Chem Aire Piping - What's Compatible 1

[Amy9777]

I have a compressed air system with subsurface Chem Aire piping. The pipe daylights inside a vault and was broken when a tech stepped on it by accident. From what I can tell, the chem aire piping has been discontinued. I'm trying to transition this piece to steel or any other hose/piping that would be rated for 70psi. Any suggestions? Thanks!!

 

[Latexman]

How about Duraplus ABS pipe?

Good luck,
Latexman

 

[Amy9777]

Thanks for the quick reply! Does anyone know if the Duraplus cement is compatible with Chem Aire...I'm researching that now but thought I'd ask here too

 

[Latexman]

You are welcome. I used Search (between Forum and FAQs) to find "4 records matched your query of chem-aire". The reference came from this one: thread378-292614

Maybe the folks in that thread know about the cement compatibilty.

Good luck,
Latexman

 

[MiketheEngineer]

Call the mfg??

 

[Amy9777]

This is what the vendor is telling me:
"Both Dura Plus and Chem-Aire have their own brands of cement, so I cannot say that either is compatible with both types of pipe. Since you are talking about compressed air, I personally would not mix the cements when putting these lines together."

Not very helpful. I can think of 10 different materials that would be suitable for compressed air. I just need a way to transition from the Chem Aire piping. So frustrating.

Thanks for the replies guys

 

[rconner]

Interesting -- they have apparently not told the folks at

http://www.alscoind.com/pdf/116-117.pdf

(that still claims that plastic pipe has the "the toughness of metal"). I read it on the internet!

One would think you could at least still find some Chem-Aire glue (to maybe glue a flange or other mechanical adapter to make transition to steel somewhere). For whatever it is worth, I think exposed plastic pipe or transitions to metal from same in general brings on some inherent risk.