Versatile, simple, and reliable. Towing heads reduce downtime and are a must-have device for any mining site managing High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE) piping. While traditionally used for directional drilling and trenchless pipelaying, towing heads have evolved into a critical asset for above-ground pipe management. Their ability to seal pipe ends during transportation is saving mining sites …
Backing Rings: A Test for Quality you can Trust Henry Ford, famous American industrialist, innovator, and business magnate, once said: “Quality means doing it right when no one is looking”. What is a backing ring? A backing ring is the metal flange that clamps behind a stub flange to form a flanged joint on the …
Sewer System Solution with HDPE With extensive experience supplying complete commercial HDPE piping systems for plumbing projects across Australia and the Pacific Islands, Advanced Piping Systems is now expanding its offer further to support the long-term capability of the high-pressure sewage market. Recently, our team supported a commercial plumbing company in the New South Wales …
If you’re undertaking a HDPE pipe system upgrade or refurbishment, Maxi Stubs are an essential fitting to include on your project’s spec sheet. That’s because this one handy fitting — comprising a hybrid stub flange and backing ring — offers two unique solutions. Not only do Maxi Stubs allow you to upsize your pipe work, …
Pipefitters, we need to talk about torque. Not the type of torque that determines how powerful your ute is (that’s a conversation for another day!) But the torque settings for the HDPE pipe. Specifically, how tightly you need to do your bolts up on flanged joints to achieve even pressure on all bolts and avoid …
Buttwelding is the most common type of welding process used to join High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE) pipes and fittings. The process involves the joining of two plain ends together, using high temperatures and extreme pressure. HDPE buttwelding requires complicated formulas to work out the correct Heating and Pressure parameters. Each of these differ for every size …
Across Australian cities, you might have noticed a ‘growing’ number of green walls – sometimes called living walls, vertical gardens, or plant walls – sprouting on the exterior of high-rise buildings. Offering a range of benefits for both a building and its occupants alike, intricate irrigation systems are required to keep these green walls flourishing. …
Specify the wrong Standard Dimensional Ratio (SDR) in your poly pipe system, and you could be up for “20 to 30 years of heartache and pain.” It might sound dramatic, but according to Director of Advanced Piping Systems, Caleb Craig, “time and time again we witness the long-lasting consequences of poorly selected SDRs on mine …
Advanced Piping Systems were a supplier of poly pipe to the world-leading Sundrop Farms facility in Port Augusta.
Take the guesswork out of identifying the Maximum Allowable Operating Pressure of a PE pipe with Advanced Piping Systems’ temperature rating tool. Whether you need to choose an appropriate class of pipe for above-ground piping in hot subtropical climates, or undertake dewatering at a deep Super Pit with consistently warm bore water, the APS temperature …
Welding neck, slip-on, socket-weld, stub-end…with so many types of flanges and tables used in poly piping, knowing which flange is best for your project can be a challenging task. That’s where Advanced Piping Systems’ flange finder tool comes in. The APS Flange Finder Tool Our flange finder tool can sort through approximately 500,000 possible flange …
Advanced Piping Systems are leaders in pipe prefabrication in Australia. Here’s why we’ve seen a significant rise in demand over the past 30 years.