MACHINERY | LARGE DIAMETER PIPE
Levelland site is already one of the largest PE pipe plants in the USA, says the company. Ronnie Wear, vice president of manufacturing,
Above: McElroy India used its TracStar 900 to create a two-mile
pipeline for a fertiliser manufacturer
Storming win Advanced Drainage Systems (ADS) has won the PPI project of the year, in the corrugated plastic pipe division, for its role in a storm water drainage system. To build the new system – while rebuilding one
of the busiest interchanges in South Carolina in the USA – more than 41,000 ft of ADS corrugated HDPE pipe was used. The large diameter, water- tight pipe was chosen for the project because it met AASHTO M294 requirements, has a long projected life and could be delivered to the site on a just-in-time basis. The project involves creating a new interchange within the current interchange by staging construc- tion of new lanes, ramps, and bridges while maintaining traffic. Ten new bridges including two flyovers, rehabilitation of two existing bridge structures, and modifications to the substructure of one existing bridge are also part of this new interchange system.
Pipeline expansion US-based Pipeline Plastics – which extrudes pipes up to 65in (1650mm) – is set to expand manufactur- ing capacity as part of a strategy to provide its products to all regions of the country. The company, which makes polyethylene (PE) pipe for industrial and municipal water as well as the oil and gas industry, currently has manufactur- ing facilities in Decatur and Levelland, in Texas, and Belle Fourche in South Dakota. The expansion will also see the company add a new plant – on the east coast of the USA – in the third quarter of 2019. The company will first add multiple extrusion lines to its Levelland operation in Texas, including a high capacity line with the ability to produce HDPE pipe from 12in IPS to 36in IPS/DIPS (1,000mm). The
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said: “We expect this state-of-the-art extrusion line to be online by the end of the year.” One year ago, it expanded operations at Level- land with the addition of an HDPE pipe extrusion line that makes pipe up to 65in in diameter. Also included in the current expansion is the addition of a second 12in IPS to 36in IPS/DIPS (1,000mm) line at its Belle Fourche operation. This line is expected to be operational in the first quarter of 2019, making extra product sizes available to the Midwest and Western USA. At the recent NPE exhibition in the USA, the company closed a deal for multiple extrusion lines from KraussMaffei Berstorff, which will be used to make smooth wall pressure pipes.
Fertile project
US pipe joining specialist McElroy recently completed its first large-diameter HDPE pipe project in India, for a fertiliser producer. Against competition from local vendors, McElroy India and Dura-Line India were chosen for the project, after a quality team inspected a TracStar 900 machine at McElroy India’s office in Bangalore. The client, Paradeep Phosphates Limited, has a 12m tonnes/year capacity of fertiliser. The new pipeline carries gypsum – in slurry form – more than two miles from the plant to the catchment area. The TracStar 900 is used to make consistent, high-quality joints. One of its advantages is the fusion carriage which is mounted on a rugged track system that is a self-propelled, all-terrain vehicle. Because the TracStar is self-contained, with an onboard generator, there is no need for a separate power source on the job site. The project was finished in 62 days with no joint
failures. This compares favourably with a previous job – done using a traditional machine – which took six months. The client changed most of its flange joints to butt joints, and more than doubled pipeline pressure to 7kg/cm2
, compared to
previous pipelines. This allowed Paradeep to double production of gypsum slurry.
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