Pipeline cleaning is an important part of maintaining efficient and reliable pipeline operation. Debris, deposits and product build-up can restrict flow and affect performance, while different pipelines can present very different cleaning challenges. Pipeline pigs are widely used for cleaning and other pipeline maintenance activities, but there is no single pig suitable for every application. …
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How Pigging Keeps Seawater Intake Pipelines Clean Seawater intake pipelines are vital for desalination plants, but they face one persistent challenge: biofouling. Marine organisms such as barnacles, mussels and algae attach to pipe walls, restricting flow, increasing energy use and reducing water quality. Traditional cleaning methods often rely on chemicals, which can be costly and …
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What is Air Pigging? Air pigging is a pipeline cleaning method that uses compressed air to push a device known as a “pig” through the inside of a pipe. As the pig travels, it removes deposits, biofilm and debris that can reduce flow and increase leakage risks. Unlike traditional pipeline cleaning methods, which often rely …
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What is Pipeline Pigging? Pipeline pigging is a maintenance practice used in cleaning, inspection and maintenance of pipelines. It originated in the oil and gas industry, but its benefits have led to widespread adoption across many other sectors including chemical, petrochemical, food and beverage, pharmaceutical, water, wastewater and desalination. Pigging helps improve efficiency, extend asset …
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Standard design to assist with the handling of pipeline pigging spheres in an easy and efficient manner
Sphere handling lifter comprising hand operated vacuum pump, 1.5 metres of hose and cup complete with lifting shackle
Sphere inflation kit
Sphere handling cassette
Standard design to assist clients with pig handling, pig insertion into launcher or receiver and loading or removal of pipeline pigs
• Manufactured from durable, high strength aluminum for a tool that works as hard as you do
• Limited flexibility of our Pigging Poles ensures hitting the target every time
• Drilled with exacting tolerances for a precision fit
• Indexed parts allow the operator to know hook orientation for a trouble-free catch each time
• Long term field tested and approved
• Patented tool and components
• Easily stores in pickup bed
• Modular components allow for multiple attachments and special orders
• Non-spark producing aluminum construction makes a safer tool
• Aluminum hook, cast with special alloys for strength and long life
• Aluminum hook will not cause sparking, which is critical in a natural gas environment
• This is the only aluminum hook in the industry
• Aluminum Ram (also non-sparking) for seating pigs without damaging poles or pigs
• The most durable and safest tool to use in a natural gas environment
• Multiple lengths available for different barrel lengths
Bespoke design to assist clients with pig handling, insertion into launcher or receiver and loading or removal of pipeline pig.
iNPIPE PRODUCTS™ supplies a range of standard and bespoke pigging poles/pusher which are designed, manufactured and tested to conform with specific client project requirements.
iNPIPE PRODUCTS™ was approached by one of Europe’s top oil and gas operators to look at a bespoke pig pusher for a 36” pig, as their existing pig pusher was not performing as required for their project.
Read full case study: https://www.inpipeproducts.com/case-studies/pig-pole-pusher/
