Hey welcome to another job site live, here with RIDGID, we're in Alera, Ohio. We're excited to have
you again. Today we're going to go through all things press tools including, our two new press
tools that i know you're really interested in learning more about. The new RP 350 and the
new RP 342 XL. Today we have Michael Pravizano, our global product manager over pressing and we also
pulled Adam Daniels, one of our territory managers, out from the field in here to help showcase all
of our press tools. A few things before we get started. If you have questions we are going to
answer those real time today, so there is a little field along the bottom of the screen. Ask questions
as you wish throughout today's presentation. Mitch Barton who is our global director of
pressing, he will be answering those real time his handle is Mitch Barton 51, so look for him uh
if you have questions you want us to ask at the end. To Michael and to Adam, feel free to ask the
question through the little question icon you see at the bottom of the screen, so click that question,
ask it and we will address it at the end. Today we're going to give away four RIDGID Carhartt hats.
So stay tuned four lucky winners will be receiving that, and we're going to go ahead and get started
go ahead Michael. Thank you Becky, so RIDGID brought press technology to the north American market, over
20 years ago. Since then, we've developed the most robust line of press tools in the market.
They make quick and reliable connections on pex, copper, stainless steel and carbon steel
and we've designed them, to meet the needs of both service and new installation for.
For residential, commercial, industrial and marine environments. Now last time we talked
all things, rings, actuators, jaws and attachments. Today we're going to talk tools, but you will
see Vega fittings in our presentation today. We partnered with Vega over 20 years ago and we're
two premium brands, that have helped our customers make over 500 million successful presses to date.
At this point, I'm going to turn it over to Adam to talk about, which tool might be right for you.
So when we're talking press tools and we're talking about our press tool platform family.
We have three different platforms to choose from, first and foremost we do have our compact press
tools, that would be our RP241 and our RP240. Both of these press tools have capacities from
half inch to inch and a half on pets, half inch to inch and a quarter on copper and stainless steel
and both tools both do half and three quarter inch black pipe. Both of these tools are very ergonomic.
Very small, very very good use for residential use light commercial, new installs.
Our smallest family of press tools. Moving up, we do have our standard line of press tools.
This is our RP350, this will do a half inch up to four inch copper and stainless half
inch up to two inch pecks and half inch up to two inch mega press. This is great for all
lines of your pressing needs whether it be, new installs, commercial, industrial marine.
and I'll turn it over to Michael, to talk about our extended family of crystals.
So our extended family, consists of really cool tools two tools, you have the press booster here
and you also have the RP342XL. Now the RP350 and the RP342XL, compress from half inch to two inch
pecs, half inch to four inch copper and stainless steel and when you attach the booster to the 350,
both the RP350 and the 342XL. Compressed from two and a half inch to four inch carbon steel.
Now these tools are great for: anybody that's doing large commercial work, industrial work and marine
applications. Really if you're pressing a lot of mega press XL. The RP342XL is going to be the tool
for you. Turn it back to Adam, to discuss compact tools specifically. So when it comes to compact
press tools, the reality and the differences is in the grip and what you prefer the most.
Both tools have the same size capacities, the differences in the RP241, is we have a nice
inline ergonomic design, the handle is forward facing, so it gives you better balance in your hand.
We also have their traditional style pistol grips tool. Which is the RP240, so that way you
can pick and choose what feels best for you, what is most comfortable in your hands and
what's going to help you get your job done faster and easier and more productive during the day.
So we talked about our different product lines, we talked about the different size materials
different materials, that we can press, so we're going to go through here and then on the RP 241.
We do have an led indicator lights on the back and what this does will give you real, in time
indication on what's going on with your tool. Both of these tools both offer the same led indicator
lights for real-time tool analysis. As well as bluetooth connectivity, you can connect these
tools to your phone or smart device using the RIDGID link app and within that app, you
can actually track your tool, where it was last connected to your phone at, you can connect it and
check your prices, your presses, your cycle account history. How many presses are actually on this tool,
so that way you know how many times this tool has been pressed, when it needs to go in for service
and actually show you where your nearest service center is. So on the RP241 inline, we do have the
viega pureflow text draws on here and across all of our families we have a simple pin connection.
