TULSA, Okla. — McElroy’s new Socket Tooling Kits are set to simplify the work lives of contractors. The kits offer contractors an opportunity to purchase a complete tooling set that includes a Multi-Mc® heater, heater sling, heater adapters, ratchet shears, chamfer tools/depth gauges, spare chamfer blade and cold ring tools. By offering a complete kit, McElroy was able to put the kits in a specially designed tool box with a custom tray to hold the …
Read MoreMcElroy’s Hydraulic Clamping Retrofit Added to Third Machine Size
TULSA, Okla. — McElroy has introduced Hydraulic Clamping retrofit kits for the popular 500 line of fusion machines. The new introduction comes after a successful introduction of the same product for 412 and 618 fusion machines last year. The Hydraulic Clamping kits are installed at local McElroy distributors or ordered preinstalled on new machines. Once installed, operators will find increased speed and productivity of the fusion process. Time usually spent manually clamping the knobs shut …
Read MoreMcElroy University Offers New Productivity Course
TULSA, Okla. — McElroy University, the training division of McElroy, recently announced the addition of a productivity-focused class to the 2010 class schedule. The inaugural class will take place May 17, 2010. Registration is currently open for the class. For more than 30 years, McElroy has been the only pipe fusion machine manufacturer to continuously offer advanced training to enhance fusion technicians’ efficiency, productivity and safety in the proper use of machines and standards. McElroy …
Read More140-Year-Old Manhattan Water Main Rehabilitated Through Trenchless Methods
In “the city that never sleeps,” it seems only right that any construction job match the moniker of Manhattan. For the past two years, workers from contractor Halycon Construction and subcontractor Insituform Technologies Inc. have convened on different blocks of iconic Madison Avenue, to rehabilitate a 140-year-old 48-inch water main running under the street. To alleviate the headaches that could happen by snarling New York City’s rush-hour traffic, workers quickly moved onto sections of the …
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