Minimax - Fendium Poly­mer-En­hanced Steel Pipe

• Low pipe fric­tion al­lows the use of smal­ler pipes or smal­ler pumps in many cases
• Less space is re­quired due to smal­ler pipes or smal­ler pumps
• Poly­mer and steel are uni­fied min­im­iz­ing the risk of flak­ing – un­like paint and powder coat­ing
• Qual­ity from the world`s largest pipe pre­fab­ric­a­tion plant in the fire pro­tec­tion in­dustry
• Avail­able with dif­fer­ent levels of poly­mer pro­tec­tion suited for dif­fer­ent cor­ros­ive con­di­tions

Rough and con­stric­ted pipes, as well as clogged sprink­lers or nozzles im­pair the sys­tem`s ex­tin­guish­ing ef­fect­ive­ness in the event of a fire, thus even­tu­ally put­ting people and as­sets at risk and jeop­ard­iz­ing the con­tin­ued op­er­a­tion of the busi­ness. But even when the sup­pres­sion sys­tem is just in its standby con­di­tion, cor­ro­sion may cause prob­lems: Leak­ages may occur not only as a res­ult of rust-through, but also due to roughened sur­faces under gas­kets of pipe coup­lings. This means costly water dam­age and busi­ness in­ter­rup­tions. The solu­tion: Fendium poly­mer-coated pipes. We give our word for it with a 10 year guar­an­tee.

En­vir­on­ment­ally friendly man­u­fac­tur­ing pro­cess

In­nov­at­ive Fendium pipe is pro­duced at MV Pipe Tech­no­lo­gies, a Minimax af­fil­i­ated com­pany, in the world`s largest pipe pre­fab­ric­a­tion plant in the fire pro­tec­tion in­dustry. This fact­ory is unique due to its size and the cut­ting-edge tech­no­lo­gies and pro­ced­ures em­ployed.

After mech­an­ical pro­cessing, the cor­ro­sion-pro­tect­ive poly­mer is formed on the out­side as well as on the in­side of each steel pipe in a pat­en­ted pro­ced­ure. After the poly­mer en­hance­ment the pipe is black – however, by adding an outer powder coat­ing, Fendium pipe can be de­livered in other col­ors as well.

The en­tire pro­duc­tion pro­cess is en­vir­on­ment­ally friendly. All li­quids used for sur­face treat­ment are water-based and are con­tinu­ously re­cycled. Heat and elec­tri­city are gen­er­ated ef­fi­ciently and sus­tain­ably in the in­ternal co-gen­er­a­tion unit. The ex­ten­ded lifespan of Fendium pipe also con­trib­utes to a re­duced en­vir­on­mental foot­print.

Dur­able qual­ity - Poly­mer and steel are uni­fied

The spe­cial Fendium poly­mer pro­tec­tion is pro­duced in sev­eral pro­cess steps. After thor­ough clean­ing and pre­treat­ment, the steel pipe to be en­hanced is dipped in a tank filled with Fendium poly­mer emul­sion. Iron flu­or­ides con­tained in the emul­sion are con­tinu­ously sup­plied to the pipe and provide a re­lease of iron ions on the sur­face of the steel pipe. As soon as the pos­it­ively charged iron ions col­lide with the poly­mer particles also con­tained in the emul­sion, they ad­here to them and partly neut­ral­ize their neg­at­ive charge. The poly­mer particles are now able to com­bine with each other and are at­trac­ted to the pos­it­ively po­lar­ized steel pipe sur­face.

In this way, the poly­mer pro­tec­tion is de­veloped and the pipe’s rough­ness is smoothed out. Once the de­sired poly­mer pro­tec­tion is achieved, this pro­cess step is ter­min­ated by re­mov­ing the pipe from the dip tank. To con­tinue the pro­cess, gel­ling takes place in the pre-dryer. The pipe is warmed up caus­ing the poly­mer particles to run into each other and the pipe to be smoothened fur­ther. Fi­nally, the poly­mer is baked and cured in the hot-air oven. The res­ult of the poly­mer en­hance­ment is a gradual trans­ition from the steel core to pure poly­mer.

Fendium pipe can be used for al­most all types of water-based sup­pres­sion sys­tems. It is avail­able with dif­fer­ent levels of poly­mer pro­tec­tion suited to the re­spect­ive cor­ros­ive con­di­tions.

The Basic Series of Fendium pipe are in­ten­ded ex­clus­ively for use in wet pipe sprink­ler sys­tems. The Plus Series provide even stronger poly­mer pro­tec­tion and are there­fore also well-suited for areas with greater risk of cor­ro­sion, in­clud­ing

• dry pipe and pre­ac­tion sprink­ler sys­tems,
• de­luge sys­tems
• low-pres­sure water mist sys­tems,
• hy­drant sys­tems and dry risers, and
• spark ex­tin­guish­ing sys­tems.