Mechanical methods
Mechanical methods
Rotary chain cutter
Mechanical methods
Cleaning with cleaning apparatus
Depending on the degree of pollution and the nominal size of the pipe, hand winches or motor winches with pull forces of 5 kN to 20 kN and 25 kN to 50 kN respectively are used [Führb1980]. The use of these cleaning tools in non-accessible sewers has shown good cleaning results.
The section by section assembly of the winch system as well as the insertion of the winch cable and the cleaning devices is a very complex, time consuming and physically demanding procedure. Therefore this method should only be applied in cases where the respective sewer lengths cannot be reached by heavy-duty vehicles [ATV1995a].
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