Abbot Innovative Products & Services
Celebrating companies whose recently launched and proven innovative products, technology or service (either as a new, redesigned or repurposed innovation) is making a significant impact in the advancement of trenchless industry.
Presentations explaining each product are available in the NASTT Trenchless Knowledge Hub online at https://knowledgehub.nastt.org/video.
Abbott Innovative Product Competition Spotlight!
Presentations will be made by each competitor during the times listed below in the Exhibit Hall.
CLOSE TOLERANCE PIPE SLURRIFICATION (CTPS)
Azuria Water Solutions | azuria.com
Booth 601 | Tuesday, April 1 at 3:15 p.m.
Submitted by Michael Woodcock, General Manager
The Close Tolerance Pipe Slurrification (CTPS) process is an innovative trenchless technology designed to safely and efficiently replace Asbestos Cement (AC) pipes. Unlike traditional open cut methods, which require extensive digging and can cause significant disruption, CTPS uses a rotating cutting head to grind the existing pipe and surrounding soil into a slurry. This slurry is then removed, allowing a new pipe, usually HDPE or Fusible PVC, to be installed in the same location and alignment.
DRILL ANALYTICS
BGC Engineering Inc. | bgcengineering.ca
Booth 218 | Monday, March 31 at 4:15 p.m.
Submitted by Jeremy Groves, Senior Geotechnical Engineer
Drill Analytics is an advanced software solution that enables data-driven decision making in Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD). Designed with seamless integration into HDD projects, Drill Analytics leverages real-time drilling data to generate in-depth analytics and insights into the drilling operation as it is underway. It produces an intuitive overview of HDD drilling metrics and operations, facilitating the ability to track progress and to efficiently identify and manage potential risks and challenges at every phase of drilling.
BRAWO PICO SX
Brawo Systems | brawosystems-usa.com
Booth 1128 | Monday, March 31 at 1:10 p.m.
Submitted by Andrew Marshall, Sales Manager USA
BRAWO® Pico is the first stand-alone system specifically designed for use in very small wastewater pipes. These are usually found inside buildings (in-house) or under a slab. The innovative light curing for small nominal diameters (2"-4") is unique.
SUREFLOW
DrilRite Chemical LLC | drilrite.com
Booth 327 | Wednesday, April 2 at 10:15 a.m.
Submitted by Anthony Burasco, Director of Marketing
SureFlow is an all-in-one, dry drilling fluid additive designed to simplify mixing, improve drilling efficiency, and enhance borehole stability in horizontal directional drilling (HDD). By combining pH stabilization, fluid loss control, hole cleaning, and downhole pressure management into a single, pre-measured formulation, SureFlow eliminates the need for multiple additives, reducing material costs, mixing errors, and operational complexity.
GEOSPRAY EX GEOPOLYMER MORTAR
GeoTree Solutions (Henkel Corporation) | geotreesolutions.com
Booth 626 | Wednesday April 2 at 9:30 a.m.
Submitted by Joe Royer, Director of Innovation & Technology
GeoSpray EX Geopolymer Mortar is an innovative extension to the standard GeoSpray product line that provides significant new features. EX stands for Extended Working Time, the main updated feature. This new product extends the pumping distance of the mortar from a previous maximum of ~1000 ft to over 3500 feet. While this attribute is not always critical, for large and unique projects with difficult access and long distances between access points, this innovation makes spray applied lining technology possible where it could not be done before. The extended working time of 90 minutes and changes to the flow characteristics allows for the extended pumping and delivery distance.
PERMALOK® HDD JOINT
Northwest Pipe Company | nwpipe.com
Booth 527 | Tuesday, April 1 at 11:30 a.m.
Submitted by Bryan Swanson, Sales Manager – Trenchless
The Permalok® HDD Joint is a direct push steel casing system specially designed to optimize Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) operations. Typically, an HDD set-up requires a substantial footprint, including a rig/operating area, reception area, and a stretch of open land for laying out and welding the pipe string. With Permalok’s weld-free HDD system, the casing pipe is cartridge-fed from the launch rig side and advanced similar to drill stem. The press-fit joint design eliminates pipe string out and welding on the exit side, reducing the project footprint, enhancing installation speed and efficiency, and lowering construction costs.
