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Pipeline cleaning tool

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Pipeline cleaning tools

Pipeline cleaning tools and brushes

Smart Pigs Safe Pipes: Cleaning tools (No. 1 of 5)

The pipeline cleaning process is critical to the success of in-line inspections, creating the best possible condition to collect valuable pipeline fitness data.

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Smart Pigs Safe Pipes: Cleaning tools (No. 2 of 5)

Mechanical cleaning tools, or “pigs,” are equipped with anything from foam swabs to magnets to spring-backed brushes to clean a pipe’s interior.

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Smart Pigs Safe Pipes: Cleaning tools (No. 3 of 5)

Baker Hughes, a GE company, offers a suite of cleaning and maintenance services, and may enhance the process by using an in-house cleaning chemical as an agitator or solvent for the cleaning pig.

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Smart Pigs Safe Pipes: Cleaning tools (No. 4 of 5)

Says BHGE's David Latto: “We use different solutions for different situations—specialized descaling and dewaxing pigs, pencil brushes, scrapers."

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Smart Pigs Safe Pipes: Cleaning tools (No. 5 of 5)

What do magnets, brushes, foam, urethane cups and tungsten carbide tips have in common? They’re all part of the spick-and-span arsenal for the pipeline industry.

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