(PGJ) - How does an ambitious gas pipeline expansion, running nearly half the width of Texas, get coated? One spiral weld section of pipe at a time. To protect the more than 250 miles of new pipe added to the Whistler Pipeline in the southwest of the Lone Star State, applicators got inventive - creating an efficient and resourceful approach that helped the job flow as smoothly as the energy resources the pipeline now carries to millions of customers (Figure 1). More than 18,000 pipes went through the rigorous coating process at Stupp Coatings' facility in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. With a tight deadline of 48 weeks to fully coat and transport the pipes to the construction site, the coatings team needed to maintain a constant level of productivity to keep the project on schedule.
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