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 …
Ever Wondered About the Quality of Your 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 consider …
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 …
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 …