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Ice pigging offers low-risk, high-performance option for water system cleaning

what you had before you started.” To produce the ice slurry, trailer-mounted ice generators mix... working mine shafts.  “When the miners went in to drill for ore, they kept getting flooded out by water... City Water Corporation. “And those sources had a myriad of different metals in them, as you would... application for us, especially as it related to working with fire hydrants, because when you foam...

ETP Mariner East Liquids Pipe Spills More Fluid in Pennsylvania

(DEP) it released less than one gallon (4 liters) of drilling fluids – usually a mix of clay...) west of Harrisburg, the state capital. The spill was associated with a horizontal drill. The DEP said it must approve before ETP can resume drilling at the site. This is the latest in a long series...

Mud Mixing: SiteTec

SiteTec Mix units range from 70 ltr/min to 2,500 ltr/min for both sales and rental. The units... with an access opening. The hard iron centrifugal mixing pump (with mechanical shaft seal) is driven... drilling fluid mixing and all mix units have a drilling fluid discharge connection to the drilling.... CE certificate of conformity is included, as well as a maintenance manual. Units can be coated...

Pipe Reaming, Restrained-Joint PVC Pipe Helps Colorado Municipality Complete Challenging Sewer Line Replacement

clay, sanitary sewer line that had caused many headaches for the municipality. The sewer line... that you just couldn’t get to,” says Dean Saye, project manager for the city of Fort... the sewer line to a uniform 12-inch diameter from its initial mix of eight- and 10-inch diameter pipe... horizontal directional drill with, per InneReam specs, a 14-inch and a carbide-toothed, conical reaming...

Crossing the Bay

water for the drilling fluid to the HDD rig. “You can’t mix mud with water from the bay because it’s... challenge any contractor. Add a crossing under the Intercoastal Waterway to the mix – arguably the busiest commercial shipping channel in the United States – and you have a job that is not for the faint...-to-bay intersect drill, and two 5,717-foot, barge-to-barge drills, and then a barge-back-to-land...

Hard Work, Vision Bring Success to Great Lakes Fusion

that is as strong or stronger than the pipe itself. You should never have to replace this. We can make... companies Great Lakes Ready Mix, Great Lakes Rental & Supply and Great Lakes Machining &.... Crawford retired shortly after the buyout, but he became bored. “He said, ‘Have you got anything for me to do? I’ve got to have something to do.’ “Be careful what you wish for,” Marks quipped. “So...

Equipment Spotlight: PaddingSpoils Handling

is a versatile accessory for a wheel loader, excavator or skid steer. With ALLU Screener Crusher you can screen, crush, pulverise, aerate, blend, mix, separate, feed and load materials all in one stage. ALLU Screener Crusher can process many types of material such as topsoil, black top and dirt, excavated and waste soil, contaminated soil, clay, peat, bark, compost, biowaste, demolition waste...

Underground Infrastructure Conference preview: Powerful education, networking await at UIC

(UIC), Tuesday, March 19, to Thursday, March 21, in Oklahoma City, Okla., you can develop your skills... for strategic partnerships, giving you access to resources that can revolutionize your approach... and Energy issues.  Did you know that employers must establish procedures and methods in accordance... and Water program. These are just a few of the informative sessions and tracks awaiting you at UIC...

Wyo-Ben Introduces A New Website

. For more information on the app and Wyo-Ben products, users can visit the new Wyo-Ben website... since 1951, Wyo-Ben is one of only five top bentonite producers. The clay’s unique properties allow... in Wyoming. It is an aluminum silicate clay, whose unique properties were said to transform water..., the clay’s greatest commercial utility at that time may have been in manufacturing, where...

New Products

Komatsu  komatsuamerica.com  Komatsu’s intelligent Machine Control (iMC) can help quickly transform..., with proactive dozing control, even less-experienced operators can automatically cut/strip from existing... surface creation, operators can create a temporary design surface with the press of a button.  From... today.  Five times faster than traditional methods, ZIDS can easily cut through 1/2-inch pipe walls...

Downhole Directional Drilling Tools: Equipment Spotlight

a successful bore the first time out, the bit you want at the end of your drill stem is Melfred.... This modular design makes it simple to change out drill heads and can be easily adapted to use standard flat.... All single cone bits can be completely rebuilt, saving you money. 541.430.2765, drillhead.net ..., the correct gearhead and a suitable counterbalance, sufficient power can be provided to operate...

6 days after fuel spill reported, most in Tennessee city still can’t drink the tap water

Memphis office to clean them. "You don't realize how much water you use each day until you are constantly...

New Products Provide Inadvertent Returns Solutions

fluid returns during horizontal directional drilling (HDD) operations. Drill Seal HDD is an additive..., and drilling resumed while adding one sack of Drill Seal HDD per 1,000 gallons of mud, to prevent... of a bore hole, providing a bridge and primary seal against inadvertent returns (IR). HDD Defense... the zone where loss is occurring and swelling to provide a lasting seal. Both products are available now...

How To Encourage Leadership At All Levels

their voice heard. What can you do to encourage individuals to emerge as leaders in your company... in the first place. Having a degree doesn’t always mean you have the best ideas. Inspiration can come... being honest and not trying to cover things up can take you. When people know they can trust you... S&N management from others is that our top management is readily available to employees. This can...

Keyhole Basics: Coring 101

and plumb to the horizon. Once you have the core drill properly adjusted, coring operations can begin... the stabilizers can be adjusted to position the core drill to be perpendicular to the horizon in the plane... a core lifting device. This can be done with a bar hole or hammer drill either before or after coring... involves a rotary cutting unit, or core drill, that safely and accurately cores an 18-inch or larger...