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NEWPRODUCTS LATEST INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENTS
Vanair ThermalGuard:
No Time for Downtime
Vanair's exclusive underdeck innovations provide
lifelong cost savings. The Vanair PTO Underdeck
System's patented ThermalGuard Weather
Protection Kit option allows you to arrive at the
worksite ready to go. The Vanair underdeck
exclusive innovation uses the vehicle's warm
engine coolant to preheat the compressor oil
and regulators for instant productivity.
Benefits of ThermalGuard Weather Protection
Kit include:
* Preheats the system while traveling
to the job site.
* Aids in the elimination of moisture.
* Allows crews to work the system
immediately, even in cold weather.
* Provides smooth, easy start-ups and
protects equipment in cold weather.
* Helps to get rid of water in the system
in the warmer months.
* Saves money by eliminating oil changes
due to moisture.
* Does not require operator action.
Vanair provides rehabilitation and
maintenance solutions to the sewer industry,
including cured-in-place pipe, manhole
monoforming, pipeline inspection cameras,
and grouter/cutter tools.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Vanair, (800) 526-8817, vanair.com
ADS Turnkey Services
Avoid Spills, Reduce Costs
The Oakland, Calif., Public Works
Department owns and operates over 932 miles
of sewer mains, ranging from 6 inches to over
66 inches in diameter; 28,554 sewer structures;
and 11 pump stations. Nearly 20 percent of the
system has been rehabilitated within the past
25 years, but much is still older than 50 years
old, and some parts are as old as 100 years.
Management of Sanitary Sewer Overflows
(SSOs) is a key concern area for Oakland, both
because of the environmental consequences and
because the city is a signatory, along with five
other cities or districts, on a Consent Decree that
includes a number of provisions mandating the
monitoring, management and reporting of SSOs.
As part of its ongoing SSO management
program, Oakland Public Works wanted to
measure full depth in a manhole. It had been
using monitors with float alarms at fixed heights
but found these required a significant amount
of time for maintenance.
Five years ago, Oakland began a pilot project
using ECHO narrow-beam ultrasonic depth
monitors from ADS Environmental Services.
ECHO is a next-generation, ultrasonic monitoring
system that uses patented " narrow-beam "
technology. Unlike conventional ultrasonic
sensors, which must be suspended on a flexible
cable to within a few feet of the invert flows,
ECHO is installed at the top of the manhole.
ECHO's narrow-beam technology gives it a
full 20-feet of dynamic measurement range.
Moreover, its stabilized mounting means there
is no sensor movement, which occurs with
cable-type ultrasonic sensors because they are
prone to movement and can cause false alarms.
Featuring both low- and high-flow alarms,
ECHO monitors can be adapted to the exact
requirements for a given manhole.
Oakland expanded the ECHO monitor
deployment to include 45 sites, and to take
advantage of ADS' D-Site comprehensive
services. The D-Site approach relieves internal
staff from the hassles of hardware installation,
maintenance and monitoring while assuring they
have a continuous 24/7 stream of comprehensive
data for alerts, alarms and long-term analysis.
For example, D-site monitoring helped avert
By using ADS' ECHO level monitor and D-Site
service for monitoring and managing its sewer
system, the city of Oakland (Calif.) has been
able to improve both its ability to avoid SSOs
and reduce overall costs.
a spill by alerting staff to a surcharge in what
was termed a " good catch " . According to City
of Oakland wastewater management, " the line
was surcharging, the guys broke the stoppage,
so it saved us from another SSO! "
FOR MORE INFORMATION
ADS Environmental Services,
(877) 237-9585, adsenv.com
Cardinal Wireless, Pryme Radio
Partner on Miller Pipeline
Communications Solution
Two-way radios have come a long way in the last
50 years and still hold a significant market share,
despite the adoption of push-to-talk over cellular
(PoC.) For two-way radio dealers, staying ahead
of the communications technology curve has
presented challenges, as well as opportunities.
Some dealers stayed relevant through ecommerce,
while some expanded in other ways.
Cardinal Wireless, based in Indianapolis, Ind.,
is a company that chose a different direction.
Four decades ago, it was a local two-way radio
dealer and today it's one of the top wireless
equipment dealers, service centers and airtime
suppliers in the Midwest.
The key to Cardinal's sustained success is
diversification.
" One supplier can't be everything to everyone, "
said Frank Swindler, technical Manager as
Cardinal Wireless. " That's why we offer products
from as many different suppliers as possible,
including some you haven't heard of. Each has
its own niche and if one doesn't fit a customer's
needs, another will. "
A prime example is when Miller Pipeline came
to Cardinal Wireless looking for hearing protection
headsets with communication capabilities that
would support different types of radios. Previous
headsets were not compatible with all the radios
Miller Pipeline used and were very cost prohibitive.
Cardinal Wireless found the ideal solution at
PRYME Radio Products. Headquartered in Brea,
Calif., it's a foremost manufacturer of specialized
mobile communication accessories for professionals
in every industry sector.
" PRYME's dual earmuff headset offered 24dB
of hearing protection and clear audio/transmit,
plus easily interchangeable cables for each radio
model, all at about half the cost of Miller's legacy
headset, " said Swindler. " Now, we get calls from
Miller almost weekly for Pryme's headsets. "
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Cardinal Wireless, (317) 552-1517,
cardinal-wireless.com
PRYME Radio Products, (800) 666-2654
KOROYD
koroyd.com
New data shows that KOROYD integrated safety
helmets reduce heat stress by up to 8 degrees
Fahrenheit/4.5 degrees Celsius, compared to
traditional EPS internal helmet constructions.
A rigorous test protocol was employed to evalUndergroundInfrastructure.com
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