Examples of the applications used within an Industry: |
Industry |
Application |
Pressure (psi) |
Pressure (bar) |
Aluminium |
Hardened Bauxite dust on mills, filters, floors, tanks, sumps and sewers. |
10,000 - 14,5000 |
700 - 1,000 |
Automotive |
Paint from booths, machinery, gratings, conveyers, dollies and skids |
10,000 - 40,000 |
700 - 2,750 |
Aviation |
Expansion joints, grease, rubber and hydraulic fluids on runways. |
10,000 |
700 |
Breweries |
Yeast, sediments and fermentation residues on vats, pipes and facilities. |
3,000 |
200 |
Cement Plants |
Remove dirt, grease and product build up on grates, floors, external piping, bins, walls, hopper cars and handling equipment. |
3,000 |
200 |
|
Cooler hearths and pre-heater columns, bins, hopper cars, floors, rotary kilns and walls. |
5,000 - 14,500 |
350 - 1,000 |
Chemical Processing |
Chemicals from boiler tubes, tanks, valves, evaporators, heat exchangers, tube bundles, pipes, vessels, reactors and facilities. |
5,000 - 14,500 |
350 - 1,000 |
Construction |
Exposing aggregate (retarded). Asphalt distributors, mixers, tar cookers and pavers. |
3,000 |
200 |
|
Asphalt, dirt, concrete, mortar, tar, grease, mastic and clay on vehicles, mixer trucks and machinery. |
5,000 |
350 |
|
Latence for canals, lifts, dams and runways prior to pours (no retarders). Exposing aggregate (unretarded) and concrete cutting. |
5,000 - 10,000 |
350 - 1,000 |
Food Processing |
Grease, fats, oils, dirt and dough, food residues from vats, ovens, mixers, conveyors and facilities. |
10,000 - 14,500 |
700 - 1,000 |
Foundries |
Removal of deposits, metal oxidation, ceramic and sand core materials from castings, furnaces and paddles. |
10,000 - 14,500 |
700 - 1,000 |
Highway Maintenance |
Cleaning of grease, vegetation, mud, tar, cement or asphalt on vehicles and machinery. |
5,000 - 10,000 |
350 - 700 |
|
Graffiti, stains, tar and mastics on concrete bridges and overpasses. Removal of expansion joints and paint strips. |
10,000 |
700 |
|
Unblock culverts on bridges and clean up overspills. |
10,000 - 14,500 |
700 - 1,000 |
Marine |
Removal of marine growth, barnacles, loose paint and rust on ship hulls, docks, ballasts, platforms, storage tanks and boilers. |
5,000 - 10,000 |
350 - 700 |
|
Underwater cleaning pipes and drilling platforms, of barnacles and marine growth to 'white metal'. |
10,000 |
700 |
|
Coatings removal prior to repainting. |
30,000 - 40,000 |
2,000 - 2,750 |
Meat Packing |
Cleaning of grease, fats, blood and soot from ovens, mixers and vats. |
3,000 |
200 |
Metal Working |
Mill scale, tight rust and weld slag from new vessels, tanks and pipes. |
10,000 -14,500 |
700 - 1,000 |
Mining |
Pre-maintenance cleaning of dumpers, drag lines, underground haulage lines and shafts; aids in the recovery of ore. |
7,500 - 10,000 |
500 - 700 |
|
Unclog plant machinery due to deposits of coal, rock dust, mud or oils. |
7,500 - 10,000 |
500 - 700 |
Municipalities |
Rsevoirs and containers, sewers and drain pipes, sanitation equipment and refuse vehicles. |
3,000 - 5000 |
200 - 350 |
Oilfield |
Paraffin and crude residues from platforms and storage tanks. |
3,000 - 5,000 |
200 - 350 |
|
Removal of drilling mud and cement from drill pipes. |
10,000 - 14,500 |
700 - 1,000 |
Petrochemical Processing |
Algae, carbon, scum and asbestos in heat exchangers, soft polymers, re-boilers, tanks, reactors, cooling towers and facilities. |
5,000 |
350 |
|
Calcium carbonate and sulphate, chlorides, hard polymers, iron oxide, coke, hard carbon, PVC and PVA on heat exchangers and reboilers. |
10,000 - 14,500 |
700 - 1,000 |
Pharmaceutical |
Cleaning of chemicals (liquid and solids) from pipes, kettles, mixers, tubes, heat exchangers, reactors, filters and evaporators. |
7,500 - 10,000 |
500 - 700 |
Pipe (Industrial) |
Removal of rust and varnish prior to recoating, dope and oil from pipe threads for inspection, drilling mud and debris in various kinds of pipes (internal). |
10,000 - 14,500 |
700 - 1,000 |
Power Station |
Nuclear decontamination of fuel capsules, 'U' tube exchangers, flash from pre-heater tubes, hand tools and equipment. |
10,000 - 14,500 |
700 - 1,000 |
Public Utility |
Reactors and insulators, boiler tubes, vehicles and machinery. |
5,000 - 10,000 |
350 - 700 |
Pulp & Paper |
Cleaning of grease, oil, pitch, dirt and wood pulp from heat exchangers, tubes, foundries, press sections of paper machines, suction rolls, stock chests and lines. |
5,000 - 10,000 |
350 - 700 |
|
Black liquor. |
10,000 |
700 |
Railway |
Gypsum, potash, cement, lime in hopper cars; removing grease, dirt and deposits from trucks, undercarriages and tank cars. |
5,000 - 14,500 |
350 - 1,000 |
|
Removal of leaf mulch from railway lines. |
7,500 - 12,000 |
500 - 800 |
Refineries |
Wax, paraffin, grease and crude residues. |
3,000 |
200 |
|
Water scale, coke, hard carbons and polymers in heat exchangers, pipes, tubes and tanks. |
10,000 - 14,500 |
700 - 1,000 |
Rubber Processing |
Chemigum. Latex, SBR and water scale in reactors, storage tanks, heat exchangers. Tubing, pipes and facilities. |
10,000 - 14,500 |
700 - 1,000 |
Steel Mill |
Water scale, coke, ore or lime in heat exchangers, flues, boilers, open hearths, furnaces, chutes and hoppers. |
10,000 - 14,500 |
700 - 1,000 |
|
Descaling billets. |
2,000 - 4,000 |
140 - 300 |
|
Water hydraulics. |
2,000 - 4,000 |
140 - 300 |
Surface Preparation |
Paint, rust, refractory build-up, salts, concrete and marine growth. |
10,000 - 14,500 |
700 - 1,000 |
|
Steel cleaned to 'white metal'. |
30,000 - 40,000 |
2,000 - 2,750 |
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