User:Jdiemert/ePIPE

ePIPE is an epoxy lined pipe and process that creates a barrier coating on the inside of the pipe. It has the capability to rehabilitate pressurized pipes including potable water, fire sprinklers and natural gas lines ranging in diameter from 3/8 inch to six inches. Pipes are restored in-place i.e.: right in the walls or ceilings without dismantling the whole piping system or having to tear up walls or floors. ePIPE rehabilitation provides a barrier coating protecting the pipe from internal corrosion, repairs pinhole leaks and prevents the leaching of heavy metals into the water supply, such as copper and lead.

Process

A patented process for cleaning, sealing pinhole leaks and providing a barrier coating to the interior walls of piping systems. An entire piping system is cleaned and coated in-place using dry abrasives, epoxies and forced air. Pipes are protected from water corrosion, erosion and electrolysis. Pipes having diameters of approximately 3/8 inch up to approximately 6 inches are treatable. Piping systems such as potable water lines, natural gas lines, HVAC, drains, and fire sprinkler systems in homes, apartments, high-rise hotel/resorts, office towers, high-rise apartment and condominiums and schools, can be treated. The epipe, epoxy coating pipe restoration process is covered under US patent 7,160,574 and has been commercialized by ACE DuraFlo Systems.

External links

Information on US Patent 7,160,574
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?u=%2Fnetahtml%2Fsrchnum.htm&Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&r=1&l=50&f=G&d=PALL&s1=7160574.PN.&OS=PN/7160574&RS=PN/7160574

Articles on in-place pipe restoration
http://www.hotel-online.com/Trends/AceDuraFlo/index.html http://www.officecommercial.com/frmMagazine.asp?Action=View&Article=1501&Volume=Volume%20VII&Season=Spring&Year=2005&Market=Southern%20California

Health and Codes
http://nsf.com/Certified/PwsComponents/Listings.asp?Company=0K240&Standard=061 http://nsf.com/business/water_distribution/faq.asp?program=WaterDistributionSys#general

ACE DuraFlo Systems
http://www.aceduraflo.com