McElroy adds to TracStar® iSeries lineup

TULSA, OK – McElroy’s TracStar® iSeries family is growing. Building off the strong legacy of McElroy’s three existing TracStar® iSeries machines – the TracStar® 630i, 900i, and 1200i – McElroy is thrilled to announce the addition of the TracStar® 412i and TracStar® 618i. Like their current Series 2 counterparts, the TracStar 412i is designed to fuse pipe sizes from 4-inch IPS to 12-inch DIPS (110mm to 340mm), and the TracStar 618i fuses pipe from 6-inch …

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HDPE pipelines keep Pennsylvania frack pad running

In winter 2022, near the small Pennsylvania community of Wind Ridge, a project was underway to install high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe as the sole piping material of a hydraulic fracturing – or fracking – operation. Fracking is a method of extracting oil or natural gas from within the earth. During a fracking operation, cracks or seams in the earth’s crust are injected with water at high pressure and widened, releasing the oil or natural gas …

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