Hello! I'm Bruce Lecky. I'm with Drader Manufacturing.
And I'm going to show you how to repair this garbage can
with the Drader Injectiweld Plastic Welding Equipment.
Many thousands of garbage carts like this are repaired every day
with the Drader Injectiweld.
Garbage can manufactures usually have an excellent warranty program
in place with their costumers.
But sometimes the garbage cans do break
and they are not covered on the warranty
and they can be repaired. And that's what I'm going to show today.
This garbage cart is quite damaged.
Normally a cart that is this damaged might not be repaired.
But I want to show you what the Injectiweld can do.
The cart is cracked through the top, and there is a piece in the back missing.
I do not want the crack to travel any further.
So I will melt the hole at the end of the crack to reduce the stress.
Make sure the weld area is clean.
I will use the Drader Stick Scraper to etch a path for me to follow
with the Drader tip.
I will explain how the Drader makes strong welds.
Two things are being accomplished right now.
The welding tip melts into the plastic,
and molten welding rod is being injecting into the weld zone.
I'm letting the welding rod cool off a bit then I will trim off the excess weld bead.
Both the garbage cart and the welding rod are made of polyethylene.
Now I'm going to weld from the bottom of the crack to this point up here.
I have set the Drader Injectiweld's temperature to 265˚C.
You can see how the tip melts into the plastic.
I've used my knife to trim off the weld bead but I do not have to.
This time I will leave the weld bead intact.
I'm going to weld the front side of the damaged cart.
You might not see the crack on the video
but it goes right through to the back.
It is easy to see the Injectiweld's tip melting into the parent material.
Melting plastic at the weld zone is essential to ensure a strong weld.
I will use my knife on all front side welds just for appearance's sake.
Now I will use the Drader Injectiweld to repair the top of the garbage can.
I will start by making a few spot welds to hold the crack together.
I can not weld from both sides here so I am going to go slowly
to ensure that I melt the plastic right down to the root.
After trimming the weld bead flush with the cart.
I'm going to go back and fill in the areas that need refilling.
I'm going to use the Injectiweld to make a plastic patch.
Normally garbage carts this damaged might not be repaired.
However I want to show the ability of the welder.
The trick to make an effective plastic patch with the Injectiweld
is to make sure the tip comes into contact with at least
some part of the parent material.
Remember, one has to achieve a melt in order to get a high quality weld.
The molten welding rod comes out of the Injectiweld
with enough pressure to ensure
that there is good mixing between parent material and welding rod.
This is an important point about the Injectiweld
because most plastic welders can not offer self regulating pressure.
Hmmm! Don't try this at home.
Now I will finish welding the front of the damaged cart.
The heated tip of Drader Injectiweld melts into the plastic
before it injects molten plastic into the weld zone.
The combination of hot tip and proper injection pressure
really sets the Injectiweld apart from
other plastic welding systems.
If you are looking for an industrial plastic welder
that's easy to use and provides high quality welds.
Then perhaps the Drader Injectiweld will be the best choice for you.
I'm using the Drader Scraper Blade to get rid of any welding under-cuts.
This can add the strength of the repair.
Now to fill in a couple of holes. And then we are done.