--- product_id: 262458758 title: "FOLAI Copper Tube Expander Manual Expansion Tool Universal Manual Refrigeration Tool Copper Tube Slide Tool Tube Expander 0.64 cm 5/16 cm 3/8 cm 1/2 inch 5/8 inch 5/8 inch 3/4 inch 7/8 inch" brand: "folai" price: "FREE" currency: TND in_stock: true reviews_count: 5 url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/262458758-folai-copper-tube-expander-manual-expansion-tool-universal-manual-refrigeration store_origin: TN region: Tunisia --- # 7 tube sizes (6-22mm) universal fit Hinge design for stable, swing-free operation Zinc-iron alloy for long-lasting durability FOLAI Copper Tube Expander Manual Expansion Tool Universal Manual Refrigeration Tool Copper Tube Slide Tool Tube Expander 0.64 cm 5/16 cm 3/8 cm 1/2 inch 5/8 inch 5/8 inch 3/4 inch 7/8 inch **Brand:** folai **Price:** FREE **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 🔩 Expand your potential with precision and ease! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** FOLAI Copper Tube Expander Manual Expansion Tool Universal Manual Refrigeration Tool Copper Tube Slide Tool Tube Expander 0.64 cm 5/16 cm 3/8 cm 1/2 inch 5/8 inch 5/8 inch 3/4 inch 7/8 inch by folai - **How much does it cost?** FREE with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/262458758-folai-copper-tube-expander-manual-expansion-tool-universal-manual-refrigeration) ## Best For - folai enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted folai brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **One-Handed Operation:** Simply press and release the handle for automatic reset—efficiency meets ease in your workflow. - • **Essential for HVAC Pros:** Perfect for maintaining refrigerators, air conditioners, and freezers—stay ahead in your trade. - • **Ergonomic Hinge Mechanism:** Innovative hinge design eliminates handle swing, ensuring precise and stable expansion every time. - • **Robust Zinc-Iron Alloy Build:** Crafted for longevity, this tool withstands heavy use without compromising performance. - • **Universal Tube Compatibility:** Expands copper tubes from 1/4" to 7/8" effortlessly, covering all your refrigeration needs. ## Overview The FOLAI Copper Tube Expander is a professional-grade manual tool designed for precise expansion of copper tubes ranging from 6mm to 22mm. Featuring a stable hinge mechanism and durable zinc-iron alloy construction, it offers effortless one-handed operation ideal for HVAC maintenance and refrigeration repairs. ## Description Easy to use, Only need to gently press the handle to use, let go will automatically reset the package Universal wide-range tubing expander. With Hinge designed, which can avoid the swing of the handle, ensuring stable operation. Convenient expanding and exact expanding result. ube O.D.: 1/4", 5/16", 3/8", 1/2", 5/8", 3/4", 7/8"(6mm, 8mm, 9mm, 10mm, 12mm, 16mm, 19mm, 22mm). Robust and durable. Using the most simple structure for brass pipe expanding. Made of zinc-iron alloy materials, long time to use. Hand Expanding Tool Universal Hand Refrigeration Tools are widely used in the maintenance of refrigerators, air conditioners, freezers, and other refrigeration equipment. ## Features - Easy to use, Only need to gently press the handle to use, let go will automatically reset the package - Universal wide range tubing expander. With Hinge designed, which can avoid the swing of the handle, ensuring stable operation. Convenient expanding and exact expanding result. - ube O.D.: 1/4", 5/16", 3/8", 1/2", 5/8", 3/4", 7/8"(6mm, 8mm, 9mm, 10mm, 12mm, 16mm, 19mm, 22mm). - International products have separate terms, are sold from abroad and may differ from local products, including fit, age ratings, and language of product, labeling or instructions. - Universal wide-range tubing expander. With Hinge designed, which can avoid the swing of the handle, ensuring stable operation. Convenient expanding and exact expanding result. - Robust and durable. Using the most simple structure for brass pipe expanding. Made of zinc-iron alloy materials, long time to use. - Hand Expanding Tool Universal Hand Refrigeration Tools are widely used in the maintenance of refrigerators, air conditioners, freezers, and other refrigeration equipment. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Manufacturer | FOLAI | | Part number | FENDI2118 | | Item Weight | 358 g | | Package Dimensions | 19.81 x 17.4 x 3.71 cm; 358 g | | Item model number | FENDI2118 | | Color | Silver | | Material | Copper | | Item Package Quantity | 1 | | Batteries Included? | No | | Batteries Required? | No | ## Product Details - **Brand:** FOLAI - **Material:** Copper - **Colour:** Silver - **Outside diameter:** 0.63 Inches - **UPC:** 662211015077 ## Images ![FOLAI Copper Tube Expander Manual Expansion Tool Universal Manual Refrigeration Tool Copper Tube Slide Tool Tube Expander 0.64 cm 5/16 cm 3/8 cm 1/2 inch 5/8 inch 5/8 inch 3/4 inch 7/8 inch - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51cf3ad+uFL.jpg) ![FOLAI Copper Tube Expander Manual Expansion Tool Universal Manual Refrigeration Tool Copper Tube Slide Tool Tube Expander 0.64 cm 5/16 cm 3/8 cm 1/2 inch 5/8 inch 5/8 inch 3/4 inch 7/8 inch - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61Y-MEbbiAL.jpg) ![FOLAI Copper Tube Expander Manual Expansion Tool Universal Manual Refrigeration Tool Copper Tube Slide Tool Tube Expander 0.64 cm 5/16 cm 3/8 cm 1/2 inch 5/8 inch 5/8 inch 3/4 inch 7/8 inch - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41QYBlk3mvL.jpg) ![FOLAI Copper Tube Expander Manual Expansion Tool Universal Manual Refrigeration Tool Copper Tube Slide Tool Tube Expander 0.64 cm 5/16 cm 3/8 cm 1/2 inch 5/8 inch 5/8 inch 3/4 inch 7/8 inch - Image 4](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61nyH+VMpNL.jpg) ![FOLAI Copper Tube Expander Manual Expansion Tool Universal Manual Refrigeration Tool Copper Tube Slide Tool Tube Expander 0.64 cm 5/16 cm 3/8 cm 1/2 inch 5/8 inch 5/8 inch 3/4 inch 7/8 inch - Image 5](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61zOn7lnzhL.