Developed, engineered and manufactured in the U.S., push-to-connect fittings offer easy and fast installation. NIBCO INC. expands its Wrot Racer® push fittings to include new configurations such as reducing and repair tees and couplings, additional sizes of male and female thread adapters, thread elbows and caps with drains. The Wrot Racer line is designed to join Read more
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Developed, engineered and manufactured in the U.S., push-to-connect fittings offer easy and fast installation.
NIBCO INC. expands its Wrot Racer® push fittings to include new configurations such as reducing and repair tees and couplings, additional sizes of male and female thread adapters, thread elbows and caps with drains.
The Wrot Racer line is designed to join copper, CPVC-CTS, PEX and PE-RT (with stiffeners) for easy transitions between piping systems. Featuring a patented fitting design, installations are easily made within seconds.
“We are always working to add new sizes that help our customers be more efficient,” said Marilyn Morgan, senior product manager-metal fittings, NIBCO. “Having these additional new configurations of our high-quality, U.S.-made Wrot Racer push fittings that are quick and easy to install is part of this initiative.”
Wrot Racer push fittings are manufactured in the U.S. of 99.9 percent pure wrot copper. Naturally lead free, the fittings feature antimicrobial properties and zero dezincification, providing for safe, clean drinking water connections for both residential and commercial applications.
Available in 1/2″ to 1″ sizes, the lightweight and compact Wrot Racer fittings are able to be installed wet or dry and can handle applications up to 200 psi and 200 degrees. The new fittings feature stainless steel gripper rings to ensure a secure connection. Wrot Racer fittings are ideal for tight-space installations and can also be removed and reused, avoiding wasted materials.
Manufactured from recyclable materials, Wrot Racer fittings are environmentally green and meet a variety of certifications and standards including ANSI/NSF 14, 61, 372 and ASSE 1061.
For more information, visit https://www.nibco.com/wrotracer/
HammerHead ® Trenchless attended the 2023 Water & Wastewater Equipment, Treatment & Transport (WWETT) Show at the Indianapolis Convention Center, Feb. 21 through Feb. 23, 2023. Among its show highlights, the company hosted 12 live product demonstrations that span three focal areas, including a real-time Bluelight LED lining demonstration in the Live Demo area of Read more
HammerHead ® Trenchless attended the 2023 Water & Wastewater Equipment, Treatment & Transport (WWETT) Show at the Indianapolis
Convention Center, Feb. 21 through Feb. 23, 2023. Among its show
highlights, the company hosted 12 live product demonstrations that span three focal areas, including a real-time Bluelight LED lining demonstration in the Live Demo area of the WWETT Show floor.
HammerHead application specialists will perform a 20-foot above-ground, air inversion CIPP demonstration, utilizing the most advanced light-curing system available: Bluelight LED. During the 30-minute demonstration, guests will experience the lateral lining process from inversion to cure.
The first, “CIPP Technologies,” explores common approaches to cured-in-place practices and quality testing measures to ensure resilience. The second, “HydraSlitter Lead Pipe Replacement,” showcases a new product solution for the nationwide drive to replace lead and copper pipes.
“It’s always been a focus of HammerHead to share knowledge and best practices within the industry,” said Jeff Gabrielse, general manager, HammerHead Trenchless. “We have tremendous in-house expertise, so these live demonstrations are the ideal platform for sharing – and even gaining – insight from customers.”
Gabrielse added, “Another facet of our booth is an area dedicated to HHU Online. Our training and certification program is unmatched in the industry and the new online platform is an extension of our in-person offering.” HammerHead University Online launched in December 2022 and features free online courses, covering a variety of HammerHead products and applications from company experts.
In addition to sharing new products, updates to current products and live
demonstrations, the HammerHead booth featured a new experience in the form of shopping kiosks. “We’ll have kiosks set up, enabling customers to place online orders directly in the booth,” Gabrielse said. “So, customers will order at WWETT and have the items at their shop when they return home,” he added.
About the Bluelight LED CIPP Lining System
The newly redesigned Bluelight LED CIPP lining system for laterals and small drain pipes is the most advanced light-curing system available. The innovative technology empowers CIPP lining pros by alleviating the time pressures of other CIPP systems. The specially formulated resin only cures under light in the “blue” wavelength, giving installers a significantly longer working time between liner wet-out and curing. Once installed, the automated curing system pulls the LED light head through the liner – curing the resin almost instantly – up to five times faster than other methods.
