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challenging installations. Where the Emergency piping repairs are never pipes had to be cut into small pieces, the easy to prepare for or complete while installer used repair couplings that slid the ship is underway. A military sup- down the pipe and back to easily ? t the port ship was underway during the Iraq pieces together. After the ? re main was war when they had a two-inch cooling replaced and ? tted properly, the install- pipe burst. The crew had been trained in er went back and pressed the SeaPress Guam by Viega on how to install Viega connections with a battery tool. During ? ttings and responded with urgency. this time he was able to work in tight They were able to repair the pipe with- areas and not disturb cables, insulation out the need to “go dark.” They built a and ? nished areas. After two days of re- SeaPress spool with a valve. They in- moving and replacing, the system was stalled half of the spool by bolting on a ready for hydro test. The SeaPress sys- ? ange and then incorporating a shut off tem passed hydro on the ? rst attempt. In the valve to isolate the leak. The next conclusion, we had a very happy con- step was to install the remaining spool tractor and crew. piece and press into place. When you get an email from a Military ship that

That’s a good one for when a ship is at says “Thank you, SeaPress was a life- dock. Are there applications for your saver,” there is nothing more satisfying solutions in an emergency at sea? than to have helped them out of a criti- cal situation.

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