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Project Description
NuWave was called on Sunday June 16th to see if we were interested in possibly helping cut there 90" watermain pipeline that had ruptured. Our team traveled down there on Tuesday June 17th to have a look at the project and to see if we could rig up tooling to successfully cut the pipe. Once they looked at it and called back to the office, we manufactured a tool to rap around the pipe so our cutting tool could be fastened to it to complete the cut. We managed to have the tool-built Tuesday night and got the cutting unit ready to travel back down to Calgary. Wednesday June 19th we were on site ready to start cutting.
Type of Cutting
The cuts that needed to be done consisted of a layer of cement, layer of banding steal banding, then a steal pipe that then was layered with cement then an epoxy coating which totaled a thickness of 9". We strapped our banding onto the outer most side of the main line and then fastened our cutting tool to the banding. Once this was in place we started the cut and proceeded doing so until we cut 360 degrees around the 90" pipe. Doing all of this without having anyone in harm's way while the cut was being done.
Project Description
NuWave was called on Sunday June 16th to see if we were interested in possibly helping cut there 90" watermain pipeline that had ruptured. Our team traveled down there on Tuesday June 17th to have a look at the project and to see if we could rig up tooling to successfully cut the pipe. Once they looked at it and called back to the office, we manufactured a tool to rap around the pipe so our cutting tool could be fastened to it to complete the cut. We managed to have the tool-built Tuesday night and got the cutting unit ready to travel back down to Calgary. Wednesday June 19th we were on site ready to start cutting.
Type of Cutting
The cuts that needed to be done consisted of a layer of cement, layer of banding steal banding, then a steal pipe that then was layered with cement then an epoxy coating which totaled a thickness of 9". We strapped our banding onto the outer most side of the main line and then fastened our cutting tool to the banding. Once this was in place we started the cut and proceeded doing so until we cut 360 degrees around the 90" pipe. Doing all of this without having anyone in harm's way while the cut was being done.
Doing the cut with this process did not put anyone in harm's way while still maintaining a clean line of site on the cut, as well there was no dust, harmful fumes and minimal noise. This process did take a bit longer than the conventional way but there was no down time due to injuries or procedure changes and there would have been less time cleanup/prep time on the cut area. Feedback we received from the City of Calgary was all positive.
Tools Utilized
How we did it
Not sure as we don't know the costs of doing it the conventional way
Safety
Environmentally Friendly