Trenchless Technology Road Show Draws Regional Interest in the Windy City
The Trenchless Technology Road Show completed a successful two-day conference May 14-15. The event, organized by Trenchless Technology, was held at the Hilton Lisle/Naperville outside of Chicago. The conference, sponsored by NozzTeq Inc., Sunbelt Rentals…
Read MoreThompson Pump’s 2013 Pumpology School Held
Thompson Pump & Mfg. Co. Inc., held its 23rd annual Pumpology School April 17-19, at its corporate facilities in Port Orange, Fla. Thompson Pump hosted 55 attendees from 15 states and seven foreign countries.
Read MoreDrill Master: Planning a Bore?
Because of their familiarity with the HDD process, workers have, in some instances, found shortcuts to bore planning procedures in order to cut their pre-bore time.
Read More2004 Trenchless Technology Person-of-the-Year: Steven Kramer
Steven R. Kramer has spent most of his professional life exploring, researching, developing, implementing and promoting the industry of trenchless technology -- even before there was a name for the fledgling industry in the early 1980s.
Read MoreDrill Master: Universal Formula?
The following happens as the pump crankshaft makes one complete revolution: As the piston or plunger moves away from the pumping chamber (i.e. suction stroke), the liquid within the pumping chamber expands and the chamber pressure falls.
Read MoreDrill Master: Locate–Expose and Monitor
Underground utilities and the HDD industry have mixed liked oil and water since the industry's inception. Accusations and complaints -- both real and imagined -- have been hurled back and forth between the utility industry and the drilling contractors.
Read MoreDrill Master: Shopping for a Used Pump?
In the past months, I have received numerous calls regarding used pumps.
Read MoreDrill Master: Keys to GPR System Selection
In the April 2003 issue of Trenchless Technology, Christopher Proulx of TBE Group Inc. discussed the evolution of ground penetrating radar (GPR) as a tool for the detection of subsurface infrastructure.
Read MoreDrill Master: Lost Circulation Material LCM
Loss of returns, flow or circulation can be a problem in HDD installations. Zones of high porosity/permeability, natural fractures, rubble zones, gravel and natural voids can all cause loss of drilling fluid to the formation.
Read MoreDrill Master – HDD Locating — Knowing the Basics
Locating is an integral part of any horizontal directional drilling operation, but is often viewed as the "black magic" part of the operation, since many people do not fully understand how the locating system functions.
Read More2003 Trenchless Technology Person-of-the-Year: Irene McSweeney Woodfall
Irene McSweeney Woodfall describes herself as a "quiet advocate" for trenchless technology. But her professional actions over the last 18 years reveal otherwise.
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Drill Master: Viscosity: Friend or Foe?
Viscosity can be a misunderstood drilling fluid property when horizontal directional drilling (HDD) is concerned.
Read MoreDrill Master: Electronics & Asset Management
Today more than ever, excellent management of an HDD company is needed in order to be in the black at the end of the year.
Read MoreDrill Master: Patience is the Key in Locating Gravity Sewer Bores
The preparation for a gravity sewer bore will sometimes take longer than the actual bore. All of the HDD locating manufacturing companies will first stress patience.
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Drill Master: Understanding Bend Radius
One of the most important aspects of any HDD project is the planning that goes on before the job is started.
Read MoreDrill Master: Understanding Calibration
What happens at calibration and what is being calibrated are two of the more commonly misunderstood aspects of a locating system.
Read More2002 Trenchless Technology Person-of-the-Year: Mark Wallbom
Over the past 25 years, Mark Wallbom has developed a knack for reinventing companies. From the college campus to the corporate board room, he's polished a passion for organizational development, helping struggling companies find new direction and fresh…
Read MoreDrill Master: Making the “Exit Side” a Safer Place to Work
Either you have had the unfortunate personal experience of, or could imagine the dangers of, the common practice of using a pipe wrench and backhoe to unscrew a threaded tool or pipe connection on the exit side of an HDD bore.
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