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TERRA TERRA-DRILL
prevent damage to soft terrain and pathways. The TERRA-DRILL 4407 V can drill vertical bores up...TERRA joins the vertical drilling market with the development of its TERRA-DRILL for geothermal power. The modular design of the vertical drill allows for easy use on softer terrain. The drill rig and power pack are separate. In transportation mode, the TERRA-DRILL is only 37.4-inches wide...
Water Utility Exec: Uncertain Mix of Chemicals from Consumer Taps
of these contaminants. We talk about GenX, but we know so many other compounds are in the river. We can’t... can cause reproductive, liver, kidney and immunological problems in laboratory animals and have been...
Washington Regulatory Outlook: Biden Administration Bring New Mix of Infrastructure Priorities
of all sizes, while setting up a companion program for wastewater systems. He hopes it can be included...
Logiball Test and Seal Packers
Logiball manufactures a complete line of Test and Seal Packers for the Trenchless Rehabilitation of collection systems. The lateral packers are used around the world by specialty contractors and municipalities to stop infiltration at lateral connections, and in lateral joints all from the mainline... and forced out through existing pipe defects to seal and stabilize the soil around the injection points...
Jeremy N. Nakashima
Planning, engineering and program management firm Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc. (LAN) has promoted Jeremy N. Nakashima, P.E., to vice president. Nakashima, who joined LAN in 2010, has more than 26 years of experience as a project manager and design engineer. Currently, he leads the firm’s water and wastewater practice group where he is responsible for building client relationships...
GPR: From glaciers to conduits, digs deeper so you don’t have to
. It has good resolution deep, but then you can toggle over, and you can get great resolution shallow... on wheels when utility locating means you know you can scan back and forth,” he added. “It’s like you’re..., either underground or within a surface, such as concrete. GPR can detect both metallic and non-metallic objects, meaning that it can find all types of buried utilities. GPR works by sending a radio...
Clay Pipe Gets Better with Age: In a World of Plastics, Clay Pipe Still Stands Out
that of manufacturing other sewer pipe materials. “Vitrified clay pipe is as close to permanent as any material can...Jeff Griffin | Senior Editor Most people involved in utility construction know clay pipe has been... been used in the United Kingdom since the late 1600s. Vitrified clay pipe (VCP), first used... is for gravity sanitary sewer systems installed by cut-and-cover construction, but it also can...
U Mole Introduces TT’s ‘New’ GRUNDOMAT N To Product Portfolio
, performance and innovation and the latest addition to their portfolio, the Grundomat N is no exception. The GRUNDOMAT N has a crowned head, triple gear control stud, with the frequency and speed of the striking impact being chosen via two forward gears. This means that boring speeds can be altered to adapt... at the start of the bore process and during alignment. In fact it can be used in applications which other...
E&M Supply Group Drill Stem
E&M Supply Group has a large inventory of Heavy Wall 4 ½-inch IF drill stem that is best suited for tough maxi-rig drilling conditions. This heavy wall drill stem is 25.60ppf and is thicker and stronger than its 19.50ppf counterpart. The heavier wall allows for greater push strength and close to 1,000,000 pounds of pullback. And all this is can be had in a 5-inch drill stem with 4...
2018 Drilling Fluids Guide
. An ideal additive for HDD bores in reactive clay soils, and can be used in recycling systems. DRILL...-performance thinning agent for heavy clay applications. Can be used in conjunction with Drill-X... drilling fluid in situations where clay-based fluids are restricted. Diamond Seal: Water-swellable... without significantly increasing the viscosity of the slurry. N-Seal: Acid-soluble, lost circulation...
Editor's Log: Be Careful What You Ask For
and similar such energy sources quickly, is an easy interim answer. We now know that sources can easily... fuel capable of meeting all our energy needs until similar quantities and results can be found.... The changes can’t – and won’t – happen overnight, unless we want to surrender the legacy that our parents...
E-Z Drill Offers Model 20 UTL Vertical Drill
. By using the Model 20 UTL, utility companies can drill through the road surface in periodic intervals.... While it is specialized for the gas industry, the Model 20 UTL can handle nearly any type of vertical drilling application. The standard 18-inch drill depth can be significantly modified based on needs...Known for its lines of concrete drilling and doweling equipment, E-Z Drill offers a vertical drill...
Cherne launches line of disc seal plugs designed for underground pipe construction
Seal plugs, designed to block flow or provide bypass flow in underground pipes with low backpressure. Used for pipe construction, rehabilitation, cleaning and testing, the plugs can be separated...-replaceable double bladders to ensure a leakproof seal up to five pounds per square inch (PSI... installation and transport. Plus, no matter the manhole size, contractors can be confident the plug will fit...
HDD: DRILLING FLUIDS
problems in unconsolidated formations. HERCUL-EZ is ideal for difficult-to-drill applications.... It’s not for use with PACs, PHPAs, and thinners. Baroid baroididp.com PENETROL DRY surfactant reduces the sticking tendencies of clay and shale, without excessive foaming, during mixing or active circulation. It helps reduce bit balling, while improving drill efficiency, and coats the bottom hole...
HDD Initiative At UCT Offers Exciting Hands-On Opportunities
to be a learning experience where you can hone your skills and improve your productivity. Experts will share...;heavy” clay soils? We’ll let you be part of mixing the proper polymer drilling fluid for this challenge, and mixing some clay samples with this fluid to see that this challenge can... the drilling rigs…it’s also about what takes place downhole. You can see backreamers...
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