Morain to become rental house for McElroy polypropylene pipe fusion equipment

Tulsa, Okla. — McElroy is pleased to announce the addition of a new rental partner, Morain Sales & Service, that will serve as a rental house offering a full line of polypropylene pipe fusion products. McElroy designs the most efficient and reliable equipment in the world to fit the increasing demands for highly-durable, fusible pipe systems. The Mineral Ridge, Ohio-based company will rent fusion tools and accessories primarily to McElroy’s polypropylene distributors in the United …


McElroy Reports On Success of Certified McElroy Rental Program

TULSA, Okla. — McElroy, the leading manufacturer of pipe fusion equipment, is celebrating the success of the Certified McElroy Rental Program. Certified McElroy Rental machines undergo a rigorous checklist and regimen by participating McElroy distributors in order to provide customers with the most reliable fusion machine rentals in the marketplace. The 2-year-old program is a partnership between participating McElroy distributors and McElroy. Distributors use a comprehensive checklist created by McElroy to check fusion machines after …


Unique Slipline Project Solves Problematic Springfield Water Mains

Within eye shot of the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts, a double-barreled pipeline runs underneath the Connecticut River. The paired pipelines are one of three water main crossings that pass under New England’s longest river to service the communities of Springfield, Ludlow, Agawam, Longmeadow, East Longmeadow and several others. Like much of America’s infrastructure, the key pipelines were aging and precarious until a 2011 sliplining operation gave the pipelines new life. Likely constructed …


Route 66 Community Turns to Polyethylene for Water Main Fix

A small Oklahoma town nestled on Route 66 recently replaced one of two key pipelines that bring potable water into the city. Sayre, home to approximately 4,000 residents, is served by two pipelines that bring water into the city. Those two lines come into the city by crossing the North Fork of the Red River under the protection of a bridge that carries traffic in and out of the community. One of those lines suspended …