Computer Aided Design of the Butt Fusion Welding Processes on Polymer Pipes

Author(s) : Wood, Richards, Street, Muckle, Bowman

For the movement of fuel gas and water, plastics pipes are dominant in many markets, and this success has been based on single material solid wall pipes. There are now an expanding number of multi-layered plastics pipes, and described here for the first time is the performance of the second-generation of skinned pipe...

Author(s) : Muckle, Wood, Reed

Developed to address the practical problems experienced on site with the preparation of the surface of polyethylene (PE) pipes for electrofusion jointing, skinned PE pipe also offers the secondary benefit of general pipe protection against gouging and other forms of abrasion damage. This paper discilsses the concept...

Author(s) : Torsun, Day, Wound, Dib, Rosala

The Electro-Fusion welding of plastic pipes requires considerable knowledge and expertise in all areas associated with the technology, including the design of the fittings, design of the process parameters and the associated hardware, and joint preparation. On-site practice is also often difficult to control :...

Author(s) : Wood, Moore

The erosion of pipe materials in slurry flow streams occurs through a variety of wear processes. As a result, the comparative wear resistance of materials is extremely difficult to predict from a knowledge of basic physical and engineering properties. Design and selection criteria must hence be based on empirical...