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  • Exorcising Restraint: Deleting the Demonology

    Exorcising Restraint: Deleting the Demonology

    By Ken Rickvalsky, ENV SP, NACE CT   10/18/2019  In Installation Technical

    Gaskets Are Great

    Rubber gaskets are the reliable workhorse of any Ductile iron pipe (DI pipe) joint. They provide long-lasting flexibility and a watertight seal against internal pressures upwards of 1,000 psi.

    What they don’t do, however, is bind the joint longitudinally against such forces. In fact, without assistance from other variables, a push-on or mechanical joint of any diameter would calmly separate lengthwise against pressures as low as 50 psi.

  • Can McWane Ductile Provide Bonded Coatings?

    Can McWane Ductile Provide Bonded Coatings?

    By Ken Rickvalsky, ENV SP, NACE CT   02/21/2019  In Products Services Technical

    Can McWane Ductile provide bonded coatings? A good question recently posed and more frequently asked due to a greater recognition of potential corrosive environments. To correctly address this question, some other questions need to be answered first.

  • What Are Mill Certs and Why Are They Needed?

    What Are Mill Certs and Why Are They Needed?

    By Ken Rickvalsky, ENV SP, NACE CT   08/23/2018  In Our Company

    Accountability through traceability. That’s the cornerstone of Quality Assurance in any manufacturing process.

    Often referred to by the abbreviation QA, if you don’t have firm control of this, you don’t have a product worth using. Quality products where lifetime warranties and reliability begin.

    McWane Ductile is dedicated to continuous improvements in both product quality and personnel safety throughout all aspects of the process, in our foundry as well as the end-users’ systems.

  • McWane Ductile Participates in Career Development with Palm Beach County Water Utilities

    McWane Ductile Participates in Career Development with Palm Beach County Water Utilities

    By Ken Rickvalsky, ENV SP, NACE CT   07/27/2018  In Services

    On July 24, 2018 the ½ Day of Water event took place at the state-of-the-art training facility in West Palm Beach Florida. The utility’s sprawling and beautiful center has significant space for hands-on training, large dual-screen high-resolution digital presentations, individual and group computer skills and software training, and so much more. Nearly 40 Palm Beach County utility workers, ranging from field personnel to design engineers, plant operators, and department managers were in attendance.

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  • The Iowa Treated Water Pipeline Project: Providing Growth with Safe, Clean Water
    The Iowa Treated Water Pipeline Project: Providing Growth with Safe, Clean Water By Jeff Henderson 11/09/2021  In Installation Services
  • Hydrotesting on Slopes: The Hills Have PSI!
    Hydrotesting on Slopes: The Hills Have PSI! By Ken Rickvalsky, ENV SP, NACE CT 10/28/2021  In Installation Technical
  • Barrel Rating vs. Joint Rating for Ductile Iron Pipe: Is There a Difference?
    Barrel Rating vs. Joint Rating for Ductile Iron Pipe: Is There a Difference? By Ken Rickvalsky, ENV SP, NACE CT 10/15/2021  In Technical
  • Corrosion Control - Inside and Out - for Ductile Iron Pipe
    Corrosion Control - Inside and Out - for Ductile Iron Pipe By Jerry Regula, ENV SP, NACE CT 10/08/2021  In Products Technical
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