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May 2015 Tube Products International 39
products & developments
All-terrain butt fusion welding
Ritmo’s Delta 500 All Terrain is a new
butt fusion welding machine with
working range from Ø 200 to 500mm
(6" to 20" IPS) for HDPE/PP pipelines
for the transportation of water, gas and
other fluids. The main characteristic of
the All Terrain line is its wheel drive for
an easy working position on job sites.
Delta 500 All Terrain is equipped with
front steering wheels and rear traction,
and is powered by a low-vibration diesel
engine. The machine body and on-board
generator are easily removable for
work in tight spaces. The machine can
be powered using 230V three-phase
50/60Hz. A wheeled chassis designed
to be lifted using a forklift and two lateral
rollers complete the welding machine.
Built according to the international
standard ISO 21307 High Pressure, the
machine welds fittings such as elbows,
tees, Y-branches and flange necks.
The assisted opening/closing/lifting
of clamps-heater-facer is patented by
Ritmo, and the machine is equipped
with a fast-locking system to place and
remove inserts in a few seconds.
The Easy Life welding system is able
to manage the welding process in a
semi-automatic way. The electronic
system ensures the continuous repeat
of the welding cycles and automatic
control of the pre-set parameters. The
operator only needs to validate the
welding phases.
The user-friendly graphic display allows
quick setting of welding parameters.
The Easy Life system can store up to
4,000 welding cycles and sum them
up into a PDF file. This report can then
be transferred to a PC/laptop through
a USB port. GPS traceability and data
logging are included.
The on-board electric facer is equipped
with a safety microswitch to prevent
accidental starts. The Teflon-coated
heating plate is supplied with a high-
temperature-proof bag that also
prevents the heating element from being
scratched.
Ritmo SpA – Italy
Ritmo’s Delta 500
All Terrain
Subsurface utility engineering
Cloud-based asset management
software provider Altuity Solutions
has launched AltoSUE, a subsurface
utility engineering (SUE) solution. Using
highly accurate 3M radio frequency
identification (RFID) markers, GPS and
geo-tagged imaging, AltoSUE makes
invisible underground assets visible.
The solution is targeted at owners,
contractors and workers in the
construction and utilities sector, or
any organisation that lays underground
assets that need to be accurately
recorded before being handed over to
a site owner. AltoSUE’s key benefits
include association of drawings,
models and other records for on-
and off-site management; use of
map and site plan backgrounds to
enhance access to data; integration
of underground data into corporate
GIS and asset management systems;
and compatibility with mobile devices
delivering data directly to the site.
Underground assets – gas, electricity,
water and fibre optics – are of high value,
but involve high risk when excavating
them for repairs or upgrades. These
subsurface assets can be made even
more difficult to locate through the use of
modern day materials such as plastics.
AltoSUE enables users to accurately tag
and record attributes such as asset type,
depth and material; capture additional
information via a photograph; and view
the assets contained within complex
underground networks on maps or
site plans, reducing the risk of service
strikes while improving site safety.
Steve Voller, founder of Altuity Solutions,
explained, “AltoSUE is different from
other SUE solutions in that it provides
a cost effective way to record ‘as built’
and ‘as maintained’ information about
underground assets using integrated
hardware and software. AltoSUE
uniquely uses map and CAD site plans
as the background to view data and
combines this with the ability to record
underground asset locations using a
variety of techniques – rather than a ‘one
size fits all’ approach. We’ve placed a
huge importance on ease and simplicity
of use to ensure AltoSUE’s acceptability
by back office and onsite workers.”
Tiered pricing options for AltoSUE allow
businesses toonlypay for the functionality
they need, with a subscription for a
licence from three to 12 months.
Altuity Solutions Ltd – UK