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Earth Sciences

Industry-leading Slotting Equipment for Engineered plastic piping products

Rice prides itself on operating some of the most advanced plastic manufacturing equipment in the country.   Today, we’d like to highlight how our slotting capabilities are ahead of the curve and diversified to give our customers the widest range of patterns possible. Our most exciting announcement has to be our capability to handle 50ft HDPE plastic pipe – up to a 12” diameter! Our cutting system includes dual-blade packs capable of completing multiple rows...

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Pipe Integrity

PLIDCO® Clamp + Ring – Don’t let unanchored pipe stop your repairs! 

Excessive end-pull or compression loading?  Worried that your piping can’t take it?  The PLIDCO Clamp + Ring is the answer.  Engineered for any combination of hydrostatic force, internal forces and external forces, the construction and design stand out for the large amounts of gripping power which greatly reduce the danger of caving in and/or distorting pipe during repairs and maintenance.  Use Clamp + Rings with...

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Earth Sciences

A new way to interact with Rice!

Rice is constantly looking at ways to be your best and most convenient supplier.  Over the past 18 months, we have introduced Live Chat, E-Commerce and MyRice, among many other service improvements requested from our customers.  Starting now, we are excited to introduce our new customer intake system! All email inquiries will be directed to sales@riceresource.com and assigned to the first available and most knowledgeable Customer...

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Earth Sciences

Grouting with CETCO Graphite for Geothermal Drilling

As renewable energy continues to be advanced across the world, Geothermal energy capture is one of the more mature and repeatable options.  Not dependent on weather conditions and having very high capacity factors, geothermal plants are capable of supplying basedload energy, heating & cooling.  Due to this, specific developments are now leaning on Geothermal energy,...

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Earth Sciences

Got critters? Get Vermin Proof Aluminum Well Caps!

Aluminum Well Caps are a fantastic item for most basic capping needs. But what happens if – or worse, when – there’s vermin problems? The last thing that well owners want is to clean out a contaminated well from a particular critter that gets somewhere it should not. Vermin Proof Aluminum Caps from Rice will...

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Earth Sciences

Rice Earth Sciences Now Stocking on Vancouver Island!

Since 1952, Rice Earth Sciences has believed in local support and convenient access to products and supplies.  Over time we have expanded from our original location in Edmonton to multiple locations and dealers across Canada. We are excited to announce our newest Stocking Location in Parksville, British Columbia, opening for service March 22, 2021 at...

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Pipe Integrity

WELDFIT™ SURELAUNCH® Multi-Pig Launching System

Rice is proud to be the Canadian representative for WeldFit. One of their most advanced solutions is a dynamic system to deal with frequent pigging issues in pipeline productivity – their SURELAUNCH® Multi-Pig Launching System. In order make it the most efficient, SureLaunch® allows you to load anywhere from 7 – 10 at a time....

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Earth Sciences

Brand New Product Available at RICE.

We have a new product available here at RICE, the RDO Blue!   In-Situ’s patented Optical Rugged Dissolved Oxygen technology, an EPA-approved dissolved oxygen measurement method ideal for measuring DO and temperature in even the harshest environments. Suitable for handheld use or long-term deployment in fresh water or saltwater, this low-maintenance dissolved oxygen probe offers robust performance at a lower cost than...

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