TPT July 2008

T echnology U pdate

Range of carbon and SS pipe and fittings

Petek Boru Sanayi, Turkey, is a manufacturer of carbon and stainless steel pipe and fittings, and polyethylene pipe and fittings. Established in 1979, the company’s current production capacity of spirally welded tube is 15,000t per year. The company’s manufacturing programme includes spirally welded steel pipes (carbon steel and stainless steel), and carbon steel and stainless steel fittings (including elbows, tees and reducers). Petek Boru also carries out coating and lining of pipes, with techniques including polyethylene coating, fusion bonded epoxy coating and lining, solvent-free epoxy coating and lining, bitumen coating, concrete lining, and thermal insulation. Other services include HDPE 100 polyethylene pipe and fittings, chimney pipe, and victaulic pipe. The company’s spirally welded steel pipe production line – which operates via continuous online UT (ultrasonic test) control – can manufacture pipes between 8" and 48" (219.1mm to 1,219mm) diameter

range, with a wall thickness of 3.2-12.7mm. Carbon and stain- less steel elbows and reducers bet- ween diameters ½" and 8" are produced at the company’s fittings unit. All wall thicknesses

 Petek Boru manufactures pipes and fittings in carbon and stainless steel

In addition to its manufacturing activity, the company sells seamless pipes and fittings, ductile iron pipe and fittings, sewage pipe, irrigation pipe, natural gas and petroleum pipe, boiler pipe, construction pipe, rectangular and square sections, and cold drawn pipe. The company exports 30 per cent of its annual production and sales turnover. Petek Boru Sanayi AS – Turkey Fax : +90 262 349 3759 Email : info@petekboru.com.tr Website : www.petekboru.com.tr

between Sch 5 and Sch 80 are stress relieved. For fittings items between 10" and 48" in diameter, the segmented welding (mitre) method is used. Pipes between ½" and 6" in diameter are also threaded and coupled in this unit. The company has EN 10217-1 and ISO 9001-TUV SUD certifications, and can produce according to ASTM A-53 standards. The company has also started building a new 40,000m 2 facility in Sakarya, Turkey, to increase its production capacity.

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