- Thursday, November 7th
Kobus Inc, headquartered in Galesburg, MI, designs, manufactures and sells the KOBUS Pipe Puller, an innovative trenchless tool for the utility services industry.
The Pipe Puller concept is a simple, trenchless technique for pipe replacement. Firstly, a strong steel pulling cable is fed through the old pipe, which is being removed. The pulling cable has a special attachment on one end, which engages with the old line. The other end of the cable is attached to the Pipe Puller spool driven by two powerful hydraulic motors. The spool safely and continuously winds up the pipe as it is removed from the ground, and a new copper or polyethylene pipe is pulled into place following the same pathway as the old pipe.
The method minimizes the risk of damaging any nearby utilities, removes the environmental hazard from the decommissioned line, reduces the excavations' size and reinstatement cost, and, most importantly, it is SAFE for operators and members of the public.
The company provides innovative trenchless techniques for water and gas service pipe replacement. Mounted on a compact excavator, the KOBUS Pipe Puller can remove service pipes up to 1-1/4in diameter and 85 feet long in minutes.
The Pipe Puller is proving a popular trenchless pipe replacement technique with a number of its customers in the USA, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. As a result, thousands of old service pipes have been removed, and many more are being replaced each day.
The company supplies its Pipe Pullers in North America. Additionally, the company can train your crews to safely and effectively get the best from the equipment.
