Cities across the country are facing the costly and urgent task of replacing antiquated water systems that disrupt traffic and interrupt service due to countless, expensive and all-too-familiar water line breaks. In an effort to provide cutting-edge solutions, the Alliance for PE Pipe will be in Tulsa on April 15 to promote high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe as a superior replacement to existing infrastructure. HDPE pipe does not leak, crack, pit or corrode. It also does …
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TULSA, Okla. — Pipeline projects can be delayed significantly or completely shut down due to severe weather. But those obstacles are overcome with McElroy’s launch of the new QuickCamp™ System. The QuickCamp System allows operators to butt fuse polyethylene pipe from 8″ IPS to 36″ OD (225mm to 900mm) day or night within a lighted, insulated and climate-controlled enclosure when conditions are either too wet, windy, hot or cold to fuse pipe outdoors. A single …
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Atlantic Street in Springfield, Mo., is notorious for water line breaks. It has been cut up and torn up more times than anyone can count to make repairs on a 1925 cast iron water main that is buried only three to four feet underneath. Any kind of weather — heat waves, cold snaps, droughts and downpours — can cause the ancient pipe to burst or rip at the joint under the patched street. A recent …
Read MoreTULSA, Okla. — McElroy is pleased to announce the addition of a new distributor that will sell and service our wide range of fusion machines in Northern Africa. The distributor is Soudure Plastique of Casablanca, Morocco, an established company specializing in polyethylene (PE) pipe equipment and electrofusion machines used in the gas and water industry. “Our products continue to attract distributors all over the world who want to offer the best and most reliable equipment …
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