THE CASING COMPASS
PLG Technologies | plgtech.us
Booth 1037 | Monday, March 31 at 12:30 p.m.
Submitted by Aaron Orndorff, Co-Founder
The Casing Compass is a tool designed to assist contractors and engineers accomplish safer, more accurate, and more productive casing installations. It adapts to any size casing on any machine. Although developed with the traditional auger boring industry in mind, this device has found favor in the hammer boring / pipe ramming, conductor barrel installation, tunneling, and GBM / Pilot tube methods of casing installation as well. Since its launch, the instant, accurate data provided by the casing compass has proven to reduce confined space casing entries into the casing by contractors, minimize the amount of time spent pulling augers, and reduce instances of broken tooling, saving the contractor thousands of dollars per occurrence.
TRENCHLESS GROUNDING SYSTEM
R&R McClure | rrmcclure.com.au
Booth 1035 | Monday, March 31 at 2:00 p.m.
Submitted by Tim McClure, Director
The Trenchless Grounding System uses directional drilling (HDD) to install the earth system and can be connected to many different high voltage (HV) and low voltage (LV) assets including, Power Poles, Transformers, Substations, Single wire earth return systems (SWER) and Communication Towers. It can also be used on renewable energy sites such as Solar, Hydro Electric, Wind and Geothermal energy. By directing and steering underground, the electrode and conductor can be installed substantially within the geological layer providing the most favorable ground resistivity. This method also allows an earth resistivity test of the drill string to periodically or continuously measure and record the total electrical resistance while drilling, allowing the target resistance to be achieved in real time. After reaching the target resistance the conductor can be installed into and connected to the electrical network. As the system does not require a bore exit hole, completion of construction is only required at the point of electrical connection.
FLOW-CRETE
Thompson Pipe Group | thompsonpipegroup.com
Booth 201 | Tuesday, April 1 at 4:00 p.m.
Submitted by Carl Pitzer, Director – Trenchless Markets
Flow-Crete™ is a first-in-class single pass composite pipe designed to meet the strict requirements of jacking and microtunneling installations for both pressure water and sewer applications. It combines the compressive strength of reinforced concrete with the corrosion resistance and pressure capabilities of TPG FRP.
VERMEER R125 RECLAIMER
Vermeer Corporation | vermeer.com
Booth 306 | Tuesday, April 1 at 12:30 p.m.
Submitted by John Cope, Applications Engineer
The Vermeer R125 Reclaimer is a compact, high-performance mud recycling system designed to help horizontal directional drilling (HDD) contractors reduce water usage, minimize disposal costs and improve jobsite efficiency. With operational costs rising due to fluid and waste disposal expenses, as well as environmental restrictions on freshwater access, the R125 provides an effective solution for managing drilling fluids while maintaining productivity.
PIPEDIVER ULTRA XL
Xylem | xylem.com
Booth 824 | Monday, March 31 at 5:00 p.m.
Submitted by Eric Toffin, Global Product Manager
PipeDiver® Ultra XL is the world’s first free-swimming, phased-array ultrasonic inspection platform, designed to redefine inspections of large-diameter metallic pipelines. With PipeDiver Ultra XL, utilities can identify and manage localized threats with planned and targeted repairs. This tool is built to inspect metallic pipelines 54 inches in diameter and above. PipeDiver Ultra XL minimizes inspection time, operational costs, and service impacts. It is an inline, free-swimming tool that travels with the flow of water, inspecting the pipeline while it’s in service. The tool’s flexible design enables it to navigate bends, tees, and inline butterfly valves. PipeDiver Ultra XL can inspect an average of 10 miles of pipe per day, making it 10 times more efficient than other inspection options.