In order to properly maintain your vessel, the right cleaning tools must be selected to clean the tubes. When trying to select a turbine cleaner and head, the abundance of options can seem overwhelming. However, when sizing turbine cleaners there are a few pieces of information that can help you select the ideal cleaner and head.
One of the most common methods for cleaning chillers, condensers, and other heat exchangers are rotary tube cleaners. With several brush styles to choose from, rotary tube cleaners can remove a variety of deposits. To achieve the best cleaning results, it is important to properly size the brush according to the brush style and the deposit being removed.
Cleaning tubes increases energy efficiency. Every tubed vessel (ex: boilers, heat exchangers, condensers, chillers, etc.) requires the surface of the tubes to be clean and scale-free to function efficiently. If deposits or scale are present, the flow through the vessel and the efficiency of the vessel decreases.
"Approved by all my operators as effective and easy to use as opposed to a rotary tool, cutting cleaning time by at least half." - Chris Lewis, Maintenance Manager
"Our client was very pleased with the results from our work with Elliott's equipment because the job was done faster and at better quality than with any other contractor on this application."
York operator Bobby Brown said it all: “Anyone that has ever used a GoodwayTM Speed Feed unit is going to love the Elliott Die-Hard.”
The Chilling Station Maintenance Supervisor and operators at the University of Texas at Austin are faced with the challenge of keeping several 5,000 ton chillers in peak operating condition.
