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ShieldLiner System successfully used to reline stormwater pipe
Dec 2, 2008
VORTEX DEMONSTRATES SHIELDLINER SYSTEM BY COMPLETING JOB AT ROCKINGHAM
- ShieldLiner System relines stormwater pipe at Rockingham
- First in-field installation using epoxy resin and fibreglass matrix
- Further in-field jobs planned
Vortex Pipes Limited
(ASX Code: VTX) has successfully demonstrated the ShieldLiner
System by completing an in-field relining project at Victoria Road,
Rockingham, Western Australia. The liner was installed in a DN300mm
concrete stormwater drainage pipe that was 35 metres long and had
both tree root intrusions and ground water infiltration through the
old pipe joints.
Vortex rehabilitated the old concrete pipe by using the ShieldLiner System to install its epoxy resin and fibreglass matrix lining package in the old pipe. This is the liner package matrix that Vortex has developed for potable water relining solutions, and is the first time that it has been installed in an in-field project.
Vortex Managing Director Trevor Gosatti said, "The first field installation of our epoxy resin and fibreglass matrix used by ShieldLiner for refurbishing pipes is another milestone in commercialising the ShieldLiner System."
"We had previously only installed ShieldLiner in the field using our vinyl ester and fibreglass liner matrix. Having now successfully installed the epoxy resin and fibreglass liner, we are one step closer to installing the same matrix for the water pipe refurbishment market. This is the same liner matrix that obtained potable water approval in Australia in May 2008," he said.
"With few relining technologies capable of relining large diameter pressure water pipes we believe the ShieldLiner solution will be well received by contactors and asset owners alike," said Mr Gosatti.
Vortex expects to
complete other in-field jobs over the next few months to further
demonstrate its capabilities. As the owner of the ShieldLiner
technology, Vortex plans to commercialise the ShieldLiner System
domestically through contracting arrangements and overseas through
licensing and technology joint ventures.