Polyethylene Tube Scrubbers

Removing soft/light deposits inside of tubes

Polyethylene Tube Scrubbers are specially developed projectiles to quickly and effectively remove soft deposits from tube bundles. Think of applications such as surface condensers in power plants. Tube scrubbers are reusable and very affordable, which makes them an interesting type of projectile for large consumers.

These projectiles are made of polyethylene material. This makes them strong enough to remove deposits , but not strong enough to damage the tube material. This makes these projectiles an excellent replacement or even upgrade of the traditional high pressure cleaning. These projectiles are therefore also very interesting for cleaning titanium tubes.

Usability

Tube scrubbers are used for light to medium type deposits, such as:

• Algae
• Mud
• Sludge
• Sand

These types of deposits are often found in condensers of power plants. For example, the condensers use river water as a cooling medium. After some time, adhesion to the tube wall occurs, which results in a reduced efficiency.

Specifications Tube Scrubbers

Advantages of projectile tube cleaning

Cleaning and maintenance with projectiles can offer many advantages over traditional methods. Take a look at the biggest advantages below:

• Speed. Time saving in projectile cleaning is the biggest advantage. Tubes can be shot through with projectiles within seconds, regardless of their length. With 2 operators you can clean approximately 750/1000 tubes per hour depending on the right conditions. That's faster than any method available. Projectile tube cleaning allows for an overal shorter downtime.
• Cost reduction. Projectiles are relatively inexpensive and can be reused, so the cost per cleaning is much less than, for example, with high pressure. In addition, the risk of damage to the tubes is virtually nil. This excludes future costs for replacement or repair.
• Safety. Projectiles are shot at low pressure. This is not only safer for the operators, but also for the system itself. Tubes are not exposed to high pressures internally, as with high pressure cleaning.
• Water consumption. Projectiles are shot through the tubes within seconds. The actual water consumption per tube being cleaned is therefore very low compared to alternative cleaning methods.

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