ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--3M and Russell NDE/PICA Corporation announce a strategic marketing
alliance that offers utilities a holistic approach to trenchless
drinking water pipe rehabilitation and asset management. The alliance,
in which the companies will co-market each other’s products and
services, covers the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada. The
products and services available through the alliance enable trenchless
and minimally disruptive water main infrastructure repair.
PICA offers direct condition assessment on ferrous pipe materials such
as ductile iron, cast iron and steel. “I think the marketplace has been
yearning for this type of partnership,” said Bill Jappy, director of
sales and marketing for PICA. “We can help our customers avoid a lot of
the guesswork by basing the selection of rehabilitation technologies on
accurate pipe condition assessment data.” PICA’s patented remote field
technology inspection tools make it possible to determine actual
remaining wall-thickness and condition without the need to dig trenches
or follow other less accurate, more costly practices.
3M offers 3MTM ScotchkoteTM Pipe Renewal Liner
2400 for drinking water pipe rehabilitation, installed as a
non-structural corrosion coating (BS EN ISO 11295:2010 class D/AWWA
class I), semi-structural lining (BS EN ISO 11295:2010 class B), or AWWA
Class IV rehabilitation solution meeting the material properties of ASTM
1216-09 after 50 years.1 Megan Selby, global business
director of 3M’s Infrastructure Protection Division, said: “This
alliance allows 3M to provide value to our customers by combining direct
condition assessment with customized drinking water pipeline renewal.
Our goal is to enable water utilities to target their pipe
rehabilitation program spend on renewal solutions that match localized
network needs.”
About Russell NDE/PICA Corporation
Russell NDE/PICA provides
accurate measurements of remaining wall thickness in cast-iron,
ductile-iron and steel pipelines. Their unique, patented technology can
“see” through liners, scale and tubercles to detect graphitization and
pitting, erosion and cracks. Tools use electromagnetic technology which
does not require the sensors to be in contact with the pipe wall inside
the pipe. The tools have equal sensitivity to wall-loss regardless of
whether it is on the inside or outside of the pipe. For more
information, visit www.picacorp.com
About 3M
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them into thousands of ingenious products. Our culture of creative
collaboration inspires a never-ending stream of powerful technologies
that make life better. 3M is the innovation company that never stops
inventing. With $30 billion in sales, 3M employs about 88,000 people
worldwide and has operations in more than 70 countries. For more
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3M's Infrastructure Protection Division (IsPD) provides a diverse set of
solutions for protecting, assessing and renewing the world's
infrastructure. Through its products, services and multiple technology
platforms, IsPD helps customers protect valuable assets above ground and
underground in water, energy, civil, transportation and telecom
infrastructure. For more information, visit www.3M.com/water
3M and Scotchkote are trademarks of 3M
1 3M used the following test methods to test methods to
validate: ASTM D638-08, ASTM D790-07, ASTM D2990-08 and ASTM D1599-99.
