Vortex Companies is a global leader in trenchless water and sewer infrastructure solutions. The company delivers advanced technologies and turnkey services for municipal, industrial, and commercial markets. With more than 40 locations worldwide, Vortex specializes in the rehabilitation of pipelines and structures and the development of proprietary mortars, coatings, CIPP liners, robotics, UV technologies, and high-speed drain cleaning tools. At Vortex we believe that everything begins with “Thinking Big.” We’re thinking big about how we can help you overcome your water and wastewater infrastructure problems. Through this single focus, our goal is to deliver products, services, and industry-leading solutions to solve infrastructure problems in a big way — cost-effectively and permanently. We offer a platform of technologies that enable our customers to think big about tomorrow’s water and sewer infrastructure needs. We have built a highly skilled team of technical sales, operations, engineers, and field personnel to partner with our customers and to ensure well-executed, successful projects.
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State & Local Government
Vortex partners with OMNIA Partners to deliver advanced trenchless water and sewer infrastructure solutions to the public sector. Through publicly solicited cooperative contracts, municipalities and public agencies can access Vortex’s full range of technologies and turnkey services designed to renew and protect vital infrastructure. By leveraging OMNIA Partners, agencies benefit from a streamlined procurement process, innovative solutions, and trusted expertise that ensure cost-effective, long-lasting results for their communities.
Coatings & Materials
Key Features:
- Precision Application: Advanced technology enables controlled application to complex shapes and sizes, ensuring thorough coverage and structural integrity.
- Durable and Sustainable: Products are designed to provide significant cost advantages and a smaller construction footprint, reducing carbon impact compared to other trenchless technologies.
- Custom Solutions: Ability to custom-manufacture materials to meet specific performance requirements, ensuring optimal fit for unique project challenge.
- Versatility: Our materials address non-round shapes, bends, and intrusions, and are suitable for deep pipes accessed through standard manholes.
Sewer Robotic Systems
Key Features of Schwalm Robotics:
- High Versatility: Robots feature interchangeable attachments like grinders, chisels, packers, blasters, and cleaners, enhancing both versatility and profitability.
- Durable and Low Maintenance: Designed for durability and ease of maintenance, Schwalm robots can integrate into most existing CCTV systems, facilitating seamless operations.
- Expert Training and Support: In addition to top-tier equipment, Vortex offers access to our Tap Cutting Institute and in-field training programs at our dedicated facility in Greenville, SC, ensuring that contractor crews are expertly trained.
- Designed and Supported in the USA: With fast turnaround times and local design and machining of parts, our service extends throughout the lifecycle of each robot.
Sensors & Software
Key Benefits of CIPP Curing Sensors & Software Systems:
- Enhanced Quality Control: Sensors monitor critical parameters like temperature, pressure, and humidity in real-time, ensuring that curing conditions are optimal throughout the process. This reduces the risk of uneven curing, which could lead to weak spots or pipe failure.
- Real-Time Data for Improved Accuracy: Curing software systems provide a live feed of sensor data, enabling operators to adjust the curing process on the fly if any issues arise. This minimizes errors and ensures each section of the pipe reaches the required strength.
- Increased Project Efficiency: Accurate, real-time monitoring minimizes delays by allowing for early detection of potential issues, reducing the need for rework and lowering overall project costs.
- Enhanced Safety and Compliance: Automated systems help ensure that curing processes comply with industry standards and safety regulations. This reduces health and environmental risks associated with inadequate curing, especially in sewer applications.
- Longer-Lasting Repairs: By achieving a consistently high-quality cure, CIPP lining is more durable, extending the lifespan of the rehabilitated sewer pipes and lowering maintenance costs.
Linear Systems
Key Features:
- Versatile Liner Options: From robust Standard Felt liners suitable for a variety of applications, the most robust UV portfolio in the market, to specialized Glass liners designed for enhanced structural strength, and environmentally friendly, patent protected (US Patent No. 12,467,573) EnviroCure Felt liners that significantly reduce styrene emissions.
- Nationwide Support: With wetout facilities strategically located across the US, we can deliver liners either wet or dry, accommodating the logistical and technical needs of any project.
- Custom Equipment Solutions: Our in-house designed and built equipment complements our liners, ensuring that contractors have the tools necessary to execute installations efficiently and effectively.
Small Diameter Rehabilitation
MaxLiner:
Small Diameter CIPP Solutions: MaxLiner delivers complete systems for sanitary sewer, storm, and vertical pipe rehabilitation, including materials, equipment, and hands on training.
Proven CIPP Expertise: Built on decades of experience and partnerships with global leaders like United Felts, MaxLiner provides high quality liners and calibration tubes engineered for real world applications.
Manhole Inserts and Rehabilitation: Parson offers more than 25 manhole insert designs to fit a wide range of shapes, sizes, and depths, along with cementitious linings, epoxy coatings, foam grouts, and application equipment supported by training.