Panama is facing terrible problems with water loss due to faulty piping systems. The leakage rate is currently more than 50 percent which means more than half of their water supply never reaches the consumer. But the good news is that Panama is one of the leading countries in Central America that are investing in infrastructure with several big projects anticipated in the near future.
The DataLogger 6 allows users to collect more information from jobsites than ever before. In addition to fusion joint data and a real-time graph for visual review of each joint, the DataLogger 6 captures GPS locations of each joint, pipe and operator information and much more.
The Operator’s Manuals are an essential part of your McElroy machine, and we are in the process of making some additions to these must-have books to make your machine experience even better. We thought the newly-launched Polygon™, which was announced in last month’s newsletter, would be the best place to start.
Bryan Marks, owner of Great Lakes Fusion in Durand, Mich., has worked in the landfill industry his entire life. His company specializes in HDPE pipe fusion and the installation of methane and leachate collection systems as well as excavation and drilling. We caught up with him and his crew recently at one of his many jobsites throughout the Midwest to learn more about his work and why he fuses pipe exclusively with McElroy machines.