Thanks to its flexibility and low weight, PE pipe is well-suited for many ‘above-ground’ applications, requiring both horizontal and vertical suspension. When suspending PE pipe, it’s critical that the correct number of brackets are used and spaced correctly. That’s where Advanced Piping Systems’ bracket spacing support tool comes in handy! Not only will correct bracket …
Reliability-centred maintenance (RCM) is a solid conceptual framework for maintenance management. For a start-to-finish rundown, there’s a technical SAE standard and even entire books about RCM. This one-pager will refresh your memory about the questions to ask when you’re getting started. Explore our guide to getting started with RCM. Definitions Assets are the things that …
Wondering How to Prevent Oil Pipeline Leaks? If your operations rely on oil pipelines, leak prevention is critical. Even world leaders like Canada’s Enbridge, responsible for transporting over 14 billion barrels of crude, focus heavily on minimising risk. Their impressive 99.9993% safe delivery rate highlights how small vulnerabilities can still create big problems. Oil leaks …
Our three-part reliability-centred maintenance (RCM) series concludes with a close-up look at how RCM runs from day to day. You have risks to define and manage, documentation to write, and workmates to keep on-side with good news. If you need a terminology refresher, see Part One-: Assets, systems, context and failure all mean particular things to …
Our reliability-centred maintenance (RCM) series continues with a close-up look at failure. If you’re wondering how we got here, check Part One’s introduction to RCM and how it fits into your organisation. Later, Part Three will talk more about the running of RCM in your company: The risks you face, documenting RCM, and learning as you go. So far …
Reliability-centred maintenance (RCM) is a solid conceptual framework for maintenance management. For a start-to-finish rundown, there’s a technical SAE standard and even entire books about RCM. This three-part blog series gives you some smart tips to boost the way RCM works for you: Part One introduces RCM with some terms to learn and a look …
When it comes to wear prevention, the approach that you take will vary from someone else’s. It comes down to the use case for your particular pipeline. If your pipeline is transporting slurry, or tailings, for example, you will have a very different approach from someone whose pipeline is simply carrying water. However, polyethylene pipe …
It sounds strange, doesn’t it? That something like ISO Wipes, which you use every single day, can affect your compliance? Well, it’s true. This article shows you how. Welding safety compliance requirements in Australia Your industry and your accreditation’s enforce a huge range of compliance requirements. Managing and maintaining any kind of pipeline—from mining to irrigation—means that …
A question we often get asked How Much Can You Bend HDPE Before It Ruptures? Polyethylene (PE) pipe has several benefits: it’s lightweight, easy to handle, non-corrosive, and resistant to snapping. And if it’s installed correctly, you won’t find yourself with leaking joints. One thing that polyethylene has that other types of pipe don’t have …
When a new HDPE pipeline was being built to supply treated water to a coal mine and power station in New South Wales, time was ticking. Their supplier of HDPE pipe and fittings wasn’t coming through. This article tells the story of how Advanced Piping Systems was able to help the project team deliver on …
Knowing how your PE100 fittings are made is an essential step in understanding differences in quality. But it can also help you spend your budget more effectively. If you’re a maintenance manager who doesn’t like to buy on price, you’re not alone. The reality is that most do, because they have a finite budget. Looking …
In Central Oregon in the United States of America, there is a regional city called Bend. Boasting a population of just over 76,000 people, it’s located on the eastern edge of the Cascade Range. Bend was originally conceived as a logging town. Bend sits inside an area known as the Arnold Irrigation District, which is …