Periodic maintenance of the lubrication-cooling emulsion lines of machine tools is often overlooked, until problems become impossible to ignore. The recirculation of this emulsion provokes an unavoidable sedimentation which progressively obstructs the passage of the fluid, due to layers of lubricant which solidifies on the walls of the pipe, reducing its cross-section. In this video we see a cleaning operation on a plant with only 6 years of life. It can be seen that on a 1/2" line, about 20m long, enough deposits have been removed to fill almost three 1liter bottles. Addressing this problem with preventive maintenance operations helps to keep the lubrication system always efficient, the optimal flow of which avoids premature wear of the tools; avoiding to wait for the total obstruction and the solidification of the material allows to solve the thing in an easy way, before it is too late, when by now the only solution would be to replace the pipes in their entirety.

With the help of the new R type projectile, the abrasive removal capacity, such as for rust deposits, is further enhanced. As you can see in the movie, the projectile is easily used on a bent tube piece. Used in combination with Complex type projectiles, it is possible to effectively remove the deposit on the inner wall of the tube.

This movie shows the main steps referring to a cleaning operation of a pipeline to transport LPG from the outside to the inside of the shed. The plant to be cleaned was at the premise of a leading Italian manufacturer of pipes. The pipe of 1" in diameter was cleaned very effectively as you can see from the row of projectiles used... The first projectile was obviously very dirty and could not be enough to completely remove the inevitable oily residues that are deposited on the inner walls during the regular gas flow. After several passages, however, you can see how the situation improves until it reaches a level of cleanliness on the inside so high that there were no residues on the projectiles. A very important operation to be carried out at regular intervals to keep the entire system at peak efficiency.

A demonstration of how you can clean an underground cooling pipe of tool machines, almost completely blocked by old oil, metal dust and other contamination. The tube consists of a main tube with a length of approx. 150 meters and an internal diameter of 42 mm, "T" connected with several tubes having an internal diameter of 19 mm.
You may notice the speed and the ease with which you are cleaning a pipe composed of curves, ball valves and tubes of different materials (steel - rubber).
With this system, in a few hours and by using few projectiles, we cleaned the pipe, avoiding its replacement which would have required several days of work and production stop with high costs.