It’s Only the Brush Which Does the Dirty Job…..!

Boilers, heat exchangers and condensers are vital devices to carry out any sort of heating or cooling operations at a large scale in the industries. The design and construction of these devices vary largely based on the type of application and the magnitude of the firm. Tube cleaning is a major maintenance activity to be performed in the industries which has such equipment. Out of all available tube cleaners, electric ones are considered as most reliable.

Working:

The products delivered by the electric tube cleaning manufacturers can be operated and maintained with ease. The rotating shaft has a cleaning tool or brush which has to be selected as per our application. This shaft is designed to be hollow so that the deposits removed by the cleaning brush can be flushed out by high pressure water jet. The operating parameters like water consumption, rotation of the shaft and others can be controlled with ease.

It is important to take a note of various tube cleaning brushes in order select the on which best fits into our application. Here under, we detail you various types of brushes.

Styles of brushes based on application:

• Tube cleaning brushes: These brushes are widely employed in the field of refrigeration and air conditioning. When you have to clean condenser or boiler tubes, it’s time to look out for these brushes. Nylon and steel are extensively employed to fabricate these brushes.
• Welding cleaning brush: They are so designed to clean the rust from the metal surfaces and burrs caused during the welding process. Maintenance of these brushes is comparatively easier than other brushes.
• Multipurpose cleaning brushes: The word “multipurpose” here refers to the material of the cleaning surface. Nylon, brass and aluminum are employed to manufacture these brushes.
• Brass wire cleaning brushes: Extremely delicate and minute parts of the product can be cleaned by these brushes.
• Metal teeth cleaning brushes: If the tube which is to be cleaned has internal threads or grooves, only a metal teeth brush can result in complete cleaning of the tube.

Styles of brushes based on their construction:

• Thinner brushes: They are purposely used to clean tunnel shaped materials like pipes and tubes.The bristles of these brushes are generally made from polypropylene. We can obtain these brushes in a wide range of shapes and sizes.
• Stout brushes: If the product to be cleaned is in the shape of a long tunnel, we have to employ this type of brush for its cleaning purpose.They are designed to be resistant to bending.
• Abrasive brushes: The metallic and non metallic holes made on a surface can be cleaned by such brushes.Their flexibility ensures that it can clean any complex design. Materials like aluminum oxide and silicate are used in their manufacture.
• Standard abrasive brushes: Apart from cleaning, these brushes also promote cutting action to come extent. The presence of silicon carbide in these brushes helps it to promote cutting. The typical operations performed by these brushes are burr removal, removal of minor imperfections, surface preparations, internal tube cleaning and cross hole deburring.

The brush selected should clean the deposits of the tube effectively. Proper care should also be taken so that these brushes are compatible with the cleaning device.