AKBOR GRP Pipes and Fittings are manufactured by using Continuous filament super winding process. Main advantages and technical properties of GRP Pipes compared to other type of pipes are given below;

• Resistant against corrosion and chemicals and don’t need to be painted
• Very good hydraulic and mechanical properties
• With the 2 way EPDM gasket provides %100 leak-tightness.
• Due to its low weight easy and fast installation.
• Very low maintenance cost
• Can be manufactured conform to design at  requested  lengths between 0,3-15m
• It is healthy and meet all the requirement of ISO 14001 
• Life expectancy is more than 50 years.
• Do not require expensive interior and exterior coating and cathodic protection.
• There is not any current induction due to ground current (Coming from lightning or other surrounding electrical network).

AKBOR GRP Pipes Hydraulic Properties
The large inside diameter and the quality of the inside surface of AKBOR pipes give the pipe system the ability to transport and convey a greater volume of fluid, as compared to a steel pipe with the same diameter. The maximum flow permissible in AKBOR pipe is 7.5 meters/second.

The Manning number in AKBOR pipes is equivalent to 0.009. The Hysen-Williams coefficient is C=150. The head loss curve according to the pipe diameter and flow volume is based on the Darcy-Weisbach and Mody equations (for a Reynolds number higher than 4000)
The movement of the liquid head has energy that depends on the weight of the liquid and its speed. A sudden stop of the flow (by closing a valve) transforms this energy into a high-pressure force, or water hammer. The longer the pipe and higher the flow speed, the greater will be the water hammer. In AKBOR pipes the water hammer that is produced is only a third of the water hammer produced in steel pipes.