Installation of solar panels with Profipress
In Kosakowo, Poland, a new sports and teaching complex was completed in 2014. The complex includes the school building itself, a library with reading room, dining room, lounge, gym, handball, basketball, volleyball, tennis and badminton courts as well as a swimming pool with complete sanitary facilities. This modern centre is also moving with the times in terms of energy supply, which comes from solar panels.
Connection of flat panel connectors
The solar system includes 155 flat panel collectors that are connected using Viega’s Profipress system with copper press fittings from 15 to 54 mm. Profipress can withstand continuous operation at temperatures up to 120 ºC and pressures up to 16 bar. When installing the flat plate collectors there was therefore no need to use the Profipress S system, whose fittings, equipped with sealing elements made of FKM, are suitable for continuous temperatures up to 140 °C. This special system, however, is required in the case of vacuum collectors.
Safe and rapid installation
By selecting Profipress, the installation contractor opted to work with Viega’s press technology. One of the reasons was that the installers did not have to work with open flames, which are a safety risk. The Viega cold press technology also enables time savings of up to 50% compared to traditional connection methods. In addition, the certified SC-Contur ensures maximum security by enabling instant detection of connections that have inadvertently not been pressed during a leak test.