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Polyethylene piping systems are the next generation of innovative piping.
Polyethylene pipe offers many advantages over ductile iron and
steel systems.
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- Flexibility
- Corrosion resistance,
- Light weight
- Potential installation cost advantages.
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PE80B, PE80C and PE100
Widely Used Throughout the Pipelaying Industry
Excellent long-term performance for use as pressure pipe
Hoop stresses of 8.0MPa and 6.3MPa are used for PE100 and PE80 respectively
Design life in excess of 100 years for PE100
Continuous technological developments in polyethylene resins for pipe manufacture
Improved surge handling characteristics permit use of lighter pipes
Pressure pipe diameters up to 1000mm
Pressure rating up to 2.0MPa
Non-pressure pipe diameters up to 3000mm
Ease of handling and installation
Fully sealed system
Environmentally friendly
Flexible and lightweight
Pipe available as straight lengths, continuous lengths on drums or as individual coils.
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Polyethylene is an exciting material being used for the manufacture
of pipes for many and varied applications
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- Gas lines up to 10 bar working pressure
- Potable water mains, house connections and plumbing
- Fire water mains
- Sewage mains
- Subsoil drainage pipes
- Mining slurries and process water
- Rural and agricultural pipes and bore liners
- Industrial applications
- Corrosion resistant
- Petroleum products
- Trenchless installation such as directional drilling, trench ploughing, pipe bursting
- Pipe and conduit relining and renewal applications
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Make Polyethylene Your Choice for the Twenty-First Century |
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For Further information please contact :
Plastics Industry Pipe Association of Australia Ltd
Suite 246, 813 Pacific Hwy, Chatswood NSW 2067
or email plasticspipe@pipa.com.au
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