Lead-free leaders Sponsored by Watts Water Technologies Watts launches residential fire protection product line
NORTH ANDOVER, MASS.— Watts has launched its residential fire protection line, a selection of products designed for home sprinkler systems. This line brings the Watts technologies you already know and trust into the world of fire protection, providing time and cost savings, a single point of purchase, and the confidence of an established, trusted brand. Rounding out Watts’ PEX offering,
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the RF PEX Tubing features a distinctive orange stripe, which makes it easier for inspectors to visually follow Fire Protection tubing throughout the installation and significantly speeds inspections. The
PROVIDING ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY products is not just the right thing to do, it’s the law. The Reduction of Lead in Drinking Water Act (S. 3874) was signed into law on January 4, 2011. This act comes after the very successful 2006 California law (A. B. 1953), which requires manufacturers to phase out potential exposure from materials in drinking water applications by 2010. The new Reduction of Lead in Drinking Water Act strengthens and clarifies national standards for drinking water. With implementation of this new law just 36 months away, lead-free plumbing is fast becoming the standard across the nation for plumbing products. For more than 15 years, Concast Metal
Products Co. continues to stay ahead of the curve by manufacturing environmentally friendly materials with extremely low lead content, often as low as .05%. Concast started producing lead- free copper alloys back in 1993 — naming them GreenAlloys™. Al Barbour, president and CEO, saw green products becoming a consumer trend. “Progressive companies recognize that consumers are demanding eco-friendly products,” he explains. “This is why we decided to partner with Federal Metals, in 1993, [to] become the only domestic foundry licensed to produce the Federalloy® series of lead-free copper alloys.” Founded in 1891 in Mars, Pennsylvania
USA, Concast has grown into an industry leader as a single-source supplier built on strength and stability. Concast is leading the way with environmental regulatory
product line also reduces installation time and cost by using a fitting connection that installers already know — the popular CrimpRing® fitting — which has long been one of
the fastest and safest methods in the industry for permanently installing PEX plumbing. The product line includes: Watts
RF PEX™ Tubing, Watts Lead Free RF PEX™ Fittings and Watts Lead Free RF PEX™ Sprinkler Fittings. Watts RF PEX Sprinkler Fittings are designed to accept all standard ½ residential sprinkler heads and will work with a variety of sprinkler head brands. As a convenience, Watts offers a variety of Viking Residential Sprinkler Heads — including both pendent and decorative concealed styles — in both lead-free and standard materials.
Concast Metals Products — On the forefront of being green
responsibility by manufacturing a wide selection of low-lead and lead-free alloys. Ranging from aluminum bronze to high tin bronze, GreenAlloys™ are manufactured to ASTM B standards and specifications. With products that contain lead content as low as .05%, Concast delivers a broad range of alloys that are free of the elements that threaten health and the environment. The Green initiative is present in nearly
every industry especially plumbing. New regulations are requiring plumbing industry manufacturers to explore material alternatives beyond the traditional leaded brass for producing these products. GreenAlloys™ are an excellent option for plumbing manufacturers because of their exceptional quality and selection. “While lead is replaced by other elements, the product [GreenAlloys™] still offers lubricity, tightness, wear, strength, hardness and machinability,” explains Barbour. Also,
“you can choose from a number of product GreenAlloys™ lines for your regulatory compliant material needs including: Eco Brass®, Federalloy®, Standard GreenAlloys™ and custom alloys” he adds. Also, these environmentally friendly alloys are available in solid, tube, rectangular, hex and shapes to fit your application-specific needs. As more and more consumers are
asking for environmentally friendly products, a huge benefit in today’s marketplace is the amount of recycled content within products. Thirty of Concast’s alloys are certified as recycled content by Scientific Certification
Systems (SCS), a recognized independent third-party certifier. SCS is a global leader in the independent certification of environmental, sustainability, food quality and food purity claims. For more than 25 years, SCS has developed internationally recognized standards and certification programs in pursuit of the highest level of environmental performance and social accountability. Concast is the only continuous cast
metals manufacturer with products certified as recycled content by the SCS. Using Concast certified alloys in a product or project qualifies for LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) MR 4.2 credits through the U.S. Green Building Council. Concast meets exacting standards by
tracking each order through the entire manufacturing process. Every step of the process is documented and each product is bar-coded to ensure traceability. As an ISO 9001 certified manufacturer, Concast continues to exceed market and industry demand for greater diversity, higher quality and more eco-friendly products. GreenAlloys™ have a proven track
record for quality. These lead-free alloys are recognized by the plumbing and water- handling industries as products of choice to ensure compliance with standards as well as a safer and healthier water supply. Many are available for immediate shipment. Concast maintains the largest inventory of standard stock, continuous- cast alloys in North America with more than 875 standard product sizes in a 50,000-square-foot warehouse.
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