TPi September 2014

business & market news

Metallic coatings portfolio licensed NanoSteel has granted Lincoln Electric an exclusive worldwide license to the company’s proprietary steel coatings technology for weld overlay and thermal spray applications. The agreement expands Lincoln Electric’s range of wear resistant products, which complement the company’s core arc welding, cutting and automation solutions. proprietary technology enables customers to significantly extend the service life of equipment used in mining, oil and gas, power generation and other industries.” For more than 12 years, NanoSteel has developed iron-based alloys in various forms to advance steel’s capabilities in multiple markets.

said David Paratore, NanoSteel president and chief executive officer. “This agreement reinforces our business focus of licensing our technology to the world’s leading brands to offer global availability of our alloy designs.” During the transition period, NanoSteel and Lincoln Electric will work together to ensure consistent product availability and customer support. Terms of the licensing agreement were not disclosed.

“We are pleased to add NanoSteel’s breakthrough technology to our product portfolio,” said Tom Matthews, senior vice president of technology and R&D for Lincoln Electric. “These unique products provide a level of hardness and abrasion resistance that is superior to chrome carbides and more economical than tungsten carbides. NanoSteel’s

The company will continue to design and market its engineered powders and automotive sheet steel portfolio outside this agreement. “We are proud to be aligned with a company of Lincoln’s worldwide reach, technology innovation, and influence,”

NanoSteel Company – USA info@nanosteelco.com www.nanosteelco.com

Lincoln Electric – USA www.lincolnelectric.com

Spiral-wound and CIPP technologies for water, gas and wastewater pipelines

Sekisui SPR will be presenting its comprehensive product and service portfolio at the 12 th No-Dig Live event at Peterborough Arena, UK, from 16 to 18 September. The company will exhibit technologies for water, wastewater and gas pipe rehabilitation that offer environmentally friendly, effective alternatives to conventional pipeline construction. The company states that the technologies are characterised by short construction times, lower costs and less strain on local residents and the environment. The focus will be on the spiral-wound pipe and cured-in-place- pipe (CIPP) systems for the rehabilitation of potable water, water, sewer and gas pipes. Sewer or service water pipelines with diameters of 150 to 5,500mm and circular or non-circular shapes can be rehabilitated with four different spiral- wound lining systems. The technologies are based on the principle of winding a continuous plastic strip to a liner directly into the deteriorated pipe. The plastic strip is spirally wound via a patented winding machine positioned in the base of an existing manhole or access chamber. The edges of the

The spiral-wound pipe lining method SPR is designed for rehabilitating large diameter sewers

The CIPP liner Nordipipe and Tubetex rehabilitate drinking water, water or gas pipes

lining of the existing drinking water pipe with diameters of 100 to 1,200mm.

strip interlock and form a continuous watertight liner inside the host pipe.

It provides sealing and corrosion protection, and increases hydraulic capabilities after installation. Using the Hytrel™ coating, Tubetex is also a solution for gas pipes in need of rehabilitation.

Nordipipe was developed for the trenchless rehabilitation of drinking water and service pipes up to 1,400mm diameter. The fibreglass-reinforced liner is designed as fully structural solution and can resist internal pressure up to 25 bar.

Sekisui SPR Group – Germany www.sekisuispr.com

The seamlessly woven polyester liner Tubetex represents an adhesive inner

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