Services

High Pressure Water Cleaning and Hydrolasing

Technical Equipment

High and Maximum Pressure Technical Equipment

• ADR-EC Certified Vacuum-Impeller Equipment with flowrates up to 22m ³/h.
• High Pressure reciprocating pumps (up to 1,000 kg/cm and 220 HP).
• High flow reciprocating pumps (up to 215 litres/min).
• Vacuum pumps (up to 4,400 m ³/h). Wet and dry process vacuum.
• Explosion-proof submersible and pneumatic centrifugal pumps.
• Hydraulic and electric positive displacement pumps for sludge.
• Rotating heads for cleaning towers and tanks.
• Safety equipment.

Befesa, one of the first companies in Spain to utilize ATEX (explosive atmosphere) technology trucks.

ATEX trucks are certified to operate in fire and explosion risk classified areas where an explosive atmosphere might exist (ATEX Zone II).

Ultra High Pressure Technical Equipment and Special Equipment

• Robotised cleaning of exchangers

  Mobile equipment with ultra high pressure reciprocating pumps (up to 3,000 kg/cm ² and 480 HP).
• Unit of hydraulically controlled jet pipes and hand-held radio control.
• Rotating heads for pressures of up to 900 kg/cm ².
• Closed TV circuit mobile inspection equipment.
• Steam boilers (up to 3,500 kg/h).
• Automated Hydro cutting equipment with remote control.
• Surface preparation unit for stripping vertical, inclined and horizontal surfaces with ultra high pressure water up to 3000 bar.

General Applications

• Cleaning and degassing of fuel, crude oil, fuel oil and petrol tanks (OCTEL quidelines).
• Draining and cleaning of lagoons, tanks and cooling towers.
• Furnace cleaning (convective and radiation areas) and boilers (combustion equipment).
• External and internal cleaning of piping circuits and product lines.
• Vacuum sludge extraction.
• Collection of accidental spillages.
• Hazardous waste transport.
• Hydraulic tests (up to 3,000 kg).
• Liquid and sludge eextraction and pumping.
• Draining and cleaning of septic tanks and sewage water networks.
• Technical and Commercial advice.

Special Applications

• Robotised cleaning of heat exchangers (internal and external, tubes and shells).
• High pressure cleaning of towers and spherical tanks with rotating heads.
• Hydro cutting of columns, tanks and others.
• Decoking and descaling of lines and equipment.
• Hydro demolition of concrete structures.
• Cleaning of monuments and facades.
• Pipeline inspection with closed TV circuit.
• Preventive and anti-legionella treatment.
• Steam generation and special applciations.
• Sludge extraction and cleaning of lagoons while in operation.
• Pumping of large volumes of sludge and/or viscous products.
• Decontamination and decommissioning of industrial plants.
• Robotised cleaning of thermal energy plant pre-heaters.

Cleaning the mouth of a furnace with high pressure water jets

Plate-fin exchanger before cleaning	Plate-fin exchanger after cleaning

Hydro Cutting of a metal column