New dimension for industrial cleaning: operation near to zero waste

The mechanical cleaning of the shell-and-tube heat exchanger with the patented mycon TubeMaster system was carried out in this practical example by Kipp Umwelttechnik, the sister company of mycon GmbH.

The residues could be removed without leaving any residues. No abrasion on the graphite tubes was measurable. The cleaning residues were collected in a closed system. The examination showed that hardly any graphite was contained there. The cleaning of the graphite tubes can therefore be repeated at any time if necessary.

The use of the mycon TubeMaster system in the area of tubes and tube bundle heat exchangers made of sensitive materials such as graphite requires equipment that is precisely tailored to the specific situation. Kipp Umwelttechnik has many years of experience in cleaning tubes and tube bundle heat exchangers made of almost all tube materials used for this purpose:

– Steel, – stainless steel, – titanium, – special alloys, -copper, – brass, – bronze, – glass, – fiberglass, – other plastics, – graphite