INTRODUCTION The strain hardening modulus, as defined by ISO 18488, serves as an indirect measure of the resistance to slow crack growth in polyethylene materials. This test is a prerequisite for...
PE 100-RC+ Quality Materials ListPE 100-RC+ materials have become an essential and well established sub-family of PE 100 compounds. They have a higher stress crack resistance and hence less risk of failure due to damage during...
2024 PE100-RC+ Quality Materials listWe are pleased to announce that this year's PPCA spin-off conference, OZPIPE 2024 , will take place from 11-13 November 2024 in Sydney at the InterContinental Hotel. Having the...
Technical Guidance pages are updated with more information and more links. The Technical Guidance pages of the Association’s website have had a thorough update to reflect the continuing developments...
Promoting PE100 Pipe in trenchless technology at Trenchless Asia 2024 The Trenchless Asia 2024 conference and exhibition was organized by Westrade Group , supported by the International Society...
The No-dig Roadshow was held at the Hilton Hotel Reading on 26th June 2024. PE100+ exhibited at the event and were represented by Technical Consultant, David Chrystie-Lowe.
Since its founding in 1999, the PE100+ Association looks back on a long tradition of annual Advisory Committee meetings, which bring together global pipe industry experts to provide advice on...
The European No-Dig conference and exhibition was organized by the German Society for Trenchless Technology and held in Berlin on 5 and 6 March. Guenter Dreiling of Borealis, Andreas Pichler of...
A new European meta-study on the service life of plastic pipes for pressure and non-pressure applications has confirmed that actual lifetimes can be expected to be over 100 years. The study with the...
NEW PRESIDENT PE100+ ASSOCIATIONPE100+ announces Andrew Wedgner (Lyondellbasell) has been appointed as the new President & Chairman of the Association from June 3rd, 2024. Andrew is a qualified civil and environmental engineer...
Since its founding in 1999, the PE100+ Association looks back on a long tradition of annual Advisory Committee meetings, which bring together global Pipe industry experts to give input to the...
The Plastic Pipes Conference Association (PPCA) , will celebrate its 50th anniversary in September 2023 whilst holding its 21st conference, PPXXI, at Lake Buena Vista in Florida, between 25th...
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PE100+ position letter on ANPT
(SCG) resistance on pipes for pressure applications since many years. With the introduction of PE 100-RC materials in EN 1555, EN 12201 and ISO...
PE 100-RC+ Quality Materials List
PE 100-RC+ materials have become an essential and well established sub-family of PE 100 compounds. They have a higher stress crack resistance and...
PE 100+ association leads permeation tests for H2 ready certification
A number of gas utilities and grid owners have approached the PE 100+ association regarding the suitability of PE 100 pipe systems for the...
Why choose PE compounds for pressure pipe ?
Simplicity or consistency There are two approaches to PE100 pipe manufacture: Fully compounded. The polymer producer manufactures and supplies to...
PE100+ Quality Materials List
PE100+ Quality Materials List is valid until December 2024. It is available online and a PDF version can be downloaded at the bottom of this page.
Testing methods
Creep rupture strength - Internal pressure test Constant internal pressure at constant temperature The internal pressure test is standardised in ISO...
Pipe Reaming
PIPE REAMING - TECHNIQUE Pipe reaming , also known as pipe eating , is a trenchless pipe replacement technique that removes the host pipe while at...
Pipe Bursting and Splitting
PIPE BURSTING / SPLITTING - TECHNIQUE Pipe bursting and pipe splitting are trenchless methods used to replace existing pipelines with PE100 or...
What range of pipe dimensions is available?
PE100 can be manufactured in a wide range of polyethylene pipe diameters from 16mm to 2000mm. Even larger diameters are possible with the...