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December 19th, 2015

aquatherm Supports Sustainability Initiatives at Montana Brewery There is a lot to appreciate about Flathead Lake Brewing Company’s (FLBC) newest brewery and pubhouse in Bigfork, MT.  There is the award winning beer, which can be enjoyed while gazing out over the largest natural freshwater lake west of the Mississippi.  There is the facility, a rustic yet Read More

November 13th, 2015

Green Pipe SDR 7.4/11 S Pipe Size Weight per lin. Ft. Aquatherm Weight per lin. Ft. Sch 40 Steel Weight per lin. Ft. Copper 1/2″ 0.1 0.85 0.204 3/4″ 0.16 1.13 0.328 1″ 0.18 1.68 0.465 1 1/4″ 0.28 2.27 0.682 1 1/2″ 0.43 2.72 0.94 2″ 0.68 3.66 1.46 2 1/2″ 0.95 5.8 2.03 Read More

September 19th, 2015

POLYPROPYLENE-RANDOM PIPING SYSTEMS MINIMIZE UPFRONT COSTS AND CURTAIL CORROSION AND SCALE Nashville: Music City USA. Besides being the birthplace of country music, Nashville, TN, is known for great restaurants, an art scene and a vibrant night life. It’s no surprise Adler Lentz and Kurt Smith, business partners and owners of Smith & Lentz Brewing Company, Read More

July 19th, 2015

INSULATION The University of Florida (UF) is the oldest university in the state of Florida and—with more than 50,000 students—one of the largest universities in the U.S. UF’s 2,000-acre campus in Gainesville, FL, consists of more than 900 buildings. The university was officially established in 1853 and part of the campus is listed as a Read More

June 18th, 2015

Polypropylene ball valve with brass internal components, PP body and sockets Model 500AB, ½-2 inch This valve line has been introduced in North America recently, raising numerous questions regarding the use of these valves with Aquatherm piping. The following should be considered when discussing these valves: According to the manufacturer’s website, the valves are listed Read More

May 19th, 2015

If you want something done right—or on time and on budget—sometimes you just have to do it yourself. The professional engineers at OCI Associates Inc., a consulting engineering firm in Maitland, FL, had been looking to invest in a facility of their own for many years; when the opportunity arose, they bought a three-story, 12,000-sq-ft Read More

April 1st, 2015

Aquatherm offers several brass and stainless steel threaded transition fittings. When installing these fittings with other metal fittings, pipe or other threaded component a couple of items need to be observed. When making a threaded connection using an Aquatherm threaded adapter fitting (FPT) and metal threaded pipe or other component, the threaded component or pipe Read More

March 30th, 2015

201503A – AQTTB Date Issued: 2 March 2015 Aquatherm PP-R piping systems, Green Pipe, Green Pipe MF Faser, and Blue Pipe MF Faser are freeze tolerant meaning that they may experience inadvertent freeze/thaw cycles without sustaining damage to the pipe. However, the pipe should not be placed in an application where the potential for frequent Read More

March 3rd, 2015

The flow rates, friction loss data and velocities for a few given flow rates are shown in the catalog. This data are the result of calculations made with the Hazen-Williams formula which is also given in the catalog. The data shows the results of the calculations showing the friction loss of the pipe in feet Read More

February 19th, 2015

PCs, laptops, tablets, smart phones, digital TVs—a great deal of energy is consumed connecting the public to the Internet. In fact, the information-communications-technologies ecosystem, also known as the digital economy, uses more than 1,500 terawatt-hours of power per year or about 10% of the world’s total electricity generation. Additionally, expending this major amount of energy Read More