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Steve Vick International believes that, with its theme of ‘Assembling the Knowhow of the World - to Optimise and Accelerate Decontamination’, RADIEX 2013 will be a good opportunity to establish its profile in Japan and market its strengths in the nuclear decommissioning sector. The company has been carrying out projects in the nuclear decommissioning sector for almost 20 years and has...

Mike has worked with the company's Special Contract Service for 20 years and has a wealth of skill and experience in carrying out on-site operations as part of gas pipe repair and renewal projects. He has worked not only all over the UK but also around Europe, Scandinavia and the USA. Having spent a short time working in the warehouse when he started his employment in 1991, Mike was soon...

The traditional method of breaking out a cast iron main has been to use a variety of handheld tools such as a sledge hammer or ‘podger’, but there are serious health and safety issues with these procedures as pieces of broken metal can fly up to cause injury to operatives. Steve Vick International offers the solution with the ‘MACAW’ Pipe Cracker, so called because its pipe cracking...

Using the hydraulic power of the excavator, the upper jaw clamps the PE pipe and pushes it into the old main at speeds of up to 10 metres per minute. The one-stage set up is extremely quick and the pushing action can be reversed if necessary without any need to dismantle or remove the Handler from the excavator.  Suitable for dual-fed excavators, the Handler is fitted with a double ram for extra...

The highly versatile Mini MACAW is powered either from the third service or breaker hydraulics of an excavator, from a standard power pack or by using a specially designed hand pump making it suitable for even the most inaccessible site. The traditional method of breaking out a cast iron main has been to use a variety of handheld tools such as a sledge hammer or ‘podger’, but these...

First pipe coil trailer of its kind The 90/500 (now Hexi Pipe Coil Trailer) is the first pipe coil trailer of its type capable of transporting and dispensing a 500 metre coil of up to 90mm diameter PE. It is a completely new design from the company which began manufacturing trailers in the 1980s. With a hexagonal drum frame, the central drum is moved from loading/dispensing position to the...

The move is part of WWU’s on-going agenda of reducing pipe wastage and maximising the benefits of insertion techniques as part of the Mains Replacement programme . The company worked with one of its key suppliers, Steve Vick International, on the development of the new trailer. “Using traditional 120m coils we were experiencing a pipe wastage rate of 20% per year, which is average for the...

The unique ‘J-shape’ design of the jaw allows the pipe to be side-loaded, eliminating the need for operatives to work in the trench. Pipe manoeuvring and insertion operations are controlled entirely from the safety of the cab. The lightweight tool attaches to a typical 1.5 to 3 tonne hydraulic excavator fitted with 25mm or 30mm bucket pins.The PE is side-loaded into the fixed J-shape lower...