Archive for May, 2010

Shandong G.STAR/China: PAP (plastic / aluminium / plastic) Pipes and Fittings

Monday, May 31st, 2010

PAP pipe of G.StAR is made of PE/PEX/PPR, aluminum. It’s smooth, high temperature resistance, environment-friendly non-toxic. The middle aluminum layer can isolate air totally. The pipe has characteristics of both the aluminum pipe and plastic pipe, so it can get rid of weakness of the both respectively and have a long service life up to 50 or more years. (more…)

The Largest sector of the PE-X market is for Multilayer Pipes

Monday, May 24th, 2010

Thanks to excellent resistance to high temperature, PE-X pipes became interesting for thermo-sanitary applications many years ago, and have been established for these applications for over 35 years.   Wherever hot water is used, PE-X is the solution for all classes of hot water application, including the UK Class S with a higher boiler malfunction temperature. PE-X is the only plastics material that covers the whole temperature range with excellent low temperature toughness, and is the only plastics material that can be used for gas supply systems in a temperature range of -50 ˚C to +60 ˚C in accordance with ISO 14531. (more…)