Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Heat exchanger integrated services
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Application No.: US16851579Application Date: 2020-04-17
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Publication No.: US11326844B2Publication Date: 2022-05-10
- Inventor: John Ferguson , Deric Puckitt , Steven Christopher , William Parker
- Applicant: Amerapex NDT LLC
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Amerapex NDT LLC
- Current Assignee: Amerapex NDT LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
- Main IPC: F28G15/00
- IPC: F28G15/00 ; F28G15/08 ; F28G15/04 ; F28G9/00 ; B08B9/02 ; B08B9/04 ; B08B9/027 ; B08B9/043 ; B24C3/32

Abstract:
An apparatus for cleaning heat exchangers may include a cleaning lance for cleaning a plurality of bores of the heat exchanger and an examination lance for examining a plurality of bores of the heat exchanger. The apparatus may further include a first feeder configured to extend and retract the cleaning lance and a second feeder configured to extend and retract the examination lance. The apparatus may further include a controller configured to control the first feeder to feed the cleaning lance into a first bore, to control the cleaning lance to clean the first bore, and to control the first feeder to retract the cleaning lance from the first bore.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200333093A1 HEAT EXCHANGER INTEGRATED SERVICES Public/Granted day:2020-10-22
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