Milton Keynes, UK — Two McElroy DynaMc® Auto models are now available for fusing high-density polyethylene pipes sized from 63mm up to 340mm. The DynaMc Auto 250 and 412 are McElroy’s newest fusion machines that operate within automated parameters set forth by UK gas industry specification PL2-3 and UK water industry specification 4-32-08. McElroy, which recently opened a new technical centre in Milton Keynes, designed the low interfacial pressure DynaMc Auto machines to be extremely …
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McElroy Rolls Out New DynaMc® Hand Pump Models
TULSA, Okla. — The newest additions to the McElroy line of fusion machines are the DynaMc® Hand Pumps (HP). The machines are designed for job sites where only a few joints are required or tight in-ditch working environments. Three HP models — the 28, 250 and 412 — are currently available for order. Combined, the three models can fuse high-density polyethylene pipes sized from 2″ IPS to 12″ DIPS (63mm — 340mm). Each of the …
Read MoreHDPE Making Headway In Water Industry
Tonopah, Arizona — One of the largest water wholesalers in the country got their first taste of what a growing number of water companies in the U.S. already know — the financial bottom-line for water projects using high-density polyethylene (HDPE) is the same color as the pipe — black. That’s what officials at the Central Arizona Water Conservation District (CAWCD) discovered when they let their bid-winning contractor value engineer a 15,000-foot pipeline for the Tonopah …
Read MorePipeline Bores Under Yaquina Bay
Recently the coastal city of Newport Oregon received a new $20 million wastewater treatment plant. The plant it will replace is located on the opposite side of Yaquina Bay, which the city surrounds. The old plant is still used to pump the treated refuse to its final destination over a mile offshore so the two plants needed to be connected with two separate pipelines. One line to bring raw sewage to the new plant and …
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