That will actually remove and change your heads, so you can choose to press whatever
material you're pressing. So we'll slide that back in make sure it's fully locked.
Here we have a pex fitting. We are going to first make sure our pex is fully inserted, open our jaws.
Make our pressure under five seconds. Release and it's that simple, so that is our RP241.
Moving over to the RP240 again, same pin style design. here we have on a set of copper jaws.
These do have a 180 degree swivel, so you can swivel this whichever way you want to get into
those tight spots, those crawl spaces, those attic joists together on a stub out. Again
we have our vega pure flow, our vega fittings we make sure they're fully inserted and we've
actually pre-marked this, so I know that my pipe is fully inserted into the fitting. Turn my tool on.
Again make sure that my fitting is firmly seated within my jaw and I can turn this any way I need to.
Just like that and to go over our RP350 I'll turn over the mic.
So the RP350 is the latest tool in our, our latest generation in our standard product lineup.
It features uh, actually before I get into that I want to mention- so last time we talked last month
we were had this tool available for pre-orders. At this point, I can confirm that we are shipping
this tool. Uh and what makes this tool stand out is- it features a brushless motor that is capable
of over 100,000 press cycles. As a result we're actually launching this tool with no scheduled
maintenance required. Now this tool also features 360 degree swivel, that's the first in the industry.
That is beneficial to get into really tight spaces from a variety of angles.
It also features, the most advanced led lighting in the industry.
So as I depress the trigger here, you'll see that light come on and you can see
it's incredibly light, bright light which is great for low light and no light applications.
We also have color-coded status indicators on the back here, it's going to give you a variety
information: one it's going to let you know when the tool is ready to use. It's also going to let
you know when that tool is connected to Bluetooth. Adam shared with you the, the
functionality of our Bluetooth system. Just like our compact tools, our standard tool here RP350
has bluetooth as well. We'll let you know when the battery is low that's great, so before you get up
on that ladder you can replace that battery, so you don't have to come back down. Down here there's a
bolt sensor. That bolt sensor is patented by RIDGID and what that does is it protects both the tool.
and most importantly, the user so at this point when I squeeze that trigger, this tool does not
function when that bolts not engaged. I reengage that bolt and it's ready to function. It also let
you know if the tool is out of temperature range, we have a pretty broad range of temperature. But if
it's outside that range, it will not function and then should the tool ever require service. It will
let you know right here. This tool ships with uh in kits with two 18 volt batteries those are two and
a half bat amp batteries and as a result of those batteries and the power efficiency that you get
out of this brushless motor. You are able to press 325 presses on three-quarter inch type l copper.
So again, this is the latest generation of our standard tools uh we are now shipping this tool
uh and right now I'm gonna make a press on. A half inch megapress fitting here so again, we've got
our fitting we're going to close the jaws. On the tool, we've got a nice fast cycle here you'll see.
Just like that you've got a nice pressed uh, fitting on that uh
carbon steel. Step over here and we'll talk extended tools.
So as I said earlier, you can kind of supercharge this RP350.
For those applications when you need to press two and a half inch to four inch carbon steel.
Um you can do that, by using the press booster and you're ready to go it simply attaches to
the head just like any other jaw it's just a bit larger. Now if you're doing a lot of mega press XL.
You can step up to the RP342 XL. This tool is perhaps the most versatile tool
on the market and that's because not only is it compatible with all RIDGID standard series jaws,
rings, actuators and attachments. Once you attach this Vega Z3 actuator, you can press
from two and a half to inch to four inch carbon steel. This tool does have an led light. It also
has color coded status indicators here. But what makes it unique, is its ability to switch.
From standard to it and from extended to standard, so at this point this tool.
Is in extended mode. When I squeeze this trigger here it's going to run
out just for about five seconds. And at that point I can use a quick switch collar, to transition this
to standard tool. So it functions with all of our standard series.
Attachments and press the release button here to draw those rollers back
and and i can then, disengage the pin insert any of those jaws on there and use it as a standard tool.
To transition it back. Run the rollers out, switch the quick switch collar here, hit the
pressure release button and now this tool is back in standard mode and ready to use the Z3 actuator.
