NA-05 - Cleaning: Cleaning Nozzles

Damage due to high pressure cleaning

Damage due to high-pressure cleaning

When high-pressure cleaning is performed incorrectly, the pressurized water jets can cause damage in the form of grooves, flakes, cracks or holes in the pipe walls and linings.

Image: Verified clay pipe damage as a result of incorrect use of HP cleaning [Züric1987]
 
Image: Cleaning related damage in a plastic pipe [Source: STEIN Ingenieure GmbH]

 

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