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April 20, 2018
ANTEC 2018 is almost here!
Here is the Pipe and Fittings SIG Schedule:
There are two morning sessions at the upcoming ANTEC meeting of the Society of Plastics Engineers focusing on Plastic Pipe and Fittings during the National Plastics Expo scheduled for May 7 to 10 at the Orange County Convention Center in sunny Orlando, Florida.
The first session will be from 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM on Monday, May 7th. The session schedule along with the presentation titles and authors follows.
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM : Assessment of Polybutylene Plumbing Installations after Long-Term Service - Dale Edwards
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM : Performance of PE Pipe Resins in Chlorine Dioxide containing Aqueous Soultion - Marton Bredacs
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM : Quantifying Oxidative Degradation in Polyolefin Pipe by IR Spectroscopy - Don Duvall
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM : Pipe Quick Burst Pressure Investigations of Sample Length on Two Plastics - Bryan Hauger
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM : Innovative Millimeter Waves Technology for Measuring Diameter, Ovality, Wall Thickness, and Sagging of Large Plastic Pipes - Katja Giersch
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM : Effects of Primer on Mechanical Behavior of CPVC Pipe - Bingjun Chen
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM : Fracture Mechanic Principles for Multi-Layer Pipe-Wall Design - Florian Arbeiter
The second session will be from 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM on Tuesday, May 8th. The session schedule along with the presentation titles and authors follows. This session will conclude with a best-paper award presentation sponsored by DowDuPont. The award recognizes technology advancements for thermoplastic piping systems.
8:00 AM – 8:30 AM : Examining Design Changes Potentially Influencing the Lifetime of Electrofusion Socket - Jan Poduska
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM : Application of J-integral methods to tough pipe materials - Anja Gosch
9:00 AM – 9:30 AM : Fracture Mechanical Characterization of Non-Virgin Pipe Materials - Andreas Frank
9:30 AM – 10:00 AM : Ductile-brittle transition of PE pipe under creep loading - Ben Jar
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM : Comparison of Real and Simulated Failure Times based on the Slow Crack Growth Behavior of Electrofusion Sockets made of Polyethylene - Isabelle Berger
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM : Proposed Allowable Scratch Depth for High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE) Pipes in Safety Related Nuclear Applications - Prabhat Krishnaswamy
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM : Best paper presentation
I look forward to seeing you in Orlando for what is sure to be the best conference on plastic pipe and fittings applications in North America for 2018!
ANTEC 2018 is almost here!
Here is the Pipe and Fittings SIG Schedule:
There are two morning sessions at the upcoming ANTEC meeting of the Society of Plastics Engineers focusing on Plastic Pipe and Fittings during the National Plastics Expo scheduled for May 7 to 10 at the Orange County Convention Center in sunny Orlando, Florida.
The first session will be from 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM on Monday, May 7th. The session schedule along with the presentation titles and authors follows.
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM : Assessment of Polybutylene Plumbing Installations after Long-Term Service - Dale Edwards
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM : Performance of PE Pipe Resins in Chlorine Dioxide containing Aqueous Soultion - Marton Bredacs
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM : Quantifying Oxidative Degradation in Polyolefin Pipe by IR Spectroscopy - Don Duvall
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM : Pipe Quick Burst Pressure Investigations of Sample Length on Two Plastics - Bryan Hauger
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM : Innovative Millimeter Waves Technology for Measuring Diameter, Ovality, Wall Thickness, and Sagging of Large Plastic Pipes - Katja Giersch
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM : Effects of Primer on Mechanical Behavior of CPVC Pipe - Bingjun Chen
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM : Fracture Mechanic Principles for Multi-Layer Pipe-Wall Design - Florian Arbeiter
The second session will be from 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM on Tuesday, May 8th. The session schedule along with the presentation titles and authors follows. This session will conclude with a best-paper award presentation sponsored by DowDuPont. The award recognizes technology advancements for thermoplastic piping systems.
8:00 AM – 8:30 AM : Examining Design Changes Potentially Influencing the Lifetime of Electrofusion Socket - Jan Poduska
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM : Application of J-integral methods to tough pipe materials - Anja Gosch
9:00 AM – 9:30 AM : Fracture Mechanical Characterization of Non-Virgin Pipe Materials - Andreas Frank
9:30 AM – 10:00 AM : Ductile-brittle transition of PE pipe under creep loading - Ben Jar
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM : Comparison of Real and Simulated Failure Times based on the Slow Crack Growth Behavior of Electrofusion Sockets made of Polyethylene - Isabelle Berger
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM : Proposed Allowable Scratch Depth for High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE) Pipes in Safety Related Nuclear Applications - Prabhat Krishnaswamy
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM : Best paper presentation
I look forward to seeing you in Orlando for what is sure to be the best conference on plastic pipe and fittings applications in North America for 2018!
April 6, 2018
As Water Main Failures Increase, PVC Remains Reliable
A recent study showed that water main breaks have increased by about 27% since the last major study was conducted in 2012. Researchers working for Utah State University’s Buried Structure Laboratory studied an extensive amount of water mains throughout the United States and saw that the breaks per 100 miles had increased over that time. The most notable rates were for cast iron, asbestos cement, and ductile iron, with cast iron in particular having about 34 breaks per 100 miles per year. The results of the study showcase America’s aging infrastructure problem. Newer PVC pipes, with a break rate of about 2.3 per 100 miles per year, are proving to be more durable than the old iron and cement pipes. The Ductile Iron Pipe Research Association argues that the study was biased toward the PVC pipes, noting an extensive history of collaboration between some of the researchers and PVC organizations. The researchers counter that by saying that the rapidly aging infrastructure is the big problem, regardless of material.
Check out the full report on the study here.
As Water Main Failures Increase, PVC Remains Reliable
A recent study showed that water main breaks have increased by about 27% since the last major study was conducted in 2012. Researchers working for Utah State University’s Buried Structure Laboratory studied an extensive amount of water mains throughout the United States and saw that the breaks per 100 miles had increased over that time. The most notable rates were for cast iron, asbestos cement, and ductile iron, with cast iron in particular having about 34 breaks per 100 miles per year. The results of the study showcase America’s aging infrastructure problem. Newer PVC pipes, with a break rate of about 2.3 per 100 miles per year, are proving to be more durable than the old iron and cement pipes. The Ductile Iron Pipe Research Association argues that the study was biased toward the PVC pipes, noting an extensive history of collaboration between some of the researchers and PVC organizations. The researchers counter that by saying that the rapidly aging infrastructure is the big problem, regardless of material.
Check out the full report on the study here.
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