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HOBAS®

GRP Pipe Systems

How it all started…

Switzerland,

the fifties:

Basle‘s Stückfärberei

(dyeing factory) tries

to find an alternative

for splintered and

discolored wooden

cylinders

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Glass Reinforced Cylinders

A new product is born!

Production of pipes started

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1960/61 Power Plant Chur/Switzerland

HOBAS® – first “Pipe”-

Applications

HOBAS® - Centrifugally

Cast Pipes

O1966: first patent application for production of

centrifugally cast sandwich-based pipes

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OProduction Plants and Sales Offices in Europe,

Asia, M. East, Australia, S. America and USA

OEmployees: ~ 1150

HOBAS® - Today

OGlass Fibers

OBody Resin

OLiner Resin

OMineral Reinforcement

Materials

OSand

Raw Materials

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O Centrifugally Cast

O Light weight

O High abrasion resistance

O For difficult soil conditions

O Tailor made according to needs

O 50+ years lifetime

The HOBAS - Pipe

Centrifugal Casting

CC-GRP Pipe System -

Classification

Pipes

O Diameters

DN 150 – DN 3600 [mm]

higher in development

O Stiffness Class

SN 2.500 – SN 1.000.000 [N/m²]

O Pressure Class

PN 1 – PN 32 [bar]

Bends, Tee Pieces, Mechanical Joints

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O HOBAS is the only certified GRP pipe producer

O MUC-KSP-A 2000 additional testing (exceeding ISO/EN):

TÜV Octagon: Quality – 100%

o Laminate properties (Fittings)

o Abrasion resistance

o Raw material testing

o Process control

o Chemical resistance (high pH)

Pressure Strength after Operation

10-2

10-1

100

101

102

103

104

105 50y10

6

0,3

0,4

0,5

0,60,70,80,9

1

2

3

4

5

6789

10

20 years

HOBAS CC-GRP after operation at PN

Hydrostatic Pressure Design (Regression)

Sa

fety

fa

cto

r (p

b/P

N)

Time, h

Working pressure PN

Design safety

factor after

50 years:

HOBAS: ~ 2

Norm

alise

d to

1

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Stainless Steel Coupling

The GRP Sleeve

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Pipe Spigot

FWC Coupling

FWC-

coupling

for

pressure

pipes up to

PN 32

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HOBAS® Applications

O Potable Water Supply

O Sewage Applications

O Drainage Systems

O Irrigation Systems

O Energy (Hydro Power Plants)

O Industry

O Jacking (Trenchless)

O Relining (Trenchless)

O NC-Line (Trenchless)

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Mono Pipe Twin Pipe

Potable Water Protection Zones

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19 DST 091109

Potable Water Tank

HOBAS® GRP Well Pipe Systems

DST 091109 20

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HOBAS® SewerLine®

HOBAS® ShaftLine®

Waste Water

Treatment Plant

Dijon, France

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HOBAS® Launderer Pipes in the

Sedimentation Tank, Melburne,

Australia

Storm Water Retention Systems

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HOBAS® BridgeLine®

26 DST 091109

HOBAS® TunnelLine®

Drainage Pipes

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Irrigation Pipe Systems

HOBAS® Industry

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Hydro Power Pipeline

Andakill, Iceland

O GRP filament body

O EPDM double lip gasket

O Installation flexibility due to

pipe deflection

Pipe Deflection

FWC Coupling

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Angular Cuts

O Improved pipeline efficiency

OOptimal route

ONo or reduced needs for bends and concrete thrust blocks

OFast & easy installation

OLess adaption on site

Benefits – pipe laying

OLayout of the pipe line

- with Angular Cuts

- with straight parts and bendings

OAdjustable to the area

OFlexible laying

OContinuous laying

HOBAS

Angular Cuts Standard

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OBend DN 2400 with concrete thrust block

Power Station Gailitz

Carinthia, Austria

HOBAS®

Jacking Pipes

DN 3000

Warsaw, Poland

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1980 First Trial

• First push of HOBAS

jacking pipes in Bavaria

Germany

• 26 m HOBAS jacking

pipes O.D. 820

First Large Diameter Push

Bagdad 1983

• 1550 m HOBAS jacking pipes

O.D. 1229 - 1842

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Inside Pressure up to 16 Bar

A small thickness of the wall = less

material to excavate

Use of smaller Micro TBM

Less quantities of excavated

material

Less intermediary stations

Advance Time Faster

Smaller Radius

Advantages

Necessary Boring Machine O. D.

38

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Interjack Station

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Standard Grout Bushing

Wood

Packers

Not required !

Necessary only between

HOBAS pipes and steel

constructions e.g.

intermediate jacking

stations

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Croatia, Sv. Nedjelja

2008 Italy, Venezia 2012

Italy, Terbi 2012

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Relining in

Strasbourg,

France

Installation:

- inserting through pits

- transportation to the

place of installation

- connecting

-immediate connection of

inlets

Pipe Relining with Car Technology (Short Pipe)

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Pipe Relining with Car Technology

Relining Car

Pipe Relining with Car Technology

Relining Car Inside view

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Pipe Relining with Car Technology

Pipe Connection Pipe Connection

Pipe Relining with Excavator

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Pipe Relining with Thrust Cylinders

Pipe Relining with Thrust Cylinders

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Lamination Work

- Inlets

- Couplings

- Manholes

Lamination Work

- Inlets

- Couplings

- Manholes

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2004: Croatia

2006: Bruchsal

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2006: Balzers - Site

2011: Basel

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Relining with HOBAS® NC-Profiles

HOBAS®

Key features

O minimum product design lifetime

of 50 years

O high corrosion resistance

O quick, easy and flexible installation

O high abrasion resistance

O light weight

O unique hydraulic properties

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HOBAS® Make things happen.