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Australia’s Leading Supplier of Bathroom and Plumbing Products Reece (ASX:REH) Completes its $1.9 Billion Acquisition
https://www.finnewsnetwork.com.au/archives/finance_news_network169977.html
Hard Road Foretold for Fletcher’s Australian Plans
https://www.odt.co.nz/business/hard-road-foretold-fletcher%E2%80%99s-aust-plans
South Africa’s Plastic Piping Industry Body Insists on High Manufacturing Standards for Plastic Pipes
https://www.miningreview.com/sappma-insists-manufacturing-standards-plastic-pipes/
Vinidex Seeking Manufacturing Manager (Vinidex)
https://au.linkedin.com/jobs/view/manufacturing-manager-%28vinidex%29-at-mpau-engineering-746783989
New Technical Committee Formed for Polypropylene Pipe
https://www.worldpipelines.com/business-news/02072018/new-technical-committee-for-polypropylene-pipe/
Uponor Announces New PEX Pipe Facility Now Operational
https://www.uponor-usa.com/media-room/press-releases/uponor-announces-hutchinson-facility-now-operational.aspx
Melbourne Tour of PEX Pipe Manufacturing Facility
https://www.plastics.org.au/single-post/2018/06/02/Tour-at-Reliance-World-Corporation-and-Seminar-at-Autodesk
Pipe Failure Modelling in Water Distribution Networks
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/15732479.2018.1443145
Electrofusion Jointing Of PE Pipe And Fittings For Pressure Applications (Updated June 2018)
https://www.pipa.com.au/sites/default/files/document/attachment/pop001_2018_june.pdf
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- The staff employed at the laboratory have a combined experience of more than 85 years within the plastics industry specifically with manufacturing, quality control and the research and development of plastic piping systems including HDPE, PEX, PP-R, PVC, U-PVC, M-PVC, O-PVC, ABS, GRP, GRE and PB.
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New UHMWPE Pipe for Tailing Offers Greater Than 4X the Abrasion Resistance of PE100 (Australia wide)
http://slurrypipes.com.au/
ExcelPlas Poly Pipe Weld Inspection Lists Top 7 Causes of Weld Failure:
• Lack of scraping
• Inaccurate scraping
• Contamination from dirt, water, oil or clays
• Lack of Paralell-ness of fusion faces
• Misalignment of surfaces
• Time, temperature and pressure deviations
• Not adhering to cool times
We have extensive experience in inspection of poly pipe welds for assuring welded joint quality. Direct Poly Pipe Inspection ensures that operators are following the proven welding procedure; this reduces the occurrences of operational errors which lead to defects such as inclusions, lack of fusion (LoF), porosity and misalignment.
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