by U.S. Composite Pipe | Jun 21, 2021 | Products, Pump Stations
This is a monolithic rollover form produced for a wastewater pump station for the City of Austin This allows up to cast the product upside down and then use gravity to rotate it 180 degrees. By casting the product upside down, we are able to provide a monolithic base...
by U.S. Composite Pipe | Jun 9, 2021 | Custom Structures, Manholes, Products, Pump Stations, Tunnel Shafts
Corrosion of steel rebar: There has been some attention given to the use of steel reinforcement in the polymer concrete products. Sadly, the attention has been an attempt to portray our design philosophy in a negative fashion. These attempts are an effort to try and...
by U.S. Composite Pipe | Jun 9, 2021 | Products, Pump Stations
USCP uses two different engineered lifting devices for handling our products. Both of these devices are cast into the product during production. One device we use is what is commonly referred to in the precast industry as a utility anchor. The utility anchor is...
by U.S. Composite Pipe | Jun 9, 2021 | Custom Structures, Knowledgebase, Manholes, Pipe, Products, Pump Stations, Tunnel Shafts
USCP utilizes a rubber gasket on all of our round structures. The gasket and joint are designed to meet the requirements of ASTM C443 in order to provide a long term watertight joint. The profile shape of our joint is designed as the same profile used by standard...
by U.S. Composite Pipe | Jun 9, 2021 | Custom Structures, Knowledgebase, Pipe, Product Information, Pump Stations, Tunnel Shafts
How important is the compressive strength of polymer concrete? Polymer concrete is known for having robust material properties. Both compressive and tensile properties of polymer concrete will typically exceed those of a standard Portland cement concrete. Along with...
