Plumbing and Heating Systems

BorPEX™ PE-X and Beta-PPR™ new generation PP compounds offer the most advanced, pressure pipe material solutions currently available for plumbing and heating pipe systems and also for industrial use. 

Applications include:

• domestic water piping,
• under-floor heating
• radiator connections and wall
• cooling and heating installations
• district heating and industrial piping. 

Meeting the most stringent international standards for performance and reliability in those applications, BorPEX and Beta-PPR provide for:

• safe contact with drinking water
• long service lifetime of at least 50 years according to international standards
• resistance to chemicals and no corrosion when exposed to iron particles
• ease of manufacture including all components and fittings
• fast and simple installation

Importantly, BorPEX and Beta-PPR materials offer pipe solutions that save time and costs for the producer, installer and end-user.

Beta-PPR innovation for system advancement

Beta-PPR is a new, breakthrough PP material called PP-RCT. It is the domestic pipe industry’s first in more than 20 years, offering better than 50 percent improvement in long-term strength at 70°C/50 years, when compared to standard polypropylene random copolymer (PP-R) compounds.  Beta-PPR allows the production of thinner wall, smaller pipes with a larger inside diameter for H&C water systems to enable:   

• re-dimensioning pipes to SDR 7.4 vs SDR 6 for standard PP-R
• choice of higher hydraulic capacity or higher operating capacity;
• higher percentage of system designed with smaller pipes;
• greater cost and installation efficiencies

BorPEX, a more flexible pipe material solution

Through its BorPEX family, Borealis delivers the industry’s widest selection of high and medium density crosslinkable PE pipe materials which are noted for:

• superior mechanical and thermal performance
• resistance to crack propagation
• impact resistance and long-term durability
• consistent quality and easy processing
• good crosslinking response

Allowing the converter the posibility to use his own preferred method of processing, BorPEX grades are specially tailored for use of the commercial crosslinking technologies: peroxide (PEX-a) and irradiation (PEX-c). 

The individually unique properties of BorPEX and Beta-PPR materials makes each of them an ideal complement as the inner and outer corrosion resistant layers in aluminium composite pipe constructions.