Heat Exchanger Mechanical Scraper System

Fairtex Group offers cutting-edge mechanical cleaning services for the inspection and cleaning of condensers and heat exchangers. An emerging trend in keeping heat exchangers clean is the use of mechanical pipe cleaners. These mechanical systems use a variety of shooting, brushing, and drilling methods combined with low-pressure water below 48 bar (700 PSI). These methods work safely and quickly to remove even the most hard-to-clean deposits.

The Mechanical Scraper System can remove a wide range of deposits from algae to hard scale without damaging the wall of the tube. Using a two-pump system, up to 8,000 tubes can be cleaned in a shift. We have been cleaning tubes with this process very successfully for the past 15 years in the UK and around the world.

We offer a safe and effective solution to tube wall cleaning with the Projectile Tube Cleaning. The Projectile Tube Cleaning is a Tube Cleaning Pump and Water Gun with Nozzles that work through water flushing and rotary drilling action to clean hard deposits, including:

• Coke


• Calcium


• Sulfur


• Bauxite


• Asphalt


• Oxides


• Baked-on polymers

The single-pass operation allows blocked tubes to be restored without multiple passes, saving you both time and money.

Fairtex Group provides effective cleaning for heat exchanger tubes. This durable, field-proven system has cleaned heat exchanger tubes in oil and gas, marine, petrochemical, power plants, pulp & paper, power generation plants, food & process water, breweries & wine production, paper mills, steel mills, marine vessels, manufacturing facilities, power plants, and industrial facilities.

This cleaning system uses safe, 200 psi water pressure to drive scrapers through fouled tubes and obstructions in one pass. The scrapers are engineered to clean a range of deposits, including:

• Waterborne deposits


• Manganese


• Iron corrosion products


• Sediment


• Crystalline


• Bio-fouling

The steam condenser plays a critical role in the overall performance of all modern steam-generated power stations. The main purpose of a steam condenser is to condense the exhausted steam from the low-pressure turbine and convert it into water/condensate, which, in turn, will be reused in the boiler as feedwater. Additionally, the condensing equipment also functions to provide a "cold source" in the steam turbine thermodynamic Rankine cycle.

A power plant steam condenser is among the biggest contributors to a power plant's overall efficiency. Condenser cleanliness is imperative to power plant performance; scaled or fouled condenser tubes also result in poor performance and can lead to under deposit corrosion.