RED DEER, Alberta — A new product by McElroy called the QuickCamp™ System was successfully tested recently at a jobsite in Canada, attracting area contractors and engineers who traveled there to get a firsthand look at the unique shelter and pipe-handling system at work. The QuickCamp – designed to protect the pipe fusion operator and fusion joints from outside conditions – became available just as Knibb Developments was beginning construction on a 10-kilometer wastewater pipeline …
Tulsa, Okla. — McElroy, the world’s leading maker of thermoplastic pipe fusion machines, has released its latest socket fusion tool for polypropylene (PP) pipe installations – the Spider™ 125 with Universal Clamping. The unique design of the Spider 125 makes it the ideal socket fusion tool for installations using 63mm to 125mm PP pipe in overhead, vertical and tight work spaces. The new Universal Clamping feature allows the latest Spider 125 model to accommodate any …
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 …
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 …