TPi March 2015

products & developments Tube and pipe cleaning technology

connected components. In regular maintenance, dirty tubes can lead to inefficiency of the systems, and can cause sudden production standstill. The Compri Tube Clean System is claimed to have stronger cleaning power than techniques using compressed air or fluxing. It can be used on rigid or flexible tubes and is compatible with any material.

lubricate and disinfect using, when necessary, minimum quantities of chemical products. It can also be used to remove production scraps (eg from cutting or welding), and can be used for product recovery in dosage tubes, or as an instrument for regular maintenance and for quality control on new tubes. New tubes are sometimes dirtier than might be expected, and can cause contamination of the product circulating in them, as well as malfunction of the

The Compri Tube Clean System cleans tubes by shooting a special projectile with a jet of compressed air. The system can be applied to tubes with an internal diameter from 2mm up to a few hundred, and lengths of 10, 100 or even 1,000m (depending on the air capacity). It can also be applied in the presence of 90° curves, T or Y couplings or ball valves. The system can clean tubes of all types, from those used in hydraulic systems, to air conditioners, from the food industry to pharmaceuticals. It can quickly and efficiently degrease,

Alka Srl – Italy info@alka-srl.com www.alka-srl.com New hoses with extreme durability for the food industry

for its core product lines. ISO 9001:2008 accreditation guarantees quality for the rail, automotive, food, pharmaceutical and defence industries.

The company offers a broad product range of tubing, hose and fittings.

Most traditional polyester reinforced hoses have a burst pressure of 400- 500psi. Using cutting edge techniques, Artel Rubber has produced a hose for the food industry that will withstand pressures of up to 2,000psi. The company manufactures and fabricates silicone and rubber tubing and hose.

With the introduction of its automotive performance tubing, hose and fitting products, the company can meet the demands of various applications. The company offers fast delivery of orders

Artel Rubber Company – UK sales@artelrubber.co.uk www.artelrubber.co.uk

Preventing external threats to natural gas pipelines

therefore revenue from their pipeline assets.”

pipeline had previously encountered a number of incidents that disrupted product supply. The paper adds that “no attempt at intrusion on the pipeline resulted in damage to the facilities” as a result of integrating OptaSense with other security measures. Magnus McEwen-King, managing director at OptaSense, said, “We are extremely pleased to work with Total and its local partners to ensure the availability of their pipeline. This project demonstrates that through the implementation of OptaSense into operations, it enables pipeline operators to reduce damage resulting from third party interference to zero. Ensuring pipeline integrity and availability is essential to enabling a continuous supply of product and

OptaSense, an expert in distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) technology, has successfully prevented external threats to a natural gas pipeline in the Republic of Yemen, according to a case study paper presented by Total at the ADIPEC oil and gas show in Abu Dhabi, in November. The paper notes “that since the pipeline intrusion detection system was installed, there has been a significant improvement in pipeline availability and regular LNG shipments.” The OptaSense system was originally installed as an integral part of the pipeline security operation in late 2013, on the 320km-long pipeline that runs liquefied natural gas from Marib to Balhalf in the Republic of Yemen. The

The project requirements were to implement a security system to allow early detection of potential threats, and to minimise the amount of new equipment installed in the field by making use of already-installed fibre optic communications cable. OptaSense technology has applications in a number of markets, including infrastructure security where the technology is already in use to monitor 13,000kmof assets, principally providing leak detection and third party intrusion detection for oil and gas pipelines.

OptaSense – UK www.optasense.com

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