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Robust Pipe

What is Robust Pipe?
Robust Pipe is a new PE pipe generation designed to offer significant benefits to installation companies and utility companies in terms of cost savings and additional security.

Robust Pipe is a double wall pipe. The internal wall is made of standard PE according to European and local specifications. The outside wall is made of foamed PE. This outside layer acts as a protective cushion around the internal pipe. It protects the internal pipe from abrasion, scoring and damage from the moment of manufacture right up to installation, and beyond.

Robust Pipe has been designed with particular attention to resistance against rock impingement. The effect of an external layer of foamed PE spreads the stress of rock impingement over a larger area and helps to protect the internal pipe from damage.


Why use Robust Pipe?
Installation costs of polyethylene pipes are increasing, as environmental legislation makes its impact on building regulations.

Laying a PE pipe in sand is the conventional method of preventing damage to the transport pipe. Robust Pipe can be installed without using a sand bedding (see installation guide). This has a tremendous impact on total installation costs. This means soil disposal and sand costs are decreased, and in addition the speed of installation is increased.


Where to use Robust Pipe?
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Conventional Installation
Robust Pipe can be used for all pressure applications, such as water, gas, telecommunication and pressure sewage. The external colour can be changed to suit local requirements.

It is particularly advantageous to use Robust Pipe in urban areas where installation costs are highest and traffic disruption is worst.

No Dig Installation
Robust Pipe can be used with the most recent trenchless installation technologies. Supplied in coils, or bars to be butt fused to make strings, the Robust Pipe may be used in the confidence that the Robust layer will absorb most, if not all, of the abrasive forces.

For more detailed installation instructions please download the Robust Pipe Installation Guide (943kb).


How to weld
A special peeling tool has been developed by Pipelife to peel back the outer layer and expose the inner layer for welding. The peeling tool is lightweight and easy to use,both for peeling a pipe end, or making a window cut for a saddle. The tool has been designed to prevent damage on the surface of the inner pipe. Included within each tool is also a spare blade.


For more detailed information on our Robust Pipe please contact robustpipe@pipelife.com or download our Robust Pipe Brochure (911kb).

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