Blucor remains at the forefront of cast-in-place concrete pipe (CIPCP) technology. The process for laying CIPCP has become increasingly sophisticated since 1922. First, a specially designed excavator digs the trench and lasers are used to calibrate placement. A custom-made cast-in-place machine, or "boat," is then used to slip form the pipe in the trench. Aluminum forms are inserted every four feet to support the pipe as it cures. After curing, the forms are removed, leaving a jointless, smooth interior pipe. CIPCP provides maintenance-free service and has been proven to withstand normal traffic loads through testing.
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Blucor remains at the forefront of cast-in-place concrete pipe (CIPCP) technology. The process for laying CIPCP has become increasingly sophisticated since 1922. First, a specially designed excavator digs the trench and lasers are used to calibrate placement. A custom-made cast-in-place machine, or "boat," is then used to slip form the pipe in the trench. Aluminum forms are inserted every four feet to support the pipe as it cures. After curing, the forms are removed, leaving a jointless, smooth interior pipe. CIPCP provides maintenance-free service and has been proven to withstand normal traffic loads through testing.
Blucor remains at the forefront of cast-in-place concrete pipe (CIPCP) technology. The process for laying CIPCP has become increasingly sophisticated since 1922. First, a specially designed excavator digs the trench and lasers are used to calibrate placement. A custom-made cast-in-place machine, or "boat," is then used to slip form the pipe in the trench. Aluminum forms are inserted every four feet to support the pipe as it cures. After curing, the forms are removed, leaving a jointless, smooth interior pipe. CIPCP provides maintenance-free service and has been proven to withstand normal traffic loads through testing.
Arizona, Nevada and throughout the Southwest.” Bluth says CIPCP is an “incredible product” that is adaptable and maintenance-free. Blucor remains at the forefront of CIPCP technology. Perfecting the Process The process for laying CIPCP has become increasingly sophisticated since 1922, understandably, and Blucor has remained at the forefront of the technology. First, an excavator with a specially designed round-bottom buck- et digs the trench for the pipe. Lasers are used to calibrate the placement of the trench, and the cast-in-place machine, or “boat,” is itself a specially designed machine. “Each boat is custom-made,” Bluth said in a statement. “There is no manu- facturer that makes these boats as an industry.” After the trench is dug, the cast-in- place machine is put into the trench, along with anchors on the sides of the trench. “The boat slip forms the pipe in the trench, traveling by means of winch and line hooked to the anchor,” the company says. “Aluminum forms arched at the cor- rect circumference of the pipe are inserted every four feet and hooked together to continuously support the top and sides of the pipe. These form an arch of 270 degrees, or 75 percent of the pipe’s circumference. Arches installed “Approximately every 15 to 25 feet, company says. Videos on its Web site inside the pipe then support the forms.” expansion cracks will form,” it explains. show heavy equipment being driven The company explains that the pipe is “These cracks are filled with silicone over CIPCP that was cast no more than formed through a combination of and patched, creating a water-tight pipe. 24 hours earlier. automation, natural formation and tool The result is a jointless pipeline with a “Cast-in-place pipe has been awarded work. “The trench serves as the form for smooth interior that facilitates the an equivalent of a Class IV pre-cast pipe the outside of the pipe,” the company velocity of the flowing water, keeping with an H 20 loading,” it says. “Today, says. “As the boat moves along, a worker the sediment in the pipe to a minimum.” Blucor pipe is accepted by most major hand-finishes the inside of the pipe, as agencies.” >> well as the top of the outside. After the Added Advantages initial cure of the concrete, the forms Blucor says CIPCP is structurally just as Independent Electric Supply Inc. has been efficiently and arches are removed.” strong as pre-cast pipe, and points to serving the California electrical contractor market since 1976 – and the Arizona market since 2005. It is proud to After the concrete is cured and the tests conducted by Cal State University continue its tradition of being a customer-obsessed com- forms are removed, Blucor works to as proof. “The tests conclusively pany by servicing Blucor Contracting and its current Center Drive project. On behalf of everyone at IES, congratulations take care of any imperfections that may demonstrated the ability of the pipe to on continued success and the best of luck going in to have been created during the process. withstand normal traffic loads,” the the future.