ISBN: 9781859572375

The sources of information for the plastic pipe industry are many and varied, for it has become one of the great industries of the world. Pipelines and tubing are vital to the infrastruct… Plus…

The sources of information for the plastic pipe industry are many and varied, for it has become one of the great industries of the world. Pipelines and tubing are vital to the infrastructure and economic activity of all countries from the poorest of the third world to the richest developed nations. Plastics have progressively displaced longer established materials through four decades and extruded pipe constitutes a major area of application for polymeric materials. The pipes market also involves a very large pipe fittings production and supply sector. The polymer used in this context has a higher added value than the bulk of material extruded as pipe. Fittings production mostly involves injection moulding and total value is on a similar scale to the sale of pipe itself. Although the original approach to pipeline construction in plastics was simply to adopt the technolgies already in place for metallic systems there have been new technologies introduced that exploit polymer properties. For instance the trenchless technologies that greatly reduce pipe-laying costs are highly dependent on the flexibility and ductility of polyethylene pipes and jointing by fusion welding also exploits the thermal characteristics of polyethylene. A full understanding of this industry requires far greater analytical coverage than is offered by typical market surveys. Market surveys generally provide good coverage of the status quo in terms of supply and demand volumes and prices on a regional basis. By contrast, in this Rapra Industry Analysis Report we have attempted to probe more widely, using the many and varied information sources to reveal fundamental influences on supply and demand technology that ultimately control price, performance and market trends. This Rapra Industry Analysis Report has the objective of bringing together information from a broad spectrum of polymer and pipe supply technology and relating it to the regional and demographic trends of the demand side. It is hoped that this approach will enable readers to view their own more detailed market information within a broader context and consequently gain a more complete understanding of long term trends. Topics covered by this report include:.; The Polymer Pipe Supply Industry; Pipe Systems Market; Pipe Manufacture and the Supply Chain; Pipe Fittings Market; Pipeline Construction; Quality Control and Research; Directory. About the Author…. Trevor Stafford was employed by BG plc (formerly British Gas) for 21 years as a Principal Engineer and Higher Manager at The Engineering Research Station, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and for a further year at the Gas Research & Technology Centre, Loughborough. Functional responsibility included leadership of research activities concerned with development and application of PE pipe for gas distribution in the UK. Author of numerous publications and 13 patents assigned to BG. Left BG plc in 1996 to form ‘Plasticpipes’, a partnership with two former Brit Business Business eBook, iSmithers Rapra Publishing<

2001, ISBN: 1859572375, Lieferbar binnen 4-6 Wochen

Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: RAPRA TECHNOLOGY, 148 Seiten, L=297mm, B=210mm, H=8mm, Gew.=372gr, [GR: 26880 - TB/Chemische Technik], [SW: - Science], Kartonie… Plus…

Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: RAPRA TECHNOLOGY, 148 Seiten, L=297mm, B=210mm, H=8mm, Gew.=372gr, [GR: 26880 - TB/Chemische Technik], [SW: - Science], Kartoniert/Broschiert<

ISBN: 9781859572375

European Plastic Pipes Market (The): T Stafford European Plastic Pipes Market (The): T Stafford Bücher > Taschenbücher > Naturwissenschaft, in stock

2001, ISBN: 1859572375

Kartoniert / Broschiert SCIENCE / Chemistry / Industrial & Technical, mit Schutzumschlag neu, [PU:Smithers Rapra Technology]

ISBN: 1859572375