Along with the removal of waste water and sewage from cesspools, cleaning equipment is used for urban cleaning in numerous other cases: let’s find out all the applications.
Sewer cleaning
Sewage pipes, in most cases, connect residential buildings, public facilities, companies or commercial activities directly to the urban drainage system. In many cases, however, this connection is not possible; therefore, cesspools or septic tanks are installed near the buildings, into which the organic waste and wastewater are produced by those who live, work or use same buildings.
Periodically, these containers must be emptied and it is here that the sewer cleaning machines intervene: these are vacuum units, in skid version or mounted on motor vehicles, capable of priming sewage, sludge, oils, etc.
Thanks to powerful vacuum pumps, these machines create a vacuum inside large tanks and with the use of long pipes they remove the contents of the wells and septic tanks, to then convey it in total safety to special disposal sites.
In the urban cleaning sector, however, this is only one of the activities that can be performed with the sewer cleaning equipment.
The main applications of these tools, based on a high pressure water jet, are:
- unblocking of pipes;
- cleaning of drains and gutters;
- cleaning of pipelines;
- the unblocking of discharges;
- the settlement of wells;
- surface cleaning.
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The unblocking of pipes and gutters
Soap, food scraps, hair and other debris easily clog pipes in homes, while foliage and dirt clog the gutters outside. For their unblocking we intervene in a professional way with the canal-jet technology.
Soap, food scraps, hair and other debris easily clog pipes in homes, while foliage and dirt clog the gutters outside. For their unblocking we intervene in a professional way with the canal-jet technology.
These are sewer cleaning equipments that use a high pressure water jet, delivered by a nozzle specially designed for cleaning pipes. High pressure water completely removes blocking debris and cleans duct surfaces.
READ MORE: CLOGGED SINK, PIPES AND GUTTERS: WHICH EQUIPMENT TO USE FOR SEWER CLEANING
The unblocking of drains, manholes and pipelines
The sewers of urban centers are made up of unloads, wells, pipes and drains: essential elements for disposing of white water and black water which require frequent washing and unblocking operations.
Procedures that are effectively performed with the so-called unblocking units based on a high pressure water jet, called hydrojet, which pushes a particular nozzle along the pipeline to be unblocked, at the same time cleaning the surfaces of the pipeline itself.
READ MORE: WHAT IS AN UNBLOCKING UNIT AND HOW DOES IT WORK
The compact sewer cleaning units
The sewer cleaning machines are, in the common opinion, of disproportionate dimensions and transported by large trucks. However, the spaces do not always allow the passage of bulky vehicles: in these cases the compact purge units intervene.
Also called built-in, they are units installed on small commercial vehicles, capable of intervening in small rooms, crossing the narrowest streets or descending underground.
READ MORE: COMPACT SEWER CLEANING UNITS: HOW TO ACT IN CONFINED SPACES
Sewer cleaning on means of transportation
Public transport, such as trains and buses, as they are equipped with toilets, need for sewer cleaning just like buildings.
Also in this case we intervene with the sewer cleaning equipment; moreover, since there is a need to clean the environment that houses services at the same time, there are advanced combined suction units equipped with high-pressure washing pumps.
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Surface cleaning and graffiti removal
For those involved in the cleaning and maintenance of cities, graffiti removal that smears walls, furnishings and urban surfaces is one of the most frequent and costly tasks to perform.
Luckly, there are dedicated urban cleaning units, which use high pressure water and steam to remove spray paint effortlessