approaching the 8" minimum pipe length.
The groover can be driven by a variety of RIDGID ma-
chines. Different mounting kits are required for each
machine.
Pump Handle
Pump Release
Figure 1A – 918 Roll Groover
® product:
® 918 Roll Groover is designed to form rolled
Guard
Hydraulic Pump
Mounting
Warning Label
Lever
999-998-946.10_REV. C
Pipe Rotation
Label
Crank
Handle
Stabilizer
Stabilizer
Wheel
Drive Shaft/-
Drive Roll
Base