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April 2008 Tube Products International 41
OCTGwater, gas &
Valsir, Italy, offers technologically
advanced products for the plumbing
and heating market. The company’s
well-known Silere system uses a special
soundproof material (patented) that
ensures maximum silence in waste
systems.
The company also produces the
innovative Triplus system, a new multi-
layer push-fit system that was designed
to satisfy new and diversified installation
requirements, with particular attention
to soundproofing characteristics.
The new system has an elevated
impact resistance, both at low and high
temperatures.
Triplus combines the advantages of
different products in one solution,
including:
resistance to a wide range of chemical •
compounds, even at elevated
temperatures
connection system with single-lipped •
pre-fitted seal
good soundproofing characteristics: •
with flows of 2l/s the noise levels are
12 dB(A)
The Triplus pipe is composed of three
layers: an internal and external layer
in co-polymer polypropylene PP,
with an intermediate layer in
polypropylene PP with inert
mineral loads. The pipes are
available in various lengths,
with single and double
sockets, thus reducing
waste to a minimum.
The Valsir range also
includes installation
systems and flush cisterns available in
various models (external, close-coupled
and in-wall); a HDPE waste system; a
polypropylene (PP) grey push-fit, flame-
retardant waste system; a water supply
system (Pexal); a complete range of
fittings in PPSU (Pexal Easy), traps
in HDPE and PP; and a radiant floor
heating system in compliance with the
European Standard EN1264.
The company has obtained certification
from Det Norske Veritas (DNV), the
international certification institute for
quality systems, as well as over 130
product approvals in countries across
the world.
Valsir – Italy
Plumbing and heating systems
Triplus is designed with soundproofing characteristics to ▲ ▲
reduce noise levels
APC Socotherm, the fully owned
Australian subsidiary of Socotherm, a
leading company in the field of pipe
coating and insulation for the transport
of oil, gas and water, has been
awarded the most important contract
in the company’s history, with a value of
approximately A$40mn.
The contract relates to the supply and
internal and external coating of around
15km of 56" pipes. The pipes will be
installed offshore in Botany bay (Sydney,
Australia) to allow the transportation
of potable water from the desalination
plant at Kurnell to an onshore landfall
site at Kyeemagh, directly connecting to
the existing water network of Sydney.
This project, awarded by the Sydney
Water Development Authority, is
of primary importance from an
environmental, social and political point
of view.
Steel pipes, manufactured by the Italian
company ILVA SpA, will be sent to
Australia to be 3-layer polyethylene
externally coated (Plastykote®) at the
APC Socotherm plants in Wollongong
(Australia). The 3LPE coated pipes will
then be transported to Port Kembla,
where the mortar internal coating for
potable water (Mortarkote ®) and the
concrete weight coating (Concretkote®)
will be applied. Finally, coated and
weighted pipes (about 30 tons each)
will be transported from Kembla Port to
the laying area.
The project is expected to commence
in Q2 2008 with completion expected
during Q4 2008.
“ The Australian water market, ”
commented Zeno Soave, chairman and
CEO of Socotherm, “is under a fast
growing phase. Therefore our strategy
to enter this field was rewarded and
our 100% subsidiary APC Socotherm
will generate over A$50mn worth of
revenues in 2008.”
APC Socotherm owns plants for internal,
external and concrete weight coating of
pipes in Wollongong, near the largest
Australian pipe mills and one of the
most important Australian harbours on
the East Coast.
The anticorrosion external coating
plant has been designed to coat pipes
up to 24m in length. APC Socotherm
can also serve the Australian market
with a portable concrete weight coating
plant.
The Socotherm Group offers any type
of pipe coating: external and internal
anti-corrosion, concrete weighting
and thermal insulation. In particular
the Group is specialised in thermal
insulation for the deep water sector (oil
extraction from great depths), offering
state-of-the-art technological solutions
with high added value.
Socotherm is also active in the design,
production and sale of coatings and
insulation plants for piping and district
heating, in the sector of special thermal
insulation for LPG tanker ships and in
the maintenance of road surfaces with
ecologically compatible technology.
Socotherm SpA – Italy
Socotherm awarded important
contract in Australia