Tools & Equipment (old)

About the range

UPG supply a wide range of plastic pipe welding tools and equipment, and offer calibration and servicing for most items we sell. We are proud to be the New Zealand distributor for Ritmo plastic welding equipment. We also stock a wide range of replacement parts such as blades, welder adaptor pins and leads, barcode readers, mandrels, and more, which is critical to supporting your equipment in the future.

Our standard tooling range includes:

Electrofusion Welders
Butt Fusion Welders
Rotary Scraping Tools
Squeeze off tools
Internal/External Debeaders
Pipe clamps
Re-rounding tools
Pipe cutters/secateurs
And much more!

Why buy from UPG?

Technical Assistance offered before sale and after sale.
Free on-site team training with any butt welder purchase once machine is delivered.
Stock of all critical components as spares in NZ.
Servicing of all machines done here in NZ in our workshops. No requirement to send your machine offshore.
Common stock items held in NZ at UPG.

ELEKTRA Electrofusion Welders

The ELEKTRA range of EF welders from Ritmo are universal electrofusion machines characterised by high performance and significantly reduced weight. These machines all weigh in at less than 10kg including the carry case, don’t require adaptor pins (the terminal ends are multi-size), and come in a heavy-duty carry case.

We stock a range of different models here at UPG, covering from 20mm up to 1200mm diameter pipe.

Below are the datasheets for each model we stock.

ELEKTRA Light (0-160mm)
ELEKTRA M (0-315mm)
ELEKTRA XL (0-1200mm)

EASY LIFE Butt Welder Range

EASY LIFE Butt Welders by Ritmo are world recognised for their ease of use and reliability. These automatic self-aligning hydraulic butt fusion welding machines are suitable for welding pressure pipes for water, gas and other fluids. With a proven track record in NZ, and full support and servicing provided by UPG, these machines are trusted by welding technicians throughout the world. They are built according international standards (UNI 10565, ISO 12176-1) and supplied to many international markets.

Features

Machine body built with a supporting frame, four clamps and two hydraulic cylinders with fast non-drip coupling connections. It comes with the fast-locking-adapters system SMARTLock patented by Ritmo.
A Teflon-coated (PTFE) heating plate with a built-in independent thermometer to check the working temperature.
An extractable electric milling cutter to face the heads of the pipes and/or fittings. It includes a safety micro-switch and a thermal circuit breaker.
An electro-hydraulic gearcase protected from crashes and atmospheric corrosion by a plastic box. The electronic system guarantees the continuous repeat of the welding cycles and automatic control of the preset parameters, therefore the operator needs only to validate the welding phases.
Easy Life is Wi-Fi ready and works together with the SET & GO PRO app. The user-friendly graphic display allows quick setting of desired parameters. The EASY LIFE system can store up to 4000 welding cycles and sum them up into a PDF file. This report can be transferred to a PC/laptop through a USB port and data-management software.

High Quality Butt Fusion Welding

“SET & GO PRO” is a professional application for smartphones and Android tablets that forever changes the way to work with the Ritmo Easy Life butt fusion machines.

“SET & GO PRO” brings together ease of use, innovation, and quality in a system with the advantages of a CNC welding system but with significantly reduced costs.

It eliminates the expensive hardware of data-logging and offers the highest quality at the lowest cost.
Note: SET & GO PRO is only available on Android phones.
From Apple App Store you can use only SET & GO.

Videos

160-500mm Titan Double Pipe Clamp

Uni Rotary Scraper

Squeeze Off Tool 20-63mm

ELEKTRA M

ELEKTRA XL

Ritmo BASIC Range

Ritmo EASY LIFE Automatic Range

Ritmo SET AND GO PRO App

Ritmo KELA Pipe Alignment Clamps

Ritmo RTC Rotary Scrapers

Remedy 500

Ritmo – Remedy 1000 EL

Ritmo Topgear 630 Preview

Ritmo Turbo Pipe Scrapers Ø 16 ÷ 125 mm

Internal Debeading

PE Weld Bank

Datalogging and QA made easy!

PE Weld Bank for Butt Welding uses 2 Bluetooth sensors which are fitted to your machine and paired to your smartphone or tablet. Through these sensors your PE Weld Bank smartphone App records and prompts the operator throughout all phases of the Butt-Welding process. Once completed, the information is then stored in your PE Weld Bank file for review or distribution to your client.

PE Weld Bank is compatible to all makes and models of Butt-Welding machines.
UPG are the NZ agents for this system, and we would welcome the opportunity to discuss further with you and the benefits this system offers.