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FILE NAME Bechtel BECH DATE 0000 DOC BECH002 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Article from Trade Journal the ; Somastic puts show the road The mobile plant crew closely follows circus practice in setting up - f their tents and equipment the job done quickly moving on to a new location Sand Asphalt and Fibre for making mastic grit for the blasting oper- a . ad ation and primer the first coat is stored adjacent to . me ; , Manufacturing and application of Somastic : ote Loo. . uy points of usage ; points - . ne at . : Pipe Coating is progressing at the rate of over three miles per day for the Salt Lake Pipe \ a s ; Line Company a subsidiary of the Standard ; ip Oil Company for their inch Products Line - ' ; a This line will extend from the Salt Lake Reli- | : ~ | ' . : | : NEVADA" HAYSTACK 7 Ky HAYSTACK IDAHO PEAK IDAHO . ~ TT IDAHO . oo | NATIONAL fe 4 NATIONAL | : vy RRR: | ! : | ; or te ee : : GOODING ms . . : ~ ~ nery to Boise Idaho At present the Railhead Plant is operating in the vicinity of Ogden Utah . A - Approximately 127 miles of the line will be | - Somastic coated Operations are expected to be completed on or before the end of October | 1949. In addition to operating the Railhead ! . Plant the Somastic Division is also applying field joints for the laying contractor This work is going on at approximately 1 miles per day a Jap O'Connell Somastic Division Manager has assigned the operation of the plant to L. C. Garrott Job Superintendent who is assisted by R. Davidson Job Engineer E. C. Gava- gan Job Office Manager and E. W. Lindburger + Plant Foreman Field joint work is under the % supervision of James P. Garrott E. Trim- : . is * mell acting as General Superintendent ,. Somastic Coating is the nearest approach to 7 *_ GREAT SALT LAKE DESEAT ' . t > an ideal protective coating for pipe laid where . : os , mo a, .' . + N [Rs : > 7 ~ \ P - , * | . 3 7 " iB bs iS if Hi i fRi mT IDAHO FALLS || ae REFINERY to. <5 | al 127 miles of Somastie Coated Pipe soill be used for the Salt Lak^' Pipeline Company a subsidiary of the Standard Oil Company BECHTEL BECHTEL CORPORATION SOMASTIC REG . S. PAT : COATING PIPE - LOS ANGELES NSALT LAKE ~ * 4, Archie O'Tool and Dick Trimmell goingsover plans i for'the Railhead field location : . , ^' . f . 6 : : ; Handling is minimized evidenced evidenced by the stock Bare . . pipe is shipped only coatened ar the job mak- : ing but short haul necessary for delivery ; ans seis sei mak~ 2. te EU : : , Left to right Bob Davidson Job Engr Leon Gar- rott Job Supt Railhead Dick Canham Stan Oil * Salt Lake City Traffic Man W. Lindburger Plant Foreman Archie O'Tool O'Tool Somastic Dir Watson Office Manager Ed Gavagan Railhead Job Office Manager Dick Trimmell Gen. Supt of Somastic Div plying the coating is the mobile unit which will travel along the uncovered and raised . pipeline permitting the treatment of pipelines already in operation without interruption of flow In using this method the line is uncov- re sn IKAWA ar i on ered raised cleaned reconditioned and primed The coating is applied by a traveling hot plant and nozzle which extrudes the pipe coating onto the pipe as a continuous covering Each plant type prepares and applies the product to identical specifications each operates in essen- tially the same manner to extrude the coating as a continuous seamless covering Selection of a plant type for a given job depends on the kind of work involved and the most economical \ * * . method of accomplishing it . . . , : The advantages of the Somastic Coat a dense seamless asphalt mastic which perma- nently protects steel pipe from corrosion are manifold The investment required for coating is comparatively small when compared to . losses involved in short life expectancy of steel pipe under adverse conditions freedom from ; shutdowns takeups replacements and product loss When using the S^masticCoat it is pos- Bai ses EET coating Sele ae a aaa Mein . ve meee right halite Cleaned raw pipe on the left coated pipe on the right and the coating unit at center efficient layout for field operation For safe work- . ing conditions the crew keeps the area as neat as if it were re : ready for G. I. inspection . . . i siblteo use weight of pipe only Strong enough to withstand the loads and pressures _ necessary to take care of the product No addi- ' tional thickness of steel is necessary to provide for corrosion factor * . . : . . . . asphalt corrosive conditions exist exist It consists of an composed of an \ consists mastic composed of an homogenous mixture of asphalt sand fiber and minera . > - filler prepared in an especially built machine which maintains an absolute control of pro- portions and temperatures This mixture . I X35 lbs per cu ft is extruded over the surface - = of the cleaned and primed pipe so t^,, form - a uniformly thick seamless coating At the Railhead Plant the pipe driven through the applicator when covering the joints in the field the mixture is applied by using a steel . forrp which is clamped over the primed pipe t and the coating is molded so as to overlap the existing coating at each end Bends or special fittings are applied by hand troweling equipment trucks Loading delivery and handling the heavy pipe at the railhead 9+ is done with a minimum of manual effort and at high speed by massive making Somastic not only the best pipe coating available equipment ; but one of the most economical : . ee a . cd : : The resultant cover is strong enough to withstand job still withstand stock piling maintaining field bending and handling eon to sufficient ductility to and movement of the " 1 pipe The use of the Railhead Plapit eliminates much handling of bare pipe and minimizes the handling of the coated pipe For by the use of such mobile operations hauls to the line held to short distances concentration bs Where large areas of pupeline concentration , oqur a Permanent Central Plant is oftri set . up which will reonomutally coat new pipe and recondition used pipe Another method of ap . . . aH i . _ . 0UC~ :