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Color** options. ## Questions & Answers **Q: Can this tool be used to reshape an out of round copper pipe?** A: I have not used it that way, but presume it would. You may want to try a technique that uses an adjustable wrench set to the pipe OD and rotate it around the warped section. Hope this helps. **Q: Came with any case or cover?** A: Just the package it came in no case or cover it does a fine job **Q: What kind of copper can it expand. Does it do more than soft copper such as L copper?? Thanks** A: Yes but it’s a bit hard. But if you are just soldering instead of brazing, stick to couplings and reducers. **Q: Need to go from 1/2 inch to 3/4 inch inside diameter for copper pipe to fit in kohler fitting. Is this what I need?** A: this tool will do the job but it will be less expensive just to buy a 1/2 to 3/4 copper fitting. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Genius design -simple and effective *by R***T on Reviewed in Canada on 9 June 2022* Worked in the HVAC trade 30 years . it was spend $450 for a swaging tool or struggle making a swage on copper tubing This is so simple and works very well. . Just do the swage in 2 steps and rotate pipe. 2 thumbs up ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Sturdy and works well! *by B***) on Reviewed in the United States on 14 October 2020* I have used this a few times now with great success. Yes, you must rotate the pipe while swaging to maintain a round cross-sectional shape. And, those who complain about split pipe are probably attemtpting to swage hardened (tempered) copper tubing used for water lines. Swaging must be done on soft copper. An end (say ~ 2 inches) of hardened copper can be annealed (softened) by heating with an ordinary propane torch to a cherry red color and then quenching in water. Be aware that "working" copper (via bending, hammering, swaging, etc. also "work hardens" (tempers) the material. However, merely swaging the end of a copper tube does not constitute enough "work hardening" to cause breakage. If the tube is rigid, as for water, it has been hardened and will need to be annealed before swaging to prevent splitting while swaging. That is not a big deal; just heat the end to be swaged with an ordinary propane torch and then dip in room temperature water to quench. After that process, the end to be swaged will be "annealed" and soft enough to swage. After swaging it will be ready to solder. For those unable to finesse the "rotating while expanding" part of the process to achieve an acceptably concentric tube end, I suggest using a tube flaring and swaging kit, many such kits also available here on Amazon. (I have one from Wostore that is very nice, is economical, and does both swaging and flaring. In that case, you lock your tubing into an appropriately-sized hole in a steel swaging bar, install an appropriate-sized swaging die into a swivel connector on a steel yoke (yoke is a type of clamp that locks onto the swaging bar) and then turn a handle to screw the swaging die into the inside diameter of the copper tubing to expand it. The latter method obviously takes many more steps and is thus much slower than using the swaging tool of this listing, but the die makes a perfectly symmetrical expansion without artistic finesse from the user. I believe that most of the problems expressed by frustrated reviewees stem from attempting to swage tempered (hardened) copper without annealing. The video by the seller is not helpul at all and probably adds to the confusion. He appears to be doing the process at breakneck speed to impress would-be buyers with how quickly swaging can be done using his tool. However, the undesirable result is that one can hardly see that he is rotating the tube while he works to maintain a symmetrical expansion. He probably receives many returns as a result, when a purchaser simply inserts the tool into a piece of tubing, squeezes the handle and is disappointed with the asymmetrical result. If the tubing is tempered, both an asymmetrical and split cross section can result. So much confusion due to poor communication, so little time... ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Awesome product *by G***D on Reviewed in Australia on 27 May 2023* Now I don’t have to buy fittings for my still I can just expand the copper and attach it to the existing copper pipe ## Frequently Bought Together - FOLAI Copper Pipe Expander - Universal Hand Tool for Refrigeration & Copper Pipe Swaging - 1/4", "5/16", "3/8", "1/2", "5/8", "3/4", "7/8" inch Tube Expander - 12PCS Swage Tool HVAC Repairing Set with Bit Holder, Air Conditioner Copper Tube Expander Swaging Tool Drill Bit Copper Pipe Swage, 1/4'', 3/8'',1/2'',5/8'',3/4'',7/8'' Bits Set (12PCS) - jiouxip Valve Core Remover Installer Tool and HVAC Service Wrench Set with Hex Bit Adapters, Dual Size SAE 1/4 to 5/16 Port, 5/16'', 3/8'' Refrigeration Service Wrench, 10 Valve Core --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.tn/products/262458758-folai-copper-tube-expander-manual-expansion-tool-universal-manual-refrigeration](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/262458758-folai-copper-tube-expander-manual-expansion-tool-universal-manual-refrigeration) --- *Product available on Desertcart Tunisia* *Store origin: TN* *Last updated: 2026-09-02*