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Varied Deposits Removed from Paint Production Area

Unique abrasives steam removes resin from varied surfaces

A production area at a vehicle paint manufacturing plant has a glossy new look, thanks to some excellent work by Tube Tech professionals.

Problem

An internal production area within the Suffolk plant had become coated with polymers used in the manufacture of paints for the automotive industry. Some of the resin had cured, hardening into a state where innovative measures were required to remove the almost immovable layers. An additional problem was a soft, pliable type of resin. The Tube Tech brief was to remove as much of both the hard and soft deposits as possible within a five-day shutdown period at the plant.

Solution

Using the ultra low-volume water WysperJet system combined with a unique food-grade abrasives stream, the Tube Tech squad transformed an area of 300 square metres of the concrete, steel and stainless steel manufacturing area into a bright, nearly new area for production.

Benefits

The FGWysperJet method proved measurably more efficient in removing polymer deposits than the slow dry ice method previously used at the plant. It resulted in an extremely high-standard of clean for the area involved. No damage to any substrate was caused and no secondary waste created. Water volumes were as low as 2.5 litres per minute.

Tube Tech Managing Director Mike Watson praised the work of his team saying: “The client’s objective was for us to remove as much deposit as possible in the shortest time period and we did that alongside a very high standard of clean. Traditional Dry Ice is notoriously slow and can be costly due to the high volume of dry ice pellets required. Even though our own FastIce version is 10 times quicker it is no match for the FGWysperJet . As a result of this innovation we have won further contracts with this client.”

Clients can be contacted via Tube Tech for references.

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