NA-06 - Cleaning: Flushing Methods

Flushing method recommendations

Recommended fields of application

Table: 
♦ = small; ♦♦ = medium; ♦♦♦ = large
* = key field of application; ⊗ = rare/possible field of application; Ο = unusual/no field of application
  Operating resources/Function Field of Application Type of Cleaning
  Device/System Auxiliary Energy Function Volume Non-Accessible Sewer Man-Accessible Sewer Stormwater Tank Thorough Cleaning Preventive Cleaning
  Flush gate with/without
manual,
semi-automatic
automatic
 ♦♦♦ * * O * *
Slide gate with/without manual, automatic ♦♦♦ * ⊗ O * *
Arched flush gate with automatic ♦♦♦ O * ⊗ * *
Flush sluice with/without manual, automatic ♦♦♦ * ⊗ O * *
Flushing weir with automatic ♦♦♦ O * O * *
Rotating elbow with automatic ♦♦♦ O * ⊗ * *
Inflatable pipe plug with automatic ♦♦♦ ⊗ * ⊗ * *
  Tipping bucket with automatic ♦ O ⊗ * O *
Pivoting drum with automatic ♦ O ⊗ * O *
  Vacuum operated flushing chamber with/without automatic ♦♦ O * * O *
Flushing chamber with flush gate with/without automatic ♦♦ O * * O *
  Surge manhole flushing system without manual, automatic ♦ * O ⊗ O *
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