TPT September 2017

T E CHNOLOG Y

Electrofusion machines from MSA Engineering MSA Engineering Systems Ltd has won its second Queen’s Award for Enterprise Innovation. The award was announced in April, on the birthday of Her Majesty The Queen.

The electrofusion technique is used when water and gas pipes require joining to other pipes and to other accessories. An electrofusion fitting has an embedded heating coil of wire, which is placed over two thermoplastic pipes (as a sleeve) and is energised to melt the plastic of the pipes and corresponding fitting, fusing them together. The traditional electrofusion fitting manufacturing process is complex and can have quality issues, according to MSA Engineering Systems. The company has created a wire-laying system for installing heating wires into curved surfaces for the production of electrofusion saddle fittings, overcoming the limitations of traditional manufacturing methods. The same electrofusion wire-laying principle can be applied in cylindrical

The SWL saddle wire laying machine

Downstream pipeline installers can benefit from reduced installation time, leading to improved continuity of gas and water supply for end users. MSA Engineering Systems Ltd – UK Email: sales@msa-engineering.co.uk Website: www.msa-engineering.co.uk

parts to manufacture electrofusion fittings for large diameter pipelines, or smaller specialist electrofusion fittings. The company states that the benefits to fittings producers include higher quality products, lower manufacturing costs and the ability to make special parts that previously were not possible.

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