Tapex Pty Ltd products

PipeArmour is an extruded plastic mesh used to wrap pipelines for protection from rock damage when backfilled.  PipeArmour is available in a range of sizes, covering a range of pipeline diameters.

The Copperhead SnakePit offers an insulated direct connection point for your locate transmitter that attaches easily to buried tracer wire. This makes connecting to and detecting buried tracer wire (and the non-metal pipes it is following) accurate and convenient. The encapsulated magnet system makes finding the access point simple. Anti-corrosion technology plus a locking cover mean Snakepits will last the life of the infrastructure and are “vandal proof”.

Detectamesh is a coloured plastic mesh for marking and detecting buried underground pipes, cables and services. Available in detectable and non-detectable versions, it is manufactured from high-strengthrot-resistant polypropylene plastic mesh

Fairwarning is a composite tape and extruded coloured plastic mesh for marking and detecting buried underground pipes, cables and services.

Polyfabrics (A Tapex Group Company) Mains Marker Non-detectable Underground Warning Tapes are coloured polyethylene tapes printed with a warning message to identify underground pipes and cables, made to Australian and New Zealand Standards. They can be manufactured with any text, in any language, any colour and size manufactured to your specification. Standard underground warning tapes for common pipeline and cable services are available ex-stock.

Used to safeguard pipes and cables buried underground from excavation damage, Protection Mesh provides that extra bit of visual warning and resistance that could prove crucial in the event of a poorly planned excavation. Polyfabrics (A Tapex Group Company) stocks a quality range that can be customised to meet your specific project requirements.

The OVERPIPE HDPE Mechanical Protection Plate was developed in collaboration with the Research and Development Department of GDF Suez (France) to provide an alternative to concrete slabs. Exclusively distributed in Australasia by Polyfabrics, Overpipe Protection Plates have been tested rigorously to meet the requirements of mechanical protection under AS2885.  With a thickness of 15 mm and a length of 2000 mm, Overpipe HDPE plates come in widths from 570mm up to 2000 mm – designed to protect large diameter buried pipelines (high pressure gas, hydrocarbons, potable water etc…).

Any damage to buried cables is costly, inconvenient and dangerous. The importance of underground cable protection covers, so crucial to preserving essential services such as electricity, gas and telecommunications, cannot be understated. Polyfabrics stock a quality range made of Cable Cover made to Australian Standards, to ensure that buried cables and pipelines remain capable of delivering their primary functions.

OptiCell is a flexible fabric innerduct system designed to increase cable deployment efficiency, enabling installation of up to 300% more cables than rigid HDPE innerduct in conduit based network infrastructure. The unique textile envelopes allow single or multiple encased cables to conform to the shape of the conduit and reduce wasted space. OptiCell™ saves its users significant projects costs by being able to increase cable density in network infrastructure, greenfield applications require smaller trenches, smaller vaults, and less conduit while still providing channel for future network expansions. By being able to override existing cables in conduits previously thought to be full, OptiCell™ offers a NO DIG solution in today’s network expansion projects.

Tapex are a major supplier of high quality polypropylene baling twine to the waste compacting and recycling industries. A comprehensive range of break strengths and ball sizes are available to suit a variety of materials and compactors.