TULSA, Okla. — McElroy, the pipe fusion experts, will exhibit at the 2011 CONEXPO-CON/AGG Show in Las Vegas on March 22 -26. The show will be located at the Las Vegas Convention Center, with McElroy located at booth S-750. McElroy will exhibit the most dynamic range of pipe fusion products and productivity tools in the company’s history. Products scheduled to appear include: The MegaMc 1600 — The 1600 is the world’s largest pipe fusion machine. …
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McElroy Introduces Rolling 28 Hand-Pump Fusion Machine
TULSA, Okla. — McElroy’s new Rolling 28 Hand-Pump (HP) fusion machine combines the versatility and convenience of a rolled chassis with a hand-pump fusion carriage for fusing 2-inch IPS through 8-inch DIPS high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe sizes (63mm through 225mm). The Rolling 28 HP features a double-action hand pump that works in unison with high-velocity cylinders to create fast carriage speeds for quick opens and closes during fusion processes. The new machine comes standard with …
Read MoreMcElroy Releases In Field® Tensile Tester
TULSA, Okla. — The new McElroy In Field® Tensile Tester gives contractors and pipeliners the ability to quickly and accurately test high-density polyethylene (HDPE) butt fusion joints in the field. In the past, quality assurance testing of butt fusion joints required cutting part of a completed joint out of a pipeline and sending that test sample to an off-site laboratory. The results of the testing would then take hours or days to return. Another popular …
Read MoreMcElroy’s Pit Bull 26 is Unleashed
TULSA, Okla. —The Pit Bull® 26 fusion machine from McElroy has been unleashed. The machine can fuse a variety of polypropylene-random (PP-R) pipe sizes, and is ideal for the popular 160mm (6-inch) PP-R piping size. The Pit Bull 26 is designed to provide contractors a go-to machine for their day-to-day PP-R butt fusion operations. The design of the machine is similar to one of McElroy’s best-selling machines for the polyethylene pipe industry, the Pit Bull® …
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