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areas in centres of population, the building<br />
of multi-lane roads and the increase in<br />
cost-consciousness and concern for the<br />
environment it is gaining in importance at<br />
absolutely breakneck speed.<br />
The cast iron pipes group will therefore be<br />
making “trenchless laying” the main focus<br />
of its presentation at “Wasser Berlin”, and<br />
will be showing that ductile cast iron pipes<br />
using the BLS ® / VRS-T ® restrained socket<br />
joint are supremely well suited to trenchless<br />
installation. The deflectability of the<br />
joint makes it possible for curves of particularly<br />
tight radiuses to be followed and<br />
it will withstand extremely powerful tractive<br />
forces. Buderus will also be showing<br />
the ZMU pipe as another problem-solver<br />
for all trenchless laying techniques. As a<br />
standardised means of protection for the<br />
exterior of pipes, the outer coating of cement<br />
mortar is particularly well armed<br />
against the mechanical loads and stresses<br />
that occur in trenchless laying.<br />
We can be sure that trade visitors will find<br />
something to interest them about the ductile<br />
cast iron pipes, the BLS ® /VRS-T ® joint<br />
and the cement-mortar coating.<br />
Site Viewing Day on 1 April<br />
To accompany the Fair, the 6th International<br />
Pipeline Symposium organised by<br />
the Berlin-Brandenburg division of the<br />
DVGW (German Technical and Scientific<br />
Association for Gas and Water) will be taking<br />
place on 1 and April. The theme this<br />
year is the particular challenges in pipeline<br />
construction and it will begin in the traditional<br />
way with a site viewing day when<br />
Berliner Wasserbetriebe will invite participants<br />
to visit selected construction sites.<br />
At ten sites, BGW will be showing the outstanding<br />
fitness for purpose of the BLS ®<br />
joint and the ZMU coating. Trenchless laying<br />
techniques will be demonstrated on all<br />
the sites. Visitors will be able to see presspull<br />
techniques, pipe relining, auxiliary pipe<br />
techniques and trenchless re-laying<br />
Vorschau<br />
InterAlpin<br />
Interalpin – The industry’s international meeting<br />
point for Alpine technologies<br />
In Innsbruck trade visitors from all over<br />
the world with an interest in mountain<br />
tourism and alpine infrastructure<br />
will be coming together for Interalpin<br />
which runs from the nd to the 4th<br />
of April to find out about developments in<br />
this increasingly important market.<br />
With a total of 500 exhibitors and 17, 00<br />
visitors from 56 countries, Interalpin 007<br />
beat all previous records and established<br />
itself as the world’s biggest and most important<br />
trade fair for cable car technology,<br />
snowmaking, and snow-clearing vehicles<br />
and equipment. This year the organisers<br />
are expecting another rise in the numbers<br />
of visitors, particularly from Eastern Europe<br />
and Asia. This trend was already apparent<br />
in 007, a particularly striking feature being<br />
the influx of guests from exotic parts of the<br />
world such as Dubai, Brazil, Mexico and<br />
Iran. Even Australians and New Zealanders<br />
were not put off by the long journey. In parallel<br />
with Interalpin, the “Österreichische<br />
Seilbahntagung” (Austrian Cable Car Conference)<br />
will be taking place in Innsbruck<br />
on April 009.<br />
In the fine setting of a 100 square metre<br />
stand, the cast iron pipes group<br />
will be showing not only the tried and<br />
tested ductile cast iron pipes for snow<br />
pipelines but also the DN 50 and 00<br />
socket bends, which are completely new<br />
to the range. Other new products on show<br />
will be the all-socket tees of various nominal<br />
sizes. It will be clear from this that the<br />
range of fittings for snow making is constantly<br />
being optimised to cater for the<br />
many and varied requirements that customers<br />
have.<br />
In Eastern Europe in particular, there are<br />
signs of a boom in new ski resorts which<br />
are being built and “artificial snow” is an<br />
important economic factor. This is why the<br />
cast iron pipes group is expecting to see a<br />
very keen interest being shown in particular<br />
by visitors from this part of the world.<br />
To cater for the wide variety of information<br />
that is going to be asked for, TRM has rewritten<br />
its marketing documents for the<br />
snow and turbine pipes fields and it will be<br />
going into the race properly kitted out with<br />
everything it needs to win.<br />
Reports<br />
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