Michels, McElroy keep natural gas flowing in Minneapolis

April 15, 2024April 15, 2024 by Larissa Copeland | Posted in Articles & Job Stories, CONNECTIONS, Featured, Featured in this months CONNECTIONS email

In Minneapolis, Minnesota, keeping the natural gas flowing in winter is a top priority. Just north of the Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, work was underway in November 2022 to replace existing natural gas lines with long-lasting HDPE to keep the heat flowing for decades to come. Several McElroy TracStar® 28 and TracStar 412 machines, Pit Bull® 14 machines, and Sidewinders® were brought in to fuse the thousands of feet of Medium-Density Polyethylene (MDPE) pipe involved …

HDPE vents boost renewable energy capture in Ohio landfill

June 7, 2023July 10, 2023 by Larissa Copeland | Posted in Articles & Job Stories, CONNECTIONS

In November 2022, fusion technicians were working to complete the latest vent release pipes at a landfill near Lowellville, Ohio, about 80 miles (130 km) from Cleveland. Using a DynaMc® 28 Hand Pump, a Pit Bull® 14, Pit Bull 26, and Rolling 28, along with a TracStar® 618, crews fused HDPE pipe vents that will join hundreds of others dotting the landscape of the landfill. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), methane makes …

Save time, money with McElroy Productivity Packages

August 26, 2022October 10, 2022 by Larissa Copeland | Posted in CONNECTIONS, INFUSION

Improve efficiency in the field with McElroy’s Productivity Packages, available for both the Pit Bull® 14 and 26 machines.

PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT – Pit Bull^® 14

March 16, 2022April 14, 2022 by Sharon McElroy | Posted in Articles & Job Stories, CONNECTIONS

This McElroy Pit Bull 14 on the jobsite in Florida is a compact, lightweight, highly reliable and rugged fusion machine that fuses 1” IPS to 4” DIPS (32mm to 110mm) pipe.