Over A Kilometer of GRE Pipe Systems On Board
Future Pipe Industries Group and its Swedish contractor Scanunit recently completed the installation of 1,200 meter of glass fibre reinforced epoxy pipe systems (GRE) onboard the Swedish icebreaker Atle, replacing 1,200 meters of corroded steel pipe. In addition to the GRE pipe system, some of the ship’s lubrication oil filters and plate heat exchangers were replaced. About 2,700 bonded connections were made.
The installation was successfully completed and the ship is back in service. Marc Groenewoud, Unit Manager Shipbuilding of FPI said: “We are proud to have successfully completed this first major retrofit project with our Swedish partner Scanunit. The skills of the Scanunit crew, combined with qualified supervision by FPI, ensured that 
this complex project was delivered on time and at high quality.” He added: “We will commence the retrofit work for our second project on board the icebreaker Frej in June 2011. We have already started prefabrication of spools in Scanunit’s workshop for this project and we are confident that there will be a significant reduction in installation time on board this vessel in Lulea this summer.”