Apparatus for cleaning heat exchanger tube bundles
US5018544A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 6, 1990 |
| Grant date | May 28, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 6, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF28G2015/006
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A mobile tube bundle cleaning apparatus comprised of a truck mounted fluid and hydraulic pressure sources including high pressure pumps and diesel engines. The apparatus further includes a trailer mounted tube bundle cleaning system including an articulable mobile crane, outriggers for stabilizing the trailer during cleaning operations and a system for supporting and rotating a tube bundle during cleaning operations. The apparatus further includes a remote control pedestal from which an operator may control the fluid pressurizing system, the crane and the operation of the tube bundle rotating system.
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