Pre-Insulated Plastic Pipe Solutions from GF Urecon & Fabco Plastics

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From the Arctic Circle to Antarctica, Urecon is the name synonymous with superior quality and guaranteed void free preinsulated piping systems. Our systems are manufactured to meet the most rigid quality standards required for projects exposed to the extreme climates of the far north. These identical stringent standards are applied to the piping systems produced for the more benign latitudes of the Caribbean and those in between; thus insuring a level of quality unsurpassed in the industry.

• Municipal freeze protection including Water and sewer mains, Service connections and Bridge crossings
• District heating and cooling
• Steam and condensate return
• Outdoor wood furnace and solar hydronic heating
• Mine intake, tailings and reclaim
• Snow melt systems
• Cryogenic systems
• Chemical feed and temperature maintenance
• Industrial process

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Urecon’s U.I.P.® insulation systems to 149 °C ( 300 F)
Wide range of outer jackets, including counter wound polyethylene, extruded PE casing, Spiwrap spiral wound galvanized steel or aluminum, extruded white PVC casing, FRP casing and banded aluminum, galvanized or stainless steel
Custom specialty jackets available
Insulation kits custom made to suit all fittings for each of our systems
Heat Tracing Systems, including Urecon’s constant watt Thermocable, Series cable, Self-regulating cable, Mineral insulated cable, Electronic and mechanical thermostats
High temperature composite insulation systems
Portable foam kits
Mee-Seal and Slipjoint specialty insulation joint kits
EN253 District heating systems from Logstor
Flexible systems from Logstor, PEX-Flex, Cu-Flex and Steel-Flex

• *Calculations are based on a 4°C (39°F) inlet, 1000m (3281ft) long pipe run.
• **At end of pipe run
• ***Assumes initial water temperature of 1.11°C (34°F)
• No safety factor included
• To convert watts to Btu/hr, multiply by 3.414

NOMINAL PIPE DIA. MM	NOMINAL PIPE DIA. IN	PIPE AMBIENT -18°C (0°F) TIME TO FREEZE (HR)*** NO INSULATION	PIPE AMBIENT -18°C (0°F) TIME TO FREEZE (HR)*** SOMM (2 IN) U.1.P	PIPE AMBIENT -18°C (0°F) HEAT LOSS WITH SOMM U.1.P WATTS/M	PIPE AMBIENT -18°C (0°F) HEAT LOSS WITH SOMM U.1.P WATTS/FT	PIPE AMBIENT -34°C (30°F) TIME TO FREEZE (HR)*** NO INSULATION	PIPE AMBIENT -34°C (30°F) TIME TO FREEZE (HR)*** SOMM (2 IN) UJP	PIPE AMBIENT -34°C (30°F) HEAT LOSS WITH SOMM UJP WATTS/M	PIPE AMBIENT -34°C (30°F) HEAT LOSS WITH SOMM UJP WATTS/FT
TIME TD FREEZE AND HEAT LOSS FDR U.1.PIID INSULATED PIPE
19	3/4	1	15	1.6	0.5	1	8	2.9	0.9
25	1	1	21	1.8	0.5	1	11	3.3	1.0
30	1-1/4	1	38	2.2	0.7	1	20	4.1	1.2
40	1-1/2	1	45	2.4	0.7	1	22	4.4	1.3
50	2	1	62	2.7	0.8	1	33	5.0	1.5
75	3	2	105	3.5	1.1	1	56	6.5	2.0
100	4	4	145	4.2	1.3	2	77	7.7	2.3
150	6	9	235	5.5	1.7	5	125	10.2	3.1
200	8	15	324	6.7	2.0	8	172	12.4	3.8
250	10	23	422	8.0	2.4	12	224	14.7	4.5
300	12	32	516	9.1	2.7	17	273	16.8	5.1
350	14	39	596	9.8	3.0	21	305	18.0	5.5
400	16	51	674	10.9	3.3	27	357	20.0	6.1

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