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Modern Products Industries Inc., Man independent, family-owned manufacturer of PVC pipe, has created a niche market in the PVC pipe industry with the invention of a line of patented specialty products. This line includes Shur-Align, a threaded product suited for pressure pipe, well casing and well screen; Shur-A-Lock (patent pending), a revolutionary product that literally snaps together, and is used for well screen and well casing, as well as certain environmental projects including monitor wells; and Shur-Align Dual-Taper, which features the largest fuseable area of any solvent-weld product on the market. Two of the products, Shur-Align and Shur-ALock, feature Modern's patented alignment sleeve. All of the products were developed in Modern's lab and test facility at the main plant in south Texas. Independent testing was done by SGS-US Labs.
Shur-Align Dual-Taper: Shur-Align Dual-Taper solvent-weld well casing and pressure pipe offers the benefits of quick setup time with little or no waiting time. Bells and spigots are taper-fit to install with ease, joints require 50 percent less primer and cement, joints make up with no solvents left in the pipe, and joints make a positive seal with no leaks.
Shur-Align Dual-Taper simplifies the creation of proper joints in compliance with ASTM D-2855-96, which outlines the requirements for both bonded and fused surfaces when lengths of pipe are joined. A good Dual-Taper] oint takes the required working pressure...