Antron specializes in providing a wide range of services to the pipeline construction industry, including utility contractors, mechanical contractors, plumbing contractors, and municipalities throughout the mid-atlantic region.

WET TAPS (HOT TAPS):

  • Connect to live water mains without a shut down.
  • Into any size CIP, DIP, PVC, Asbestos Cement Pipe (AC Pipe), Steel, or Pre-stressed Concrete Pipe (PCCP)
  • Large taps - 3" to 24" through tapping sleeves and valves (flanged or mechanical joint)
  • Small taps - ¾" to 2" Through service saddles, direct, or welded thread-o-lets with corporation stops, ball vales or gate valves.
  • At your request, Antron can furnish, install, and hydrotest the tapping material in addition to making the wet taps.

CORE & SEALS:

  • Connect pipe to underground structures (manholes, inlets) or through walls by coring a hole and installing a flexible neoprene waterproof seal.
  • Pipe sizes 1" through 16" diameter

HYDROSTATIC TESTS ON MAINS:

  • High capacity water pressure testing up to 300 psi on water mains or force mains.

WATER BACTERIA TESTS:

  • State certified water samplers and testing laboratories with certified test reports.

CCTV INSPECTION:

  • PACP standards, recorded on DVD or Flash media for new installations of sewer mains and storm drain pipe from 6" to 60" diameter.

PIPE JETTING/CLEANING:

  • High pressure water jets (4,000 psi) to clean mains from 4" to 24" diameter.

LOW PRESSURE AIR TESTS:

  • Using inflatable plugs and air compressors to air pressure test new sewer or storm drain mains up to 5 psi, on pipe 4" to 24" diameter.

VACUUM TESTS:

  • Manhole vacuum tests containing pipe up to 24" diameter and with openings to 60" diameter.

FLOW TESTS:

  • Digital flow and pressure data certifications on fire hydrants and mains.

INSERTION VALVES:

  • Installation of permanent in-line valves into 4" through 12" existing mains.

LINE STOPS:

  • Temporary stops flow in mains 4" to 12" up to 100 psi.