13–16 November SKYCITY Convention Centre Auckland, New Zealand PROUDLY PRESENTED BY: MAJOR SPONSOR: www.engineeringnews.co.nz 35 E N V I R O N M E N T One of the simplest and quickest ways to prevent accidental contamination of waterways from spills into water, sewerage and other pipelines lines during materials handling operations is provided by Pollu-Plug stoppers from Air Springs Supply Pty Ltd. The proven range of Pollu-Plugs manufactured by global elastomer specialist Pronal is designed to provide protection against mishaps and spills involving potentially hazardous liquids and chemicals. Pollu-plugs are permanently and unobtrusively fitted into such pipelines ready for virtually instantaneous inflation by remote triggering as soon as an emergency arises in industrial, agribusiness, civil, military, emergency and municipal applications. When an emergency arises - such as the urgent need to contain a toxic fluid spill or to prevent spreading of firefighting or contaminated process water - they are triggered by a gust of compressed air from standard factory pneumatic systems, or from cylinders of compressed nitrogen in more remote situations. The rapid inflation acts immediately to protect environmentally sensitive waterways downstream from the pipelines, an environmental risk management issue which is common both as industry operates close to urban infrastructure or adjacent to water tables in remote agribusiness process and farming areas. When pipelines are not subject to an emergency, the uninflated stoper allows normal non-polluted contents to pass beneath the elastomer-coated Pollu-Plug, which is snugly located to conform to the internal diameter of the upper half of the pipe. It is connected by an air supply line to an all-weather control panel or to a nitrogen inflation cylinder supplied by the customer and located outside the pipe. Early users of the Pollu-Plug system include major Australian packaging, processing and military manufacturing plants, which had concerns about many multiple vehicles moving through plants with numerous forklifts and other materials handling technology shifting bulk containers and drums of materials including liquid chemicals and fuels, glues, paints, urethanes and common process substances. “The beauty of this technology is its absolute simplicity, efficiency and near total lack of maintenance. The quality and durability of the product – and of related Pronal pipeline products - is backed by Pronal’s global experience in elastomer technology, with more than 3,000 global customers relying on Pronal design projects in fields as diverse as military, aerospace, offshore, industrial, mechanical, hydraulic, nuclear, water and waste water and environmental areas,” says Air Springs Supply national sales and marketing manager James Maslin. Pollu-Plugs are available in diameters of 100-1000mm and lengths of 450-2050mm (both measurements when empty). Custom sizes can be produced on request. Inflated at pressures of between 40 and 120 KPa, depending on pipeline diameter, they complement Pronal’s extensive range of OFR stoppers designed for maximum sealing diameters of 770-2115mm. They also feature rapid inflation for tight sealing to prevent accidental pollution. EXPLOSIVELY QUICK PROTECTION HELPS SAFEGUARDS WATERWAYS The Corrosion & Prevention 2016 conference and exhibition will feature a program of keynote speakers and technical presentations by leading researchers and industry practitioners and is expected to attract more than 450 delegates from sectors such as oil & gas, maritime, civil and structural engineering and power generation. Diverse technical streams will showcase the latest developments in the fields of materials selection, designing for durability, structure integrity, coatings and asset management. Topics covered will include advances in sensing & monitoring; lifecycle modelling and prediction, and protective coatings. An extensive exhibition of key industry suppliers will also run in conjunction with the conference. This conference will be of value to people working in a wide range of industries, including; construction, pipelines, mining, cultural and historical materials preservation, asset management, food processing, and defence. For registration details and the conference program, www.acaconference.com.au ACA & NACE Training Courses Coming Up in Auckland ACA courses offer the most up-to-date corrosion control information available today and are designed to produce competently trained personnel in a variety of corrosion related fields. Lectured by corrosion professionals with many years of practical experience, courses range from one day basic corrosion courses to more intensive six day courses. ACA Coating Inspection Refresher October 29 NACE Coatings Inspection Program level 1 October 31 – November 5 NACE Coatings Inspection Program level 2 November 7-12 ACA/ACRA Corrosion and Protection of Concrete Structures November 10-11 In-house Training The ACA can present any of its courses exclusively for an organisation and can tailor any course to your organisation’s specific needs. For more information and course pricing go to www.corrosion.com.au EN114 James Maslin demonstrates Pollu-Plug installation
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