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Waterjets are become and more popular in a wide variety of industries for a brief overview of some of the applications the use waterjetting please see our Complete Applications Chart
Some further details on the use of waterjets in specific applications and industries are available below.
Industries
Please remeber that the applications chart below is intended as a rough guide as there are more and more applications being discovered.
| Industries | Applications | Recommended Pressures (BAR ) |
|---|---|---|
| ALUMINUM PLANT | Hardened bauxite dust on mills, filters, floors, tanks, sumps and sewers. | 690 - 2,800 |
AVIATION |
Expansion joints, grease, rubber and hydraulic fluids on runways. |
690 - 1,379 |
| BREWERIES | Yeast, sediments and fermentation residues on vats, pipe and facilities | 690 - 2,800 |
| CEMENT PLANT | Remove dirt, grease and product build up on grates, floors, external piping, bins, walls, hopper cars and handling equipment. | 200 - 690 |
| CHEMICAL PROCESSING | Chemical from boiler tubes, tanks, valves, evaporators, heat exchangers, tube bundles, vessels, reactors and storage tanks. | 344 - 2,800 |
| CONSTRUCTION | Concrete demolishing, exposing re-bars, cutting concrete and re-bars. | 344 - 2,800 |
| DISTILLERIES | Cleaning of heat exchanger, boiler tubes, vats and pipe-lines. | 690 - 2,800 |
| FOOD PROCESSING | Grease, fats, oil and dough from ovens, mixers, conveyors & facilities | 344 - 2,800 |
| FOUNDRIES | Removal of deposits, metal oxidation, ceramic and sand core materials for casting, furnaces and paddles. | 1,034-2,800 |
| HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE | Cleaning of grease, vegetation, mud tar, cement or asphalt on vehicles & machinery. Removal of expansion joints, paint strips and concrete demolishing on road bridges. | 344 - 2,800 |
| MARINE & OFFSHORE | Removal of marine growth, barnacles, paint and rust on ships, decks, hulls and ballast tanks. Oil platforms, storage tanks, boilers to a white metal finish and cold cutting. Underwater demolishing, cleaning of pipe and drilling platforms of barnacles and marine growth. | 690 - 2,800 |
| MEAT PACKING | Cleaning of grease, fats, blood and drains and sewers. | 200 - 690 |
| METAL WORKING | Mill scale, rust and weld slag from new vessels, tanks and pipe. | 1,379-2,800 |
| MILITARY | Cut & Explode Land Mines, decontamination of shells, cut cordite. | 690 - 2,800 |
| MINING | Pre-maintenance cleaning of dump trucks, drag-lines, underground haulage lines and shafts. Unclog plant machinery due to coal, rock dust, mud and oils. | 690 - 2,800 |
| MUNICIPAL | Sewers, drains, pipe-lines, sanitation, refuse vehicles, reservoirs. | 200 - 344 |
| OILFIELD | Remove crude oil residues from oil storage tanks, removal of drilling mud and cement from drill-pipes. Remove paint coatings and rust to a white metal finish on pipes, ladders tanks and walkways. | 690 - 2,800 |
| PETROCHEMICAL | Removal of carbon, residues in heat exchangers, soft polymers, boilers, tanks, reactors, cooling towers and general water blasting. Cold cutting, surface preparation and concrete demolishing. | 344 - 2,800 |
| PHARMACEUTICAL | Cleaning of chemicals from pipes, kettles, tubes, heat exchangers, reactors, filters and evaporators. | 690 - 2,800 |
| PIPE-INDUSTRIAL | Removal of rust and varnish prior to re-coating, grease and oil from pipe threads for inspection, drilling mud and debris in various pipes. | 690 - 2,800 |
| POWER STATIONS | Nuclear decontamination of fuel capsules, skips, cold cutting, flash from pre-heater tubes and equipment. Clean debris and contamination from pool. | 690 - 2,800 |
| PUBLIC UTILITIES | Reactors and insulators, boiler tubes, vehicles and machinery | 344 - 1,379 |
| PULP & PAPERMILLS | Cleaning grease, oil, pitch dirt and wood pulp from heat exchanger tubes, foundries, press sections of paper machines, suction rolls, stock chests and lines. Black liquor | 344 - 2,800 |
| RAILROAD | Gypsum, potash, cement line cars, remove grease, dirt and deposits in truck, undercarriage and tank cars. Remove oil and materials from tanks. Remove paint coatings, rust and cement to a white metal finish | 344 - 2,800 |
| OIL & GAS REFINERIES | Wax, paraffin, grease and crude residues, water scale, coke, hard carbons and polymers in heat exchangers, pipes, tubes and tanks. Remove paint coatings and rust to a white metal finish. | 690 - 2,800 |
| RUBBER PROCESS | Chemnigim, latex, SBR and water scale in reactors, storage tanks, heat exchangers, tubing and pipes. | 690 - 2,800 |
| STEEL MILLS | Water scale, coke, ore or lime in heat exchangers, flues, boilers, open hearths, furnaces, chutes and hoppers. | 690 - 2,800 |
| SURFACE PREPARATION | Remove Paint, rust, refractory build-up, salts, concrete and marine growth cleaned to a white metal finish. | 2,068-2,800 |