Pipe Fusion Trends and Insights From a Land Down Under

Pipe fusion innovations, opportunities, and challenges facing industrial sectors don’t concern one nation: it’s a global issue and one ripe for discussion. Host Daniel Litwin tapped two Venezuelans to help him out for a peek inside the Australian pipe fusion market. McElroy Australia’s Sergio Arellano, International Sales Manager, and Sergio Yibrin, International Tech Service Manager, brought their wealth of industry knowledge and expertise to Connections from that great land below the equator. A mechanical engineer …

Benefits of a LineTamer®

by Sara Kleinecke | Posted in Articles & Job Stories, CONNECTIONS

The LineTamer® is used to straighten and re-round coiled pipe primarily in the natural gas industry, but it’s also used in other applications such as water, propane, conduit, and oil and natural gas collection. Watch this video to learn more about the capabilities of this jobsite accessory and some common ways it’s used out in the field.

LineTamer® Offers Productivity Solution for Arkansas Oklahoma Gas Corp.

by Sara Kleinecke | Posted in Articles & Job Stories, CONNECTIONS

The versatility of the LineTamer® offers an operator many options for handling coiled pipe on the jobsite. With its capabilities to straighten and re-round 3” to 6” IPS coiled pipe to meet or exceed ASTM D 2513 ovality requirements, it safely removes the coil set for quicker installations. Arkansas Oklahoma Gas Corp. (AOG) in Fort Smith, Arkansas regularly works with long runs of pipe and the LineTamer helps increase productivity because it prevents the crew from having to make a fusion every 40-feet.