TurboTorch is a manufacturer of air-fuel and oxy-fuel brazing, soldering, and cutting equipment for HVAC, plumbing, and refrigeration applications. TurboTorch is a brand within the ESAB family and produces a comprehensive line of torches, tips, handles, hoses, gauges, and kits designed for the trade professional. TurboTorch products are manufactured at Victor Equipment Company plants in Denton and Abilene, Texas. The TX Series self-lighting torches feature Extreme Swirl Technology, which generates more heat than conventional hand torches for faster brazing cycles and reduced gas consumption. HVAC technicians, plumbers, and refrigeration contractors specify TurboTorch for copper tube brazing, sweat soldering, and refrigerant line joining across residential and commercial HVAC work.
Product Lines
TX Series Self-Igniting Hand Torches
The TX Series is TurboTorch's line of self-lighting hand torches for HVAC and plumbing brazing and soldering using MAP-Pro or propane fuel. TX Series torches incorporate Extreme Swirl Technology for higher heat output and faster brazing times. The TX-504 covers soft solder from 3/4 to 4 inch on MAPP gas and silver braze from 1/4 to 1 inch on propane, with a self-lighting trigger that eliminates the need for a separate igniter.
Air-Fuel Torches and Outfits
TurboTorch's air-fuel product line includes hand torches, tips, and complete outfits using air-acetylene or air-MAPP gas for brazing and soldering copper tube in HVAC, plumbing, and refrigeration applications. Different tip sizes allow the technician to match heat output to the tube size being brazed.
Oxy-Fuel Torches and Outfits
TurboTorch's oxy-fuel product line includes torches, tips, handles, hoses, and gauges for applications requiring higher flame temperatures than air-fuel combustion produces. Oxy-fuel TurboTorch systems are specified for larger-diameter copper brazing, silver brazing, steel pipe brazing, and cutting — applications where air-fuel combustion doesn't reach the required joint temperature.
Torch Tips and Accessories
TurboTorch produces replacement tips, handles, hoses, quick-disconnect fittings, and carrying cases compatible with the TX Series and air-fuel and oxy-fuel product lines. Tip selection controls heat output for a given torch body, allowing configuration for different tube diameters and joint types without changing the torch handle.
Why Contractors Specify TurboTorch
TurboTorch products are manufactured at Victor Equipment Company plants in Denton and Abilene, Texas. The TX Series Extreme Swirl Technology is cited by HVAC technicians for reducing brazing time on copper refrigerant line joints, relevant on commercial jobs where brazing cycle count affects labor hours. TurboTorch's range covers air-fuel, MAP-Pro/propane hand torches, and oxy-fuel outfits, giving technicians a consistent brand across all brazing heat ranges encountered in HVAC, refrigeration, and plumbing work. The self-lighting TX Series eliminates a separate igniter from the field kit.
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