NEW ECONOMICAL CONNECTION SOLUTION

FOR FLEXIBLE PIPING SYSTEMS

NEW ECONOMICAL CONNECTION SOLUTION

FOR FLEXIBLE PIPING SYSTEMS

Christian Engel

Thermaflex International Holding

I will show you a new generation of house connections that result in 4 to 5 times faster installation Significant reduction of number of

connections on site Lower overall investment costs

25% of network costs are related to house connections

What are typical problems you are facing with connections?

Corrosion problems have to be solved

Problems from Weather & Installation conditions

Problems from tight installation situations

Problems with pressure to complete

the site ?

What are the basic requirements for connections?

Connections should be as SAFE as the pre-fabricated pipe!

Current Systems don‘t provide this safety

The new Solutions from Thermaflex

Pre-fabricated BranchesPre-fabricated Networks

FlexaLink the flexible house connection

Main pipe

House connection

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FlexaLink in a typical project

Straight connection

FlexaLink Reference Projects

• Eneco Heating– Wijk Schollevaar, Capelle a/d/ IJssel– Ca. 300 houses with Installer Niessink– 2010-2011 ca. 1.500 houses

• District Heating Purmerend– Wijk Walakker– 16 houses with contractor A.Hak– 2010 ca. 400 houses tot. ca. 4.000

FlexaLink shows overall top results

Hot water system Installed house Total cost per "Energy label" Lifetimecost per house per day - Hot Water house system Realised / expected

Expected:Traditional Flexalen 3 á 4 houses € 646,59 B 50 yearsincl. circulation line

ExpectedPrefab Tees Flexalen 2 houses € 1.108,39 A NAincl. circulation line Not installed

Expected:Flexalen FlexaLink 8 á 9 houses € 831,49 A+ 50 yearsincl. circulation line

Realised:Copper system 2 houses € 901,70 C * minimal: 6 yearsincl. circulation line max: 15-20 years

Realised:Steel system 2 houses € 869,54 C * minimal: 10 yearsincl. circulation line max: 25-35 years

Installation time per day per person 6,5 uur netto(5 man)Labour cost per hour á € 35,-Material cost nett per house is the average of 10 houses

Conclusions

Flexalen FlexaLink – the cost efficient and safe Solution:

Reducing the installed cost up to 30%

Increasing the speed of installation 4-5 times

Reducing disturbance for neigbourhoods

Confirmed by practical experiences in NL

From pre-fabricated branches to pre-fabricated networks is the next step

Thank you for your attention!

 

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