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 …
Using your existing maintenance program, combined with a plan of what you want to achieve, is the simplest place to start. By speaking to a supplier like us, you can achieve your vision over time, without sacrificing either your budget or your management’s goodwill. ###Take a few minutes to think forwards There isn’t any trick …
Are you thinking about replacing your existing pipeline with polyethylene? Well, here’s a story that you’ll find useful. It’s a true story. It will show you why maintenance surprises don’t always come from the places you expect. From GRP to Polyethylene, but not because it was planned. In 2018-19, as Australia found herself in the …
Ever Wondered About the Quality of Your HDPE Fittings? The quality of your HDPE fittings isn’t something you’ll be thinking about when you’re fixing a breakdown: your concern is just to get the job done, get the flow back up and going again. It’s only when it comes to maintenance that you can afford to …
Here is why 90-degree elbows, spigot elbows, are putting the performance of your pipeline at risk: they create friction loss, slowing everything down. And turbulence that will wear out your line much faster. Can you have a 90-degree bend in a sewer pipe? You can, but you generally shouldn’t and many Australian water authorities won’t …
As Australia’s specialist supplier of poly fittings and piping systems, we value quality and training. A good joint comes down to a properly trained welder. That’s why at Advanced Piping, we offer comprehensive, nationally accredited poly welding training to lift industry knowledge and best practice in the use of PE pipe and fittings. Whether you’re …
To guarantee a successful electrofusion joint, we want to make sure you have the right tools for your poly weld. Attention to preparation of the jointing surface is vital to ensure the pipe and fitting is clean and free from contamination. Our Advanced Pipe Scrapers will effectively help prepare the poly pipe and fittings by …
On large or unusual pipelines, the fitting you actually need often does not exist as a standard, off-the-shelf part. That is the gap hybrid tees are built to close. They combine the custom flexibility of fabrication with the full pressure rating of a moulded fitting, enabling Advanced Piping Systems to supply fully rated PE tees …
We don’t take chances when it comes to the integrity of storing and packaging our products. At Advanced Piping, we pride ourselves on our product and service standards, all the way down the line to the packaging and delivery. We want to make sure the quality of our products remains the same from the moment …