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Organisations want the confidence that when they choose a cleaning partner, that partner can deliver real-world results in the most demanding situations on time and within budget. At Tube Tech, we pride ourselves on being able to do just that. In fact, we’ve been doing it for nearly 20 years.

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  • Condenser - Biodegradable Chemical Removes Water Scale

    Condenser - Biodegradable Chemical Removes Water Scale

    Environmentally safe chemical clean benefits Petrochemical plant
  • Cooler - Chlorine Gas Coolers Returned to Production Standard

    Cooler - Chlorine Gas Coolers Returned to Production Standard

    Chlorine Gas Coolers Returned to Production Standard. Client gains excellent IRIS inspection results after Tube Tech clean
  • Dehydrator Descaled, Cleaned & Inspected

    Dehydrator Descaled, Cleaned & Inspected

    Dehydrator Descaled, Cleaned & Inspected, fouled exchanger tubes in a dehydrator at international chemical company
  • Evaporator - Environmental Improvement Thanks to FastIce

    Evaporator - Environmental Improvement Thanks to FastIce

    Tube Tech International solved a potential environmental problem by using its novel fast-ice blaster technique to clean wiped film evaporator at ...
  • Evaporator - Vertical Falling Film evaporator cleaning system improves safety

    Evaporator - Vertical Falling Film evaporator cleaning system improves safety

    Fastindex™ system involves multiple, pre-programmed, computer controlled indexing arms, moving set distances across the tube face “from below” ...
  • Fin Fan Air Cooled Condensers - High pressure jetting with side fire lance clears solid blockage

    Fin Fan Air Cooled Condensers - High pressure jetting with side fire lance clears solid blockage

    Tube Tech successfully cleaned paint polymer deposits from the paint manufacturing plant using the WysperJet; method proving more efficient than ...
  • Heat Exchanger (Shell Side Clean) - Impossible Polymer Shell Side Fouling of Exchanger Cleaned To Bare Metal

    Heat Exchanger (Shell Side Clean) - Impossible Polymer Shell Side Fouling of Exchanger Cleaned To Bare Metal

    Severe raw polyethylene fouling on the Shell side of several reactor condensers within a Middle East petrochemical plant was causing increasing ...
  • Heat Exchanger (U-Tube) - Scale Removal from U Bend Waste Heat Boiler

    Heat Exchanger (U-Tube) - Scale Removal from U Bend Waste Heat Boiler

    A previous attempt at cleaning the tube internals at the site had resulted in a conventional semi-rigid lance becoming jammed
  • Heat Exchanger - Vertical Heat Exchanger Cleaned In-Situ

    Heat Exchanger - Vertical Heat Exchanger Cleaned In-Situ

    Vertical Heat Exchanger Cleaned In-Situ with SafeDrill, INEOS Vinyls Case Study
  • Heat Exchanger - Vertical Tubular Heat Exchanger Cleaned with darTT

    Heat Exchanger - Vertical Tubular Heat Exchanger Cleaned with darTT

    The team took just one day to complete the heat exchanger cleaning whereas the previous contractors took one week for the same job
  • Pipeline (Process) - Waste Heat Transfer Pipe Unblocked Quickly

    Pipeline (Process) - Waste Heat Transfer Pipe Unblocked Quickly

    Waste Heat Transfer Pipe Unblocked Within Short Downtime, Pipe mechanically polished to reduce possibility of future build up
  • Pipeline - Difficult Chemical Pipeline Clean

    Pipeline - Difficult Chemical Pipeline Clean

    Access difficulties overcome at liquid chlorine manufacturing plant.
  • USX Ethylene Reactor Cleaned 4x Faster than leading cleaning firm

    USX Ethylene Reactor Cleaned 4x Faster than leading cleaning firm

    USX Ethylene Reactor Cleaned 4x Faster than leading cleaning firm
  • Vessel (Reactor) - Fused Polymer Removed from Mixing Vessel

    Vessel (Reactor) - Fused Polymer Removed from Mixing Vessel

    Fused polymer mixing vessel defeats everyone but Tube Tech
  • Vessel (Reactor) - Glass Lined Reactor Vessel Cleaned with Novel System

    Vessel (Reactor) - Glass Lined Reactor Vessel Cleaned with Novel System

    Tube Tech's rotational Hydrowhip™ system ensures the pipe cleaning process is equally effective on the pipe wall where cleaning is most needed. ...
  • Vessel (Reactor) - Polymer Removed from Tank Safely and Quickly

    Vessel (Reactor) - Polymer Removed from Tank Safely and Quickly

    Vessel cleaned using bespoke nozzles and expandable lances
  • Vessel (Reactor) - Toxic Polymerised Gel Removed Safely from Vessel

    Vessel (Reactor) - Toxic Polymerised Gel Removed Safely from Vessel

    Toxic Polymerised Gel Removed Safely from Production Vessel. Safe remote cleaning operation avoids man entry due to hazardous vapours
  • Vessel (Silo) - Silo Walls Cleaned Back to Bare Metal Remotely

    Vessel (Silo) - Silo Walls Cleaned Back to Bare Metal Remotely

    Tube Tech International recommended using their remotely-operated rotating cleaning head with contra-rotating jets
  • Vessel Cleaning - 2.5 tonnes of solid styrene removed

    Vessel Cleaning - 2.5 tonnes of solid styrene removed

    Tube Tech removed rock hard deposit in under 3 days.
  • Vessel Silo - Remote Jetting & Cutting Arm Removes 10 tonne of Solidified Mass from Silo

    Vessel Silo - Remote Jetting & Cutting Arm Removes 10 tonne of Solidified Mass from Silo

    Many of the contracts Tube Tech wins require a completely different approach. In some instances the work has to be done remotely for safety reasons