About The HydraSlitter System
Making its WWETT Show debut, HydraSlitter is a compact kitted system that uses the company’s Same Path® Technology method to replace lead pipes without digging, minimizing the impact to a property. This simple, efficient way to replace lead pipes is critical as communities tackle the problem of lead contaminants in drinking water.
For more information on HammerHead Trenchless visit www.hammerheadtrenchless.com or to speak with a customer service representative call 800-331-6653.
At 850 pounds and 152 inches long, the 72-120 in. Test-Ball® Plug features best-in-class design to ensure optimal performance and safety Cherne Industries, part of the Oatey Co. family of companies, today introduced its 72-120 inch Test-Ball® Plug. The world’s largest test ball, it blocks flow in the biggest pipes in sanitary and storm sewer Read more
At 850 pounds and 152 inches long, the 72-120 in. Test-Ball® Plug features best-in-class design to ensure optimal performance and safety
Cherne Industries, part of the Oatey Co. family of companies, today introduced its 72-120 inch Test-Ball® Plug. The world’s largest test ball, it blocks flow in the biggest pipes in sanitary and storm sewer systems, up to 120 in. The plug is the latest addition to Cherne’s comprehensive, market-leading catalog of pipe plug, blocking and testing products.
Cherne’s 72-120 in. Test-Ball Plug was carefully developed with an optimized design that offers improved performance and safety. Accommodating a back pressure of up to 6 psi, the plug weighs 850 pounds and is 152 inches long. It is made from tough, tear-resistant natural rubber and features ¾ inch eyebolts that provide superior holding strength. A field-replaceable pressure relief valve prevents over-inflation, and an aluminum end plate minimizes rust and corrosion.
For more information, visit cherneind.com.
Taco Comfort Solutions is expanding its light commercial ECM pump offering with the 1911ecm and 1915ecm high-efficiency pumps. The 1911ecm is a 425 watt, self-sensing, close coupled, mechanically sealed pump that features a high-efficiency volute, ECM motor, and an integrated frequency drive. It is easy to install and program, and provides a maximum 50 feet Read more
Taco Comfort Solutions is expanding its light commercial ECM pump offering with the 1911ecm and 1915ecm high-efficiency pumps.
The 1911ecm is a 425 watt, self-sensing, close coupled, mechanically sealed pump that features a high-efficiency volute, ECM motor, and an integrated frequency drive. It is easy to install and program, and provides a maximum 50 feet of head and 105 GPM.
The 1915ecm offers all the user-friendly features of the 1911ecm, but in a more powerful package. At 650 watts, the 1915ecm provides a maximum 65 feet of head and 120 GPM.
Simple yet versatile control options on both circulators include constant pressure, constant speed, proportional pressure, 0-10Vdc and parallel pump alternation. These standard features, combined with the intuitive user interface, allow for quick start-ups achieving optimum system efficiency and maximum comfort.
Both pumps are both available in ductile iron for closed loop hydronic heating and cooling systems or stainless steel, NSF/ANSI/CAN 61 & 372 Commercial Hot Certified for domestic hot water applications. Taco’s 1915ecm is available now, and 1911ecm will be available in the 2nd Quarter of 2023.
For more information, visit www.TacoComfort.com
Targeted for specific U.S. regional distribution partners, Uponor is launching TotalFit™ — the professional-grade, engineered polymer (EP), push-to-connect fitting solution that provides greater value for residential projects with the same versatility and speed as brass push-to-connect fittings. Designed for use with PEX, PE-RT, CPVC, and copper piping systems, TotalFit is ideal for service repair, maintenance Read more
Targeted for specific U.S. regional distribution partners, Uponor is launching TotalFit™ — the professional-grade, engineered polymer (EP), push-to-connect fitting solution that provides greater value for residential projects with the same versatility and speed as brass push-to-connect fittings.
Designed for use with PEX, PE-RT, CPVC, and copper piping systems, TotalFit is ideal for service repair, maintenance, remodels, and retrofits for potable hot-water and cold-water distribution piping systems in single-family homes, townhomes, apartments, and condominiums.
Featuring patent-pending technology to provide a strong, lasting connection, TotalFit is one of the only full-featured, EP, push-to-connect fittings on the market right now, and it offers about a 30% savings against brass. The new offering includes 33 of the highest-volume push-to-connect fittings in sizes from ½” to 1″ to meet the greatest need in the market.