Plastic Piping Evolution

Piping systems have greatly evolved over the last decade through both material innovation and extrusion technologies which have undergone a significant advancement. Though the plastic pipes are currently estimated as the best solution for a safe fluid supply, various compounds differing in macromolecular structures or additives composition are now available to overcome the previous restrictions faced. Some key features are highlighted of these recent developments which have resulted in a wider range of modern infrastructural and industrial projects across the globe for a longer service lifetime, thus establishing plastic piping materials as a preferred base material for any application under pressure in the most demanding environment with improved significant characteristics. The new materials that have been analysed in this paper are: PE-RT, PE100-RC, Cross-linked Polyethylene pipe resins and some Polymer Composite matrix's. Life Cycle analysis of the plastic piping material with its advantages over the conventional piping has proved to be a highly profitable and economic solution on the long term basis. New advancements in the recycling of PVC have also been put up to ensure the biological balances to be maintained also reduce and reuse of the material scrap cost.