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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 …

Meet your January/February Champion of Fusion!

March 9, 2023April 3, 2023 by Larissa Copeland | Posted in Articles & Job Stories, CONNECTIONS

Congratulations to Clint Black, McElroy’s first monthly Champion of Fusion!

Find the right sidewall heater adapter with our online tool

February 15, 2023April 3, 2023 by Larissa Copeland | Posted in Articles & Job Stories, CONNECTIONS, Featured, INFUSION

McElroy offers several different Sidewinder heater adapters, and coupled with the wide variability of main and branch sizes, it’s essential to choose the correct heater adapter for the job.

Fuse Existing Lines Without Interruption with Hot Tap Tools

April 28, 2022June 9, 2022 by Larissa Copeland | Posted in Articles & Job Stories, CONNECTIONS, INFUSION

McElroy’s Hot Tap Tools make it possible to add new service connections to live water or gas mains while keeping existing services up and running. The tools have been available for a number of years and are available in imperial sizes and metric sizes for Polyethylene as well as a tool specifically designed for Polypropylene pipe.