TPi November 2013

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Award of Excellence at ASCE conference

1994 he began working with trenchless technology, and led American’s effort to establish ductile iron pipe as the pre- eminent trenchless pipe material. “Not only has Ralph provided leadership through his work with trenchless construction and trenchless iron pipe installation, but he’s also contributed greatly to the steel pipe industry through standard works and organisational leadership,” said Maury Gaston, manager of marketing services for American. “All of us here at American are proud to see a man of Ralph’s calibre honoured by ASCE for his leadership.” Mr Carpenter is a past chair of ASCE’s Pipelines Division Executive Committee, co-chairing the Pipeline 2008 Conference, and serves on numerous other ASCE committees.

Wachs has added four new videos to its YouTube channel. The videos highlight products and tools designed to help project managers, welding contractors and field machinists estimate production times, specify products and generally learn more about pipe cutting, bevelling, and weld prep best practices. Viewers can learn about the Wachs Online Cut Time Calculators via the YouTube website, to calculate estimates when bidding on a pipe maintenance or pipe repair job. Users can better budget labour time with the Pipe Cutting and Weld Prep Calculator. The newest Wachs video is ‘Oil & Gas, Refining Pipe Repair & Pipe Maintenance’. This video demonstrates machines in the field; where you Ralph Carpenter, marketing specialist with American Ductile Iron Pipe and American SpiralWeld Pipe, was awarded the 2013 American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Pipeline Division Award of Excellence, during the annual ASCE Pipelines Conference in Fort Worth, Texas, USA. The Award of Excellence was established in 1988 and is given to a “fellow, member or associate member of ASCE who has given outstanding continuous and conspicuous service to the profession, ASCE and the Pipeline Division.” Mr Carpenter holds an Associate of Applied Science degree in civil engineering and a Bachelor of Science degree in education. He joined American in 1992 and brought with him more than 14 years of pipeline engineering experience. In

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YouTube video campaign for customer support

would find the equipment; benefits of using cold cutting equipment; and simultaneous cutting and bevelling. The ‘Pipeline Maintenance Equipment’ video exhibits machining methods, applications, weld preps and benefits of using cold cutting (machining) versus torch cutting and grinding for weld preps. The Trav-L-Cutter video illustrates the machine’s uses in the field, industries to find the equipment, preliminary specifications and machine operations. Each of the videos can be viewed on the EH Wachs YouTube channel, at www. youtube.com/user/ehwachs/videos

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