LMK - Liner Lateral System Brochure

LMK TECHNOLOGIES®WWW.PERFORMANCELINER.COMWWW.PERFORMANCELINER.COMPERFORMANCE LINER®TRENCHLESS CIPPLATERAL SOLUTIONSLMK TECHNOLOGIES®1779 Chessie Lane • Ottawa, IL 61350USA 815.433.1275 • FAX 815.433.0107“WE’RE BREAKING NEW GROUND WITHOUT BREAKING ANY GROUND.”LMK Enterprises® has been awarded 3 US Patents(No. 7,343,937, No. 7,448,413, No. 7,588,055) for CIPP Lateral Liningthrough a cleanout with no digging or cutting required. The lining istypically positioned within a translucent bladder (or connected to apositioning hose) and vacuum impregnated. Next, the liner/bladderassembly is inverted through the cleanout and directed upstream ordownstream by use of a guide shoe.Only the bladder is located within the cleanout since the liner does notbegin to invert until it is positioned within the horizontal lateral pipe.The process includes the use of a camera port which allows a lateralpush camera to be inserted inside the translucent bladder, providingvisual verification of the liner placement prior to curing.The liner can be cured at ambient temperatures or accelerated withsteam. The liner can be installed where the inflation pressure is nevercompromised; because the liner remains inflated from the time ofinversion throughout the curing process. This is an important featureas the pressure used to invert the liner tube may move broken piecesof pipe. If inflation pressure was removed the broken pieces of pipe couldfall on the deflated liner. Inflation, deflation and subsequent re-inflationcould result in a defective liner which would result in required excavationto repair the defective liner. The LMK process eliminates concern.When cured, the bladder is re-inverted and removed from the pipe.There is no cutting required in the liner because the liner is startedbelow the test tee and past the side connections. Further, the liner isopen ended at the main location so there is no cutting at the upstreamend or the downstream end.A similar application ispresented from an outsidecleanout. In this caseagain the distance fromthe clean-out cap to adetermined location ismeasured using a pushcamera with markings. Theliner and bladder areassembled, resin saturationis performed and the lineris inverted in-place. Thekey is to begin the linerdownstream or upstreamof the cleanout verticalriser so no cutting isnecessary. Not only doescutting require time andmoney, it is also verydifficult to achieve a fullcircle, smooth surface cut,especially from a 4-inch vertical pipe that dead heads into thelateral pipe.Previously, lateral linings were inserted from an excavation near theproperty line or near the house foundation. Excavation pits are messyand represent higher cost, restoration costs, more risk and take moretime to repair the defective lateral pipe. This method for lining througha cleanout with no cutting required eliminates the need for an excavationpit, reduces cost and additional laterals can be renewed in a day. Thehomeowner is positively happier because their yard is not torn apart andtheir sewer has been renewed in just a few hours.The system allows for installation from one access point, typically froman outside cleanout or an inside cleanout that is normally located in thebasement. The installer can determine the placement of the lining bywhere they position the liner within the bladder. Scenario (1) describeshow the system could work from a basement and save a lot of extratime and money.Example: Assumethere is a 4-inchcast iron stack witha test tee clean-out.The stack is 20 feetfrom the foundationand the pipe underthe floor is in good condition and contains several side connections.The pipe transitions to 6 inch clay 5 feet past the house foundation. Theinstaller wants to start the liner just past the side connections, yet needsthe liner to start in the 4-inch pipe and transition to the 6-inch pipe.The 6-inch line continues 60 feet to the city main. The installer wouldsimply measure from the test tee to the main pipe, mark the cameracable and pull back to the location where the liner is to start in the 4-inch pipe and a second mark is made on the camera cable.The camera cable islaid on the ground,and the distancefrom camera headto the mark closestto the camera headis the length of theliner. The distance from the camera head to the second mark, furthestfrom the camera head is the length of the bladder. The liner is measured,cut and inserted into the bladder. The liner is then temporarily connectedto the bladder. The liner is resin saturated inside of the translucentbladder which allows for visual verification of the resin saturationprocess assisted by pulling a vacuum on the assembly. Next, theliner/bladder assembly is loaded into a mobile launching vessel and theguide shoe is inserted into the test tee positioned downstream.The launching vessel is positioned with the opening of the test tee andinversion air is introduced causing the bladder to invert. The bladderfirst encounters the guide shoe and is directed towards thedownstream. The bladder continues to invert until it reaches thelocation where the liner begins. The bladder which is temporarilyattached to the liner pulls the liner over the bladder and now both theliner and the bladder are inverting. When the liner has fully beendeployed, the bladder continues to invert a short distance so it extendsbeyond the liner.The liner can virtuallybegin anywhere in a pipeand applications are notlimited to lateral pipes.Another application forthis new technologyoccurs when a mainline pipe has only one manhole access.Typically CIPP Sectional linersrequire an upstream anddownstream manhole for pullingthe liner into place. This newpatented method for inverting aliner anywhere in a pipe allows abladder to be inverted into thepipe to a desired location. Thenremotely causing the liner to startinverting at this pre-determinedlocation which is exactly wherethe liner is to be located.Another aspect of this new technology includes the use of a cameraport. The camera port is a pressurized port where a lateral push camerais inserted in the interior of the translucent bladder. The cameraprovides visual verification of the liner placement ensuring that the linerstarted in the proper location and that the liner is fully inverted, notprotruding into the municipal main pipe.LMK is making this new patented technology available to alllining companies. For more information, contactLMK Technologies®Visit us on the world-wide web.ottawa, IllinoisWWW.PERFORMANCELINER.COM • 815.433.1275WWW.PERFORMANCELINER.COM • 815.433.1275