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tubing and braid-reinforced hose
and AdvantaFlex weldable and sealable
TPE tubing. - NewAge Industries,
Inc., Southampton, Pa.
www.newageindustries.com
Parker Hannifin Manutfacturing Germany
GF Piping Systems
Corrosion protection for tube
fittings and adapters
Last February, this company introduced
the proprietary ToughShield
Plus zinc-nickel surface treatment
for all tube fittings and adapters
worldwide. The plating provides
excellent resistance for increased
corrosion prevention while maintaining
optimum properties and assembly
values. ToughShield Plus
is said to be the first commercially
available standard plating system
for fluid power systems to provide
up to 3,000 h of resistance to red
corrosion per ASTM B117 neutral
salt-spray testing. ToughShield Plus
has been designed to save users
time and money with extended tube
fitting and adapter life, easier maintenance
and increased resistance
to corrosion migration to other system
components. ToughShield Plus
complies with the leading industry
standards such as DIN and SAE, as
well as the environmental standards
RoHs, REACH and ELV. - Parker
Hannifin Manufacturing Germany
GmbH & Co. KG, Kaarst, Germany
www.parker.com
Weld PVC piping with
this IR-based system
Bee Valve
H2 Clipper
The IR PVC-U (photo) is said to be
the world's first infrared (IR) welded
PVC-U (unplasticized polyvinyl chloride)
piping system that prepares reliable
joints in a machine-controlled
process. The newly introduced IR
PVC-U system is suitable for the
chemical process industries and
water-treatment applications. It
combines two fields of this company's
expertise, bringing together
the heritage of the PVC-U piping
system and its IR-welding machines.
The company developed
the infrared welded PVC-U pressure
piping system to allow a machinecontrolled
process, minimizing the
risk of human error while making reliable,
reproducible joints. This new
jointing technology for PVC-U uses
no cements, contributing to environmental
protection while improving
the chemical resistance. The new
system consists of the necessary
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weldable fittings, valves and pipes
designed for an operating pressure
of 16 bars. In the beginning, two
metric dimensions, d25 and d50,
will be available. - GF Piping Systems,
Schaffhausen, Switzerland
www.gfps.com
A wide range of Schedule 80
polypropylene pipe fittings
This company offers a full line of
Schedule 80 pipe fittings (photo).
These fittings
are produced from
glass-reinforced polypropylene for
strength and durability. Polypropylene
is the lightest of the thermoplastics.
It has good resistance to most
acids and is also a non-conductor
of electricity. These Schedule 80
fittings are available in sizes from
3/8 to 3 in. Fitting configurations
include tees, elbows, crosses, nipples,
bushings, couplings, caps and
plugs. A complete line of hose, tube,
pipe and nozzle fittings in a variety of
materials are also available. - Bee
Valve Inc., Elyria, Ohio
www.beevalve.com
Patented pipe technology for
H2 distribution
Earlier this year, this company was
awarded a patent for its Pipe-WithinA-Pipe
technology (photo) for safely
and efficiently transporting hydrogen
up to 1,000 miles inside virtually
any existing oil and gas pipeline,
water pipe, sewer line, storm drain
or other pipelines. This technology
is said to provide the safest, most
cost-effective, most readily deployable,
and scalable way to address
end-user delivery of fuel-cell-grade
H2. The approach covered by the
patent utilizes flexible pipe rated for
H2 use by the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers (ASME) with
a 50-year useful life at 2,500 psi.
That pipe is located inside a slightly
larger diameter one - referred to
as a " safety pipe " - that runs an
inert gas in between the two pipes
to constantly sweep for hydrogen
molecules. With a capacity to
preserve purity levels of 99.7% or
higher, the new technology will help
to ensure the required purity levels
needed for use of hydrogen in fuelcell
electric cars, buses, trucks and
locomotives. - H2 Clipper, Inc.,
Santa Barbara, Calif.
www.h2clipper.com
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Gerald Ondrey
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING WWW.CHEMENGONLINE.COM
AUGUST 2022
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