Pigging Applications

Pipeline pigs have proven effective for cleaning lines in refineries, chemical plants, power plants, and manufacturing plants in the oil and gas, municipality, food and beverage, pulp and paper, mining, and new construction industries.  Some lines that benefit from pigging include:

• Air lines
• Cooling water lines
• Crude lines
• Effluent lines
• Fire protection lines
• Flow lines
• Fly ash lines
• Force sewer lines
• Gas mains
• Gathering lines
• Injection lines
• Liquor lines
• Loading and unloading lines
• Potable water lines
• Process lines
• Process water lines
• Product lines
• Raw water mains
• Sewage and disposal lines
• Slurry lines
• Steam lines
• Transmission lines
• Wash water lines
• Water distribution lines
• Water intake lines
• Water supply lines

Pigging improves product quality, reduces pumping demands, restores full flowing capacities and reduces downtime. Because they are non-destructive to the pipe, pigs are able to be used in all types of pipe construction material (steel, plastic, concrete and epoxy lined).  And with the ability to negotiate various types of fittings including tees, wyes, bends, valves, reductions and dual-diameter piping, they have proven to be an extremely cost-effective method of cleaning lines in all types of industries at a fraction of the cost of other rehabilitation methods or replacement.