Water & Sewage Utilities

Working alongside both government run and privatised water utility owners Tube Tech have developed a number of innovative cleaning systems which help unblock and clean fresh water, waste water and sewage.

Case studies

Drain Contract - 25 metres of solid concrete drilled out of deep drain

Drain Contract - 25 metres of solid concrete drilled out of deep drain

Summary Brandwells, a UK regional groundworks contractor, started work on a new residential development on a brownfield site. Some of the existing...

Drain Contract - Brick Removal Stops Flooding Problems

Drain Contract - Brick Removal Stops Flooding Problems

Summary Shopkeepers in a small shopping complex in Nottingham had to contend with flooding as an engineering brick had become lodged in a storm...

Drain Contract - Collapsed Drain Liner Removal

Drain Contract - Collapsed Drain Liner Removal

Summary A collapsed liner within a domestic cast iron waste water drain was creating havoc for the home owner and a major headache to the drain...

Drain Contract - Collapsed Plastic Pipe Liner Removed From Domestic Sewer Pipe

Drain Contract - Collapsed Plastic Pipe Liner Removed From Domestic Sewer Pipe

Summary As specialist partner to Dyno Rod, the UK's leading drain contractor, Tube Tech International was the ideal choice when a plastic pipe...

Drain Contract - High-tensile Steel Pipe Removed from Clay Drain

Drain Contract - High-tensile Steel Pipe Removed from Clay Drain

Summary A large-bore clay drain pipe, five metres below the floor of a the Eastgate Shopping Centre in Bristol, UK, was substantially obstructed...

Drain Contract - Rebar Removed from Drain Beneath Busy UK Motorway

Drain Contract - Rebar Removed from Drain Beneath Busy UK Motorway

Summary Costain, a major UK construction firm was struggling to remove two high tensile rebars from within a 675mm spun galvanised steel storm...

Robotic Rebar Removal Avoids Excavating Clay Drain

Robotic Rebar Removal Avoids Excavating Clay Drain

Summary Two re-bars had been inadvertently forced through a clay sewerage pipe during the construction of a new lecture hall at Nottingham...

Sewerage Contract - Press (Klam Press) Cleaning

Sewerage Contract - Press (Klam Press) Cleaning

Summary Having proven their sludge press cleaning techniques over the last few years Tube Tech were contacted by several major regional utilities...

Sluice Gates Cleaned and Recoated

Sluice Gates Cleaned and Recoated

Summary All equipment needs to be maintained regularly, especially when that equipment is subjected to the rigours of tidal waters 24 hours a day,...

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Blasting Techniques Ultrasonic

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Aftercooler Unit Scale Removed

Aftercooler Unit Scale Removed

Chiller Units Returned to optimum performance

Chiller Units Returned to optimum performance

Flame Eye Cleaned “ON-LINE!” at 900°C For BHP Billiton

Flame Eye Cleaned “ON-LINE!” at 900°C For BHP Billiton

Condenser Cleaned by darTT™ - Tenacious Mussels Removed

Condenser Cleaned by darTT™ - Tenacious Mussels Removed

Gas Coolers Cleaned and Inspected in Nigeria

Gas Coolers Cleaned and Inspected in Nigeria

Texas Tower (VCFE Platformer) x 2 Combined Feed and Effluent Exchangers Cleaned Shell and Tube Side

Texas Tower (VCFE Platformer) x 2 Combined Feed and Effluent Exchangers Cleaned Shell and Tube Side

Furnace / Fired Heaters Convection Bank Tubes Cleaned Robotically - World First for a German refinery

Furnace / Fired Heaters Convection Bank Tubes Cleaned Robotically - World First for a German refiner

Furnaces / Fired Heater Convection Bank Cleaned Robotically on German Refinery

Furnaces / Fired Heater Convection Bank Cleaned Robotically on German Refinery