TPi January 2013

products & developments

Pipe buggy simplifies pipe transport Pipe and material handling equipment company Sumner Manufacturing offers the Cricket pipe buggy to simplify transport of pipe, flanges, fittings and valves. the pipe on top of the strap. Flip the Cricket on top of the centre of the pipe length, insert the end of the strap into the ratchet and tighten the pipe to the buggy.

The Cricket pipe buggy

The detachable handle attaches to the side of the Cricket, allowing the user to use leverage to flip it over with the pipe attached. Reattach the handle to the front of the buggy and the pipe is ready to be transported. The reverse procedure detaches the pipe. The Cricket weighs only 36.3kg (80lb) and can be shipped via UPS. It is available with either 41cm (16") pneumatic tyres or flat free tyres.

The Cricket pipe buggy makes job site transport of up to 6.1m (20ft) pipe lengths, flanges, fittings and valves a one-person job through a unique design that maximises leverage. The Cricket uses a detachable handle and hold-down ratchet strap to quickly and easily allow a single user to attach up to 30cm (12") diameter pipe weighing up to 450kg (1,000lb) to the cart.

Sumner Manufacturing Co, Inc – USA customerservice@sumner.com www.sumner.com

Use of the pipe buggy is simple. Lay the strap out on the ground and roll

Corrosion resistant hydraulic and instrumentation tubing

facilities, fire fighting systems, hospitals, food manufacture, paper processing, and offshore oil and gas installations. Sandvik seamless stainless steel tubing is of the highest quality and cleanliness standards offering high corrosion resistance, excellent surface smoothness and close dimensional tolerances for safer and more reliable joints. Tubes are supplied to hardness HRB 90 maximum, from stock in standard 6m lengths and sealed at both ends to ensure cleanliness ready for installation. All materials are manufactured in accordance with industry quality standards and can be certified in accordance to NACE MR 0175/ ISO 15156-3. Sandvik hydraulic and instrumentation tubes are supplied to EN 10204 3.1, complete with original mill certificates guaranteeing complete traceability of the finished product right from the melting stage. Sandvik Materials Technology – UK sales.smtuk@sandvik.com www.smt.sandvik.com/uk

A range of sizes of hydraulic and instrumentation tubing in high alloy, austenitic stainless steel, Sandvik 254SMO, also known as 6Mo, UNS31254, is now available from stock at Sandvik Materials Technology. Suitable for installations in industrial, oil and gas and chemical applications, Sandvik 254SMO is equally suited to arduous and demanding environments. The tubing has very good impact strength and high resistance to general corrosion and is available from stock in a range of outside diameters from 6 to 25mm, but other sizes can be manufactured to customer requirements. The material has excellent resistance to pitting and crevice corrosion, as well as a high resistance to stress corrosion cracking, making it suitable for use under severe corrosion conditions in sea water and chloride bearing environments. Typical applications for Sandvik hydraulic and instrumentation tubing include clean rooms, chemical plant, refineries, desalination plants, marine industry, processing and production

We stock seamless stainless instrumentation tubing in Houston and Chicago

Contact Bob Wren & Lisa Stoney - bwren@primrosealloys.com - lstoney@primrosealloys.com Primrose Alloys 330 Primrose Road, Suite 205, Burlingame, CA 94010, USA Phone : + 001.650.558.8776

www.primrosealloys.com

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January 2013 Tube Products International