Using the McElroy DataLogger 6 as a training tool is an excellent way to integrate the practice of data logging into your fused pipeline operations. National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation found that to be the case three years ago when they first started using the DataLogger specifically to train new operators.
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New innovations offered in TracStar® Series 2 line
McElroy announces the launch of a new series in its long-proven TracStar line that is more functional and efficient than ever before. The TracStar Series 2 for medium-diameter pipe now shares a common vehicle that is interchangeable with the 28, 250, 412 and 618 fusion machines for 2” IPS to 18” OD thermoplastic pipe. The cowling was redesigned to provide better airflow and heat dissipation. There is also easier access to the engine when maintenance …
Read MoreMcElroy fusion machines provide leak-free connections at Fort Huachuca
In the late 1800s, the soldiers of Fort Huachuca were in hot pursuit of Geronimo and defending settlers from Apache raids. During World War I, the 10th Cavalry “Buffalo Soldiers,” as the Cheyenne and Comanche referred to them, were assigned there to guard the U.S.-Mexico border and later followed Pancho Villa’s trail to Mexico. Today, Fort Huachuca is not only a national landmark brimming with stories of the Old West, it is home to the …
Read MorePolyethylene Pipe Installation Revitalizes 1800s Neighborhood
Leavenworth, founded in 1854, is the oldest city in Kansas. Workers have actually found some wooden pipelines in their unearthing, but many are cast iron that have long-served their time for the city’s some 36,000 residents. Today they are corroded and they leak and burst.
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