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“A CCTV camera inspection survey allows
our technician to video inspect the inside of
any kind of pipe, including drain and sewer
pipes. As they inspect, the equipment allows
them to record the inside of the pipes for
reporting purposes. Using these cameras
enables us to identify problem areas like
corroded pipes, cracks, breaks and blockages
without damaging either the pipe or floor/wall.
The camera is inserted through manholes,
inspection eyes and other available access
points,” says Deon Pohorille, managing director
of Nu Flow (Pty) Ltd.
Prior to 1997, it was known as the J.G. Strijdom
Hospital, and as a teaching hospital it is affiliated to
the University of Witwatersrand’s Medical School. As a
multi-campus facility, it sprawls over a huge area.
Nu Flow has been appointed agent for a UV pipe repair
technology manufactured by German company Pro-
Kanal. Nu Flow launched the new product last year
at the plumbing part of the IFAT show, with Pohorille
explaining the firm had “upgraded its own system to
the Pro Kanal offering, which we found after extensive
research to be the best in the world.”
“We consequently
recommended that the
pipeline be relined and
sealed. A combination
of systems was used,
the UV lining system for
the long distances and
the Nu Flow epoxy lining
system for the shorter
sections.”
January 2020 Volume 25 I Number 11
Pro-Kanal Dieter Meier has been involved in
pipelining and repair longer than most in the world
and was the original inventor of the patented pull-in-
place Nu Flow process more than 30 years ago. He
has since been honing and refining the process and
has now come up with the latest iteration. The system
he has developed, according to Pohorille, has a
number of variants around the world. He researched
them all and found Pro-Kanal’s to be the best fit for
the African environment.
Ultraviolet equipment setup and testing.
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