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Lifting Solutions, Bundle Extractions and Heat Exchanger
Cleaning Systems – Peinemann BV Provides It All
Refining Assets
a report by
Joost Ballieux
International Sales Manager, Peinemann BV
Peinemann BV, headquartered in Hoogvliet on the edge of the port simple, reliable pieces of equipment, both are swiftly brought into
of Rotterdam in The Netherlands, develops and provides lifting position and both accomplish the job with the absolute minimum of
solutions for the petrochemical industry. It has a successful sales blood, sweat and tears and the maximum security against expensive
division focusing on a wide range of equipment such as bundle breakages. Peinemann Equipment can sell or rent the Hydraulic
extractors (see Figure 1) and heat exchanger cleaning systems. Tube-Bundle Extractor and teach your people how to use it.
Peinemann Equipment also has a subsidiary in the US.
Other Equipment
Peinemann BV was set up in 1954 with the aim of renting out Peinemann has not focused only on bundle extraction when
forklifts in the port of Rotterdam. The enterprise grew and developing its tools: there are also many modern machines available
diversified: the Peinemann Cranes division began working in the for bundle cleaning, including:
field of hydraulic cranes and bundle extraction in the 1970s, and
started a dedicated division for the sale of bundle extractors, • a single-lance tube cleaner (1-LTC);
Peinemann Equipment BV. A few years later, it was decided to • a five-lance inside-bundle cleaner (IBC-5) (see Figure 2);
change the design of the existing extractors in order to make them • a three-lance TLE special (3 TLE Special);
faster and more user-friendly. The package offered to customers was • an outside-bundle cleaner;
augmented through the construction of high-pressure cleaning • an outside-bundle cleaner XL;
systems for heat exchangers. Since the beginning of the company’s • a scissorlift TLE; and
development activities, it has designed three different hydraulic tube • a bundle cleaner.
bundle extractors; these are operated by Peinemann’s own
specialists in The Netherlands and the rest of north-west Europe. In
addition, the products are now sold outside this region to customers
The Hydraulic Tube-Bundle Extractor
in countries such as the US, Canada, Russia, China, India, Brazil,
Singapore and Taiwan. Peinemann Equipment operates a subsidiary
is a high-quality machine that has
in the US, based in Pasadena, Texas.
been designed to deal with both tube
The assortment, now available around the world, comprises:
and plate heat-exchanger units.
• a self-propelled bundle extractor;
• a truck-mounted bundle extractor; 1-LTC
• an aerial tube bundle extractor; Peinemann Equipment’s smallest tube cleaner weighs only 8.5kg
• a bundle lifter; and (19lb). It is an excellent investment because it greatly increases both
• a furnace tube extractor. productivity and operator safety. The operator uses the 1-LTC by
positioning the nozzle end against the tube to be cleaned. He or she
Simplicity then cleans the tube by manipulating the simple controls to retract
The Hydraulic Tube-Bundle Extractor is a high-quality machine that or extend the high-pressure hose at the appropriate speed in the
has been designed to deal with both tube and plate heat-exchanger tube while applying water pressure. The 1-LTC conveys the hose
units. It draws out a bundle just as smoothly and surely as you would using polyurethane friction blocks mounted within the assembly. The
uncork a bottle. The parallels between the Hydraulic Tube-Bundle speed and pressure of the 1-LTC can be varied according to the hose
Extractor and the trusted bottle-opener do not end there: both are being used and the contamination inside the tubes. The consistent
speed both backwards and forwards ensures excellent cleaning
results in the shortest time possible.
Joost Ballieux is International Sales Manager of
Peinemann Equipment, The Netherlands. He joined the
company in 1998 as Sales Manager, and has 15 years IBC-5
of experience in high-pressure water jetting and
In order to meet the demands of high-pressure-cleaning contractors,
bundle pulling. At Peinemann, Mr Ballieux has been
responsible for the development of various new
Peinemann developed the IBC-5, which is one of the fastest cleaning
cleaning technologies. He has held previous posts in
machines in the world today and has been designed to clean a large
quality assurance for hydraulics and pneumatics,
working in Saudi Arabia.
number of bundles on the cleaning slab during shutdowns. The goal
was to design a machine that could be fully operated from inside
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Joost.Ballieux@peinemann.nl
the cabin by a single operator in a very simple and efficient way. The
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