iPlus Composite
iPlus® Composite is a next-generation glass fiber reinforced cured-in-place-pipe (CIPP) solution with greater strength and stiffness than traditional CIPP — making it ideal for rehabilitating medium- to large- diameter (24 inches to 96 inches) sanitary and storm sewers.
iPlus® Composite is reinforced with carbon fiber and/or fiberglass materials which provide excellent chemical resistance to constituents found in sewers and exceed all of the trenchless industry corrosion requirements. The iPlus® Composite laminate design method optimally locates the structural reinforcing materials (see picture below), reducing the pipe wall thickness by nearly half. As with other CIPP products, the applied pipe loads are calculated according to the trenchless technology industry’s accepted standards. iPlus® Composite has a polypropylene coating on the inside pipe surface. This elastomeric flow surface increases the pipe’s smoothness, reduces the surface friction and provides an additional corrosion barrier for the pipe.
More strength: Reinforcing fibers are integrated into the pipe wall to create a uniform laminate structure with improved physical properties. The improved flexural properties make iPlus® Composite an excellent choice to reconstruct larger diameters or non-circular shapes, such as arch pipes or egg shape sewers.
More capacity: By combining innovative engineering technology with superior materials, iPlus® Composite is a fully structural pipeline rehabilitation product that is approximately two thirds the wall thickness of conventional CIPP offerings. Thinner iPlus® Composite walls increase the flow area, enhancing the pipe flow rate when compared to more conventional rehabilitation products.
Better for the environment: iPlus® Composite is a product that does more with less. Less resin is used during production, less energy is required to cure this product and less fuel is needed to transport this product to the jobsite. iPlus® Composite can be installed in less time than conventional CIPP, saving energy and reducing emissions released into the air from onsite equipment. All these factors are good for the environment and will help agencies meet mandates to reduce emissions and conserve energy.