Description of Vitrified Clay Pipes

The Arab Company for Ceramic Products, KEPCO, produces Vitrified Clay Pipes with diameters varying from 150mm up to 1,000 mm and with lengths 1500–2000 mm. This is acquired by adopting the latest technology equipment in the lines of preparation, shaping, handling, drying, and firing of the pipes through tunnel kilns which have been imported from the largest German and English specialized firms in this field. The kilns are operated and controlled by PLC to allow and guarantee the highest standards of quality which comply with the Egyptian Standards (No. 56/2005, and the Cabinet Decision No. 277/2000, and also complies to:

• International American Standards ASTM C700
• International European Standards EN 295

KEPCO’s Vitrified Clay Pipes undergoes several tests throughout its production cycle by our Quality Control Department. KEPCO’s Vitrified Clay Pipes undergo continuous inspection and testing, both of the product itself and its production cycle, by the National Organization for Potable Water and Sanitary Drainage, the Administration of Testing and Industrial Supervision, through its stationed representatives who, issue test certificate that KEPCO products comply with Egyptian Standard (No. 56 / 2005) testing certificates.
After excelling in the production of the Vitrified Clay Pipes, KEPCO then went on to produce clay pipes with flexible joints comply with the same standard ES56/05 It is therefore inevitable, that KEPCO’s Vitrified Clay Pipes, both with and without flexible joints, has shared in all national projects all over A.R.E.
Characteristics if KEPCO’s Vitrified Clay Pipes:
KEPCO’s Vitrified Clay Pipes are self-glazed all the pipe’s body is vitrified and this is due to the very high techniques used in preparing the raw material in the lines of grinding, mixing, shaping, drying, and firing, where the latest technology equipment used, operated & controlled by PLC.

KEPCO’s Pipes

• Easy to install • 100+ years life expectancy
• Environmental Friendly
• Produced from locally abundant clay material
• High resistance to all types of aggressive soil
• Low percentage of water absorption
• Efficient hydraulic liquid-passing properties
• High resistance for acids, alkalis, fungi, and reptiles.
• Highest resistance to abrasion & corrosion and not affected by eddy currents.
• Not affected by chemical substances or gases produced as a byproduct due to the reactions of the components of the sewage, except Hydrofluoric Acid (HF).

We offer full verification guarantees against any defects on the external or internal surface, making them superior to Glazed Pipes.
Possibility of production according to European Standards EN 295 upon request.
Comply with both the Egyptian and International Standards for their mechanical and chemical characteristics.