Harben Jetters Are Built to Keep Working
When you finally stop renting and decide to buy a jetter, the plan is to keep crews productive, get work done and generate profit. Jetter owners know that consistent, reliable uptime is key to earning ROI quickly. Every jetter will need its pump rebuilt eventually; but it’s not the material and labor costs that hurt, it’s the downtime. The more often a jetter gets pulled from the field, the more it costs. At the center of Harben’s sewer jetters is the radial piston diaphragm pump. With fewer wear components and far longer service intervals, a Harben can run up to 1,000 hours between major maintenance, versus a conventional triplex that needs major service about every 200 hours. Maintenance costs are about the same, but a Harben pump goes almost five times longer before maintenance, adding up to savings and more uptime year after year. 770-889-9535; www.harben.com
FIBERSCOPE TROGLOTREK Portable Pipe Crawler
Not every municipal CCTV inspection needs a full truck-mounted system. The TROGLOTREK pipe inspection robot from FIBERSCOPE gives utilities and contractors a compact, battery-powered solution for fast deployment in sewer mains, storm lines, culverts and hard-to-access sites where generators, inverters and bulky equipment slow the crew down. Designed for single-operator transport, TROGLOTREK is steerable, zero-emission and capable of inspecting pipes starting at 4 inches. Its modular platform supports straight-view or pan-and-tilt camera options, quick-change wheel sets, rear-view lighting and a rugged Kevlar-reinforced tether for long inspection runs. The pressurized construction protects the camera head, battery, connectors and main cable in demanding pipe environments. For municipal teams managing many small and mid-size assets, TROGLOTREK offers a practical balance: the control and reach of a professional crawler, the portability of a compact system, and the job site efficiency of battery-powered operation without a dedicated inspection truck, generator, or extra crew in confined access locations with fewer logistics and downtime. 877-613-2210; www.fiberscope.net/sewer-crawler-troglotrek/
Trelleborg EPDM rubber grades
Trelleborg Sealing Solutions launched two ethylene propylene diene monomer rubber grades demonstrating up to a 55% lower product carbon footprint. The range comprises the 70 Shore A hardness E7T11 and 80 Shore A E8T12, both ideal for the production of O-rings, gaskets and custom-engineered products. The grades are suitable for solutions in the automotive, processing, manufacturing, automation, energy, agriculture, and construction and mining equipment sectors. They seal applications in engines, doors, pumps, valves, line connector seals, household appliances, air cylinders, solar panels, marine hatches and doors, and an array of functions for heating, ventilation, air conditioning, freezing and refrigeration. Developing the new materials in partnership with raw materials supplier Arlanxeo, the two EPDM compounds are created from polymers derived from used cooking oil, straw, forestry residue and tall oil. In compound form, E7T11 has a carbon footprint reduction of 51% and E8T12 a carbon footprint reduction of 61% compared to traditional materials. 800-626-2180; www.trelleborg.com
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