To press those large Megapress XL fittings. Which we'll step over here.
Now this is a pre-press fitting. We're going to be pressing this today, so he's just going to
hold it in place until I get the. The actuator engaged. Once it's engaged I can make the press.
So at that point, that fitting is pressed. And we're ready to go.
So, before we finish up today we want to share one more thing. We've talked tools uh and we talked all
of our standard uh, compact standard and extended tools but we're gonna step over here. We're gonna
show you the struts layer as well. So as Michael pointed out, this is our brand new strut slayer.
This fits on our standard family of tools. And what the strut slayer will
do is it will cut and shear strut, standard HM58s or the shallow 1316.
You can buy this in a couple of different ways, you can buy it with a standard set that goes
for a standard engine five eights, you can buy it with a die set just for a shallow thirteen
sixteenths. Or you can buy it with what's called a combo die head. We actually have the combo die head
on here right now, so you can shear standard or shallow strut with the same set of dies.
And we're going to run through this real quick and show you guys a quick uh, quick strut cut.
So I turned my tool on and what you can do is, simply just slide this strut in and through.
and that's how it works i have it slipped through. what's nice about this tool is that-
there is a brace here on the backside.
This acts as a support on the strut, when you make that shear station this will give you a clean
square cut. Every single time with no burrs or no chafes to, to ship to sharpen off.
So we'll slide this through, we'll go ahead and make sure everything's set up. We'll make a cut.
Just like that, you get a nice square clean cut with no burrs. That is the new strut slayer... Michael.
Okay so at this point, we're going to open up for questions that you may have.
And uh, Becky here is going to share those questions with us.
Sure the first question, can the strut slayer cut coded Unistrut on the RP350?
I do not know that we'll actually have to respond to that in the comments, I believe it does not
um. But we will uh, ensure that we get an answer for that and uh comment back on that.
Sure, so is the RP 241 Bluetooth compatible? Yes absolutely, so they
are compact and standard tools. The RP240, 241 and 350 now are all Bluetooth enabled.
All right, we have a few more questions. Can I use my old 340 jaws and rings with the new
RP350? Absolutely, we designed the RP350 to function with all RIDGID standard series jaws rings.
Actuators and attachments. Okay, what gives you the confidence to drop scheduled service?
So we we did an enormous amount of testing with this RP350. We tested ironically, over 350 tools
and we did over 22 million cycles. And in those, those testing. The vast majority of the tools
performed well over 100,000 cycles. With that brushless motor, before they failed so we're very
confident in the quality of this RP350 tool. Okay, we have another question about the stretch layer.
When will I get the stretch layer I ordered? So we have been shipping these tools. We've been on a
little bit of a backlog, but I can say that we are catching up and uh actually by the end of
this month uh. We expect to be caught up on orders, so we will be continuing to meet the. Really strong
demand on this tool with, with shipments over the next uh well weeks, months, years so forth. Okay.
And why and when would I buy a RIDGID RP XL versus a new RP350? So we'll step over here for this one.
So the RP350 is a tremendous tool and it's extremely versatile.
If you're in the commercial space- where you're doing a half inch pex or a half inch copper
and that's the majority of your presses you're going for the R350. Now if you're, you're
doing still doing some of that mega press XL, that's when you want to get the booster. But if
you're doing the majority of your presses as a smaller diameter uh, copper pecks even megapress
you're going to want um, the RP350 with the booster. If you're doing a lot of mega press XL.
Two and a half inch to four inch carbon steel. That's when you're going to want the rp342xl. Again,
they function the same way, you're going to get the same quality press out of both tools but this tool
is just a little lighter, it's a little easier to handle than uh our RP350 with the press booster.
Okay, so step back over here and we'll close up here. So last month, we did review everything jaws,
rings, actuators and attachments uh. Next month join us for a review of the flex shaft product
uh, we will be really excited to share that uh. If you ever have questions about, what actuators, jaws,
rings go with what tools you can reference this cross reference tool. That link is going to be
in our bio. To access that, uh should you ever need any more information. You can either
contact your RIDGID rep or your distributor rep or you can go to www.RIDGID.com forward slash
press tools. Thank you very much everybody and we look forward to speaking with you next month.