Company Overview

Canbar is a manufacturer of fiberglass drums and processors used in the leather tanning and collagen production industries. Our equipment is used worldwide and marketed through our independent sales agent network.

We also supply wood stave pipelines and penstocks for hydro electric projects, and wood stave holding tanks and scrubbers for the mining and manufacturing industries.

The company is also a manufacturer of rotationally moulded polyethylene tanks and containers, in sizes ranging from five gallons to four thousand gallons.

Environmental Profile

Canbar Inc. is Canada's only wood stave pipe manufacturer. Located in Breslau, Ontario the company provides wood stave pipe systems for irrigation, industrial, and potable water supply, as well as hydroelectric power generating plant applications all over North America and the Caribbean.

Pipelines can be constructed from 18' in diameter to 18' in any desired length. The materials are shipped to their destination in a knocked-down form and erected on site under the direction of a Canbar supervisor. Generally, no heavy construction machinery is required either for site preparation or for erection of the pipeline. Simple hand tools are sufficient.

Customers have included: Gananoque Light and Power, Jones Falls, Ontario; Great Lakes Power in Wawa, Ontario; Niagara Mohawk Power in Schuylerville, New York; St. Vincent Electricity in St. Vincent, West Indies; Dominica Electricity in Dominica, West Indies as well as major pulp and paper companies where the wood stave pipe in used for the discharge of corrosive liquids.

Keywords: penstocks; pipelines; corrosive resistant products; hydro power generation; effluent lines; potable water.

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Additional Details

Legal Name: Canbar Inc.

Number of Employees: 75

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Products

• Environmental Products And Services
• Leather Tanning/Working Ind Machy/Equip Nes

  Wet end hide processors, both inclined processors and drums.

• Staves, Wooden, Pipe, Silo & Tank
• Tanks, Parts Of Nes /Except Containers/
• Tanks, Storage, Nes
• Wood Fabricated Materials Nes
• Wood Stave Pipe.

  Wood stave pipe is ideally suited for hydro-electric pipelines and penstocks where dependability and trouble-free service with minimal maintenance are major requirements.

  Sizes from 2-18 ft. in diameter can be supplied in any desired increments.

  Economical design pressures vary from 160 ft. head for an 18 ft. diameter penstock, to 400 ft. head for those lines 5 ft. in diameter or smaller. Where higher pressures are required, a combination of wood stave pipe and steel pipe can be used.

  Continuous wood stave pipe is extremely adaptable to installation over rough terrain. Horizontal, vertical, and compound curves can be built into the pipeline which would prove most impractical and uneconomical with other types of pipe. The reduced cost of grade construction is a major factor in the economy of using wood stave pipe.

  Wood stave pipe is assembled from individual staves and steel bands or hoops which allow it to be easily and inexpensively transported, even over difficult terrain. The construction of a wood stave pipeline should be directed by an experienced supervisor supplied by Canbar. All labour may be hired locally and no skilled men are needed other than the supervisor.

  Wood stave pipe can be used in a range of climates from severe cold to tropical. In severe climates the insulation offered by the wood shell retards the formation of ice on the inside of the pipe. Pressure-creosoted treatment of wood staves effectively protects against both fungus attack and insect damage, making the pipe entirely practical for use in any climate.

  Longitudinal expansion or contraction in wood stave pipe is minimal, regardless of changing temperatures or moisture conditions. It is therefore unnecessary to provide for expansion joints or anchors normally required with other types of pipe.

NAICS Categories

• 333299 All Other Industrial Machinery Manufacturing

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