TPi March 2019

Business & market news

Online PEX plumbing design course The Plastics Pipe Institute, Inc (PPI) has partnered with RedVector to provide the CEU-style education online course ‘Designing PEX Plumbing Systems to Optimize Performance and Efficiency’.

about plastic piping systems, such as PEX. This online course focuses on the 2 nd edition of the Design Guide for Residential PEX Water Supply Plumbing Systems. We teach students how to use the data in the guide to optimise design of plumbing systems for peak performance and efficiency. The course also provides detailed information about PEX plumbing products and explains proper installation techniques.” PPI is a trade association representing all segments of the plastic pipe industry. RedVector is a provider of online education content for a wide range of industries, including architecture, engineering, construction and mining. It offers more than one thousand courses for engineers, architects, contractors and other design professionals. Plastics Pipe Institute, Inc – USA www.plasticpipe.org fruitful relationship between Metalube and Bellini. Our two companies share very similar values and aspirations, with customer satisfaction through technological innovation, service and flexibility at the heart of everything we do.” Metalube exports 95 per cent of its production to more than 90 countries worldwide, andhas offices inManchester, UK; Dubai, UAE; Mumbai, India; São Paulo, Brazil; and Shanghai, China. At its headquarters in Manchester the company has a fully integrated lubricant manufacturing facility including new laboratories. Research and development are key to the business, and the company is constantly investing in the Metalube Technology Centre, ensuring technical excellence and innovation across its range of products and services.

The one-hour course, which is narrated by Lance MacNevin, P Eng, director of engineering for PPI’s Building & Construction Division, has five learning objectives and advances at the pace of each student. Topics include the properties of PEX tubing and fittings, types of plumbing layouts, designing for optimised performance, installation techniques and design resources. The course is approved by the Architectural Institute of America (AIA) for 1.0 Learning Unit HSW (Health, Safety and Welfare), a recognised accreditation. Students can receive an online certificate.

PEX plumbing systems can be installed as trunk and branch, home-run or zoned, using remote manifolds

According to Mr MacNevin, “Part of PPI’s mission is to educate target audiences such as design engineers, builders and plumbing contractors

Speciality lubricant partnership Lubricants specialist Metalube Ltd has been officially named the speciality lubrication partner of Bellini SpA. In addition to the partnership in Italy, Metalube India will distribute Bellini’s metal cutting lubricants throughout India. in Bergamo, Italy. It will now distribute across Italy the entire Metalube range of lubricants for drawing non-ferrous wire and tubes, protective greases for overhead line conductors, wire rope lubricants and chain oils.

Douglas Hunt, commercial director of Metalube, said, “We are looking forward to the start of a long and

Bellini SpA is a manufacturer of industrial fluid lubricants, and is based

Metalube Ltd – UK post@metalube.co.uk www.metalube.co.uk Bellini SpA – Italy info@bellini-lubrificanti.it www.bellini-lubrificanti.it

Bellini sales manager Valentino Foiadelli (left) and managing director Marco Bellini (right), with Metalube commercial director Douglas Hunt

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