New Energy and Maintenance saving Borehole Column

Corde Africa, a company founded by Errol and Debby Cornelius, has launched a range of uPVC borehole column piping to the Southern African market.
“After 23 years in this Industry, 11 as M.D of a major international pump company’s South African subsidiary, I believe that we have a winning product on our hands. The smooth walls of this product ensure water flow at low friction losses, contributing to a high “water to wire” ratio, and reduced energy costs. In these days of rapidly rising energy prices, and limited margins in farming and mining every cent saved on production costs helps.
The product is also rust proof, and resistant to corrosion and build up of solids in the pipe. Being light in weight, it is easy to handle on site, thus reducing time and cost, and, due to the square thread design, has excellent high tensile load handling characteristics.
Because the pipes do not react to acid or alkaline water, they have an extremely long life in the well,” Cornelius says.
With a safe allowable hydrostatic pressure (dependant on class) of between 18 and 50 kg/cm2, a maximum of 500m pump delivery head is catered for, allowing the product to be used in extremely high pressure applications.
Available in 3 meter lengths, the piping can be varied in class as the pressure declines, allowing for an extremely cost effective installation.
Having been successfully used in more than a million installations worldwide, this technology is well proven to offer the benefits of improved performance and electrical cost savings over the lifetime of the installation.
Due to the robust and proven nature of the product, a two year warranty is offered.