TPI July 2011

developments products &

900mm PE pipe being installed

Fittings for plastic pipeline construction It is no longer possible to imagine certain applications without plastics in our daily life. The user profits from the properties of the material, such as long life, flexibility and limited weight, to the potential for efficient production and processing. 1,010mm are extruded in-house. From this material Reinert-Ritz manufactures standard and specialised fittings utilising the most modern CNC turning and milling machines either in small series or as one-off products. Large series are produced by plastic injection moulding machines.

as well as the cost-saving profile tee in the same dimension.

For several years, the trend (from an economic point of view) has been moving towards an increase in the diameter of the large diameter pipes. At the same time, the requirement for the pressure loading of the pipe systems has been seen to be increasing. Higher operational pressures call for the appropriate fittings. For this reason Reinert-Ritz offers increasing full- pressure rated pipe connection fittings (10/16/25 bar). For example, recently a large number of DN400 transition pieces (PE to steel) were delivered for a gas pressure pipeline of over 12 bar.

Reinert-Ritz GmbH, headquartered in Germany, is an expert in high quality, high value semi-finished products and pipeline fittings in thermo-plastic materials. Since 1970 the company has developed, in close cooperation with its customers, material-related solutions to problems for the construction of pipelines. The manufacture of hollow bar and solid rod from PE and PP is a speciality of the company. Thick-walled pipe up to an external diameter of 1,850mm and solid rod up to an external diameter of

Besides the standard products, eg welding stub ends, reducers, tees, sockets, branches and transition pieces, Reinert-Ritz offers tailor-made solutions to problems. The manufacture of the products is controlled from receipt of the raw material to the semi-finished products and finished products, according to national and international quality standards and guidelines. In 2010 the delivery programme was extended with seamless bends up to 900mm diameter,

reinert-ritz GmbH – Germany contact@reinert-ritz.com www.reinert-ritz.com

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