The St. Louis Highway Tour host, Jeff Urbanski.
Mechanical Hub just lately caught up with the HammerHead Trenchless staff at its St. Louis cease on the HammerHead Highway Tour 2024. There, round 35 contractors took on this “lunch and be taught”-type setting to get extra acquainted with HammerHead product and repair choices. Proper from the soar, there was a excessive precedence on security. “Security is the inspiration of every little thing we do,” says Jeff Urbanski, senior supervisor, coaching and advertising and marketing with HammerHead—and our trenchless professor for the day.
Of curiosity to the Mechanical Hub staff had been the three stay demos—assisted by Thomas Davies, software specialist—which began with CIPP level repairs, which included the purpose restore course of with a regular packer wrapped in fiberglass coated in resin inserted right into a PVC DWV pipe.
Thomas Davies prepares the usual packer wrapped in a resin-coated fiberglass sheath.
Subsequent, the group ventured outdoors to look at the lateral clay pipe bursting demo— initiated by Nate Hrabosky, regional gross sales supervisor and assisted by Davies—utilizing HammerHead’s PortaBurst PB30 machine. The rugged PortaBurst system replaces 2 to six″ lateral pipes with as much as 30-tons of pulling power.
And saving maybe the most effective for final, attendees get to see Hammerhead’s proprietary BlueLight LED CIPP lining system in full impact. The Bluelight LED CIPP lining system for laterals and small drain pipes is probably the most superior light-curing system obtainable. The LED mild head as much as 5 occasions sooner than different strategies. The specifically formulated resin solely cures underneath mild within the “blue” wavelength, giving installers a considerably longer working time between liner wet-out and curing. As soon as put in, the automated curing system pulls the LED mild head by way of the liner, curing the resin nearly immediately—as much as 5 occasions sooner than different strategies. As an alternative of ready hours for the liner to remedy, a 50-foot sewer line may very well be totally cured in underneath 10 minutes.
Nate Hrabosky readies the PortaBurst PB30 machine for a clay pipe bursting demo.
The truth is, contractor buddy Diego Luhan, president, Alphalete Plumbing Drain & Sewer Rehab(@alphalete_plumbing_drain_sewer), Colorado Springs, Colo., provides excessive marks for the Bluelight CIPP system. “At Alphalete Plumbing, we completely love utilizing the HammerHead Translucent Blue Gentle CIPP Liner Remedy Machine. It’s been an entire game-changer for us,” says Luhan.
“The velocity and effectivity this machine delivers are unparalleled, making pipeline repairs simpler, extra dependable, and environmentally pleasant. We are able to’t think about utilizing anything—it’s endlessly our go-to for trenchless expertise.”
Urbanski discusses BlueLight’s diagnostics and touchscreen interface, which options an intuitive touch-screen interface that’s straightforward to be taught and function. Merely enter the job specs and the system will mechanically set pull-back velocity.
The Highway Tour is an effective way to stand up shut and private with HammerHead merchandise. Nonetheless, the staff is equally as excited to get on job websites throughout the nation as effectively. “We love being on job websites, and we love fixing issues,” says Urbanski.
Remember to try HammerHead on the highway.
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