The advantages of purple copper tubing are listed below:
Performance
- Excellent physical properties:
- High strength: harder than plastic pipes, with high strength of the general metal (cold-drawn copper pipe strength and the same wall thickness of the steel pipe is comparable), at the same time than the general metal is easy to bend, easy to twist, not easy to crack, not easy to break, with a certain degree of resistance to freezing and expansion and impact resistance, the building of the water supply system in the copper water pipe once installed, the use of safe and reliable, and even without maintenance and repair.
- Good thermal conductivity: high thermal conductivity of copper tubes, heat transfer equipment in the application, can efficiently transfer heat, such as air conditioning refrigeration, heating system in the process of heat exchange excellence, can improve the efficiency of energy use.
- Good flexibility: copper pipe is easier to bend and deform compared with other metal pipes, and can be bent into various shapes according to the actual needs during the installation process, adapting to different installation environments and layouts, reducing the use of elbows, joints and other fittings, and lowering the cost and difficulty of the installation; and it is not easy to break after bending or deforming, ensuring the integrity and sealing of the piping system.
- Outstanding chemical stability:
- Corrosion Resistance: Copper is chemically stable, resistant to cold, heat, pressure, corrosion and fire, and can be used for a long time in different environments. Compared with the galvanized steel pipes commonly used in the past, which are very prone to rust and corrosion, copper pipes can maintain good performance for a long time, and there will be no water leakage and water pollution caused by corrosion.
- Antimicrobial hygiene: There are no plastic pipe modifiers, additives, additives and other chemical components in copper pipe. Biological studies have shown that the water supply in the E. coli bacteria in the copper pipe can not continue to reproduce, more than 99% of the bacteria in the water into the copper pipe 5 hours after being completely killed; its organizational structure is extremely dense, impermeable, whether it is grease, bacteria, viruses, oxygen and ultraviolet rays and other harmful substances can not pass through it to contaminate the water quality.
Economy
- Low installation cost:
- Saving materials: a lot of materials can be saved in the process of installing the purple copper pipe, because the purple copper pipe does not need to have a thick thickness like other ferrous metal pipes to meet the same requirements for use, thus reducing the cost of materials.
- Low transportation cost: the quality of purple copper pipe is lighter, compared with other ferrous metal threaded pipes with the same inner diameter, its transportation cost is lower.
- Convenient installation: Copper pipe is easy to process, strong connection, and copper fittings to ensure the stability and sealing of the piping system, reducing the construction time and labor costs in the installation process.
- Long service life: the long service life of copper pipe can be comparable or even longer than the life of the building, which reduces the frequency of replacement and maintenance of the piping system, and in the long run, it has a high cost-effective. For example, the copper plumbing fittings installed in Peking Union Medical College (PUMC) Hospital in the 1920s have lasted for more than 70 years and are still performing well.
Other aspects
- Environmentally sustainable: copper is a recyclable metal, copper pipes can be recycled at the end of their service life, which is conducive to environmental protection and in line with the concept of sustainable development.
