Liquitech’s Experience with Viega: A Game Changer

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• Author: Audree Grubesic
• Published: Sep 10, 2024
• Updated: Jan 12, 2025
• Format: “The Marketplace” episode

Guests

• Will Dutcher, Viega. He leads the industrial technical sales group.
• Nick Cameron, Liquitech. He is a product and manufacturing engineer.

Viega’s press fitting technology

• Viega has a 125-year legacy.
• Its press fitting technology joins pipes and tubes by deforming the fitting around them with electric or battery-powered tools.
• The fittings are designed for harsh conditions.
• Will said the fittings undergo vibration, tensile, burst pressure, seismic, and Navy impulse testing.

Liquitech’s experience

• Liquitech makes water treatment products, especially products aimed at eliminating Legionella bacteria.
• Before Viega, Liquitech had solder joints crack during transport.
• Nick Cameron said the move to Viega resolved those recurring problems.
• He said the joints tolerated vibration from road transit.

Operational impact

• Liquitech has brought more work in-house.
• The partnership reduced lead times and costs.
• It also improved safety and efficiency.
• Nick said work that used to take six to eight weeks can now be built in a day in Liquitech’s shop.

Viega’s support and expansion

• Will said Viega provides in-field support, training, and engineering services.
• Viega is expanding its product offerings, especially in valves.
• Viega has North American facilities in Colorado, New Hampshire, Nevada, Kansas, Pennsylvania, and soon Ohio.

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