The only pipe pulling machinery of its kind in the industry The Kobus Pipe Puller is a one of a kind piece of equipment within the industry. The KPP 300 and 400 both offer a trenchless way of pipe replacement that you cannot find elsewhere. The Kobus Pipe Puller works...
How it started The trenchless technology method started around 40 years ago and was invented by Eric Wood. The first recorded pipe replacement was in 1970 by Wood as he started to develop the first cured-in-place piping. Despite Woods' background in the plumbing...
Ground conditions can vary when being worked on during pipeline installations. Moling is a technique used by most contractors when replacing pipes, weather this be water, gas, or sewage. However, this technique can cause problems when excavating in difficult ground...
Trenchless technology is a new innovative way to successfully remove old piping. It adopts a new style of excavation, avoiding the previous style that consists of moling, which involves a huge open excavation and has a number of negative impacts on the environment,...
How To Keep Homeowner Disruption to a Minimum When Pipe Replacing Replacing underground pipes requires some form of excavation. In the UK, it is estimated there are over 4 million excavations each year in the management of essential utilities. The extent of excavation...
Kobus Pipe Puller recognises the importance of partnerships within the industry, especially those overseas. Kobus has had the pleasure of creating many partnerships with likewise professionals in different regions of the world. Kobus’ most recent partnership is that...
Pipe pulling advancements have made a significant impact on the way contractors choose to operate when faced with pipe replacement. Starting with assessing the actual scale of the replacement project and the time it will take to complete a job, a variety of knock-on...
In recent years the infrastructure of our gas and water pipes has rapidly declined, creating challenges and a need for pipe replacement with new innovative pipe pulling technology designed to restore up to 100-year-old pipes. Pipe replacement In the UK, for example,...
The underground infrastructure of our piping is vast and complicated. With a mixture of gas, water, sewage, and electrical power all sharing the same configuration, with this brings the risk of utility strikes going up, leaving contractors to opt for moling, in order...
Installing piping brings various dangers and possible damages to existing infrastructure and nearby land. The act of excavation elevate the chances of ground movement, but a switch to trenchless technology could solve the issue. The trouble with ground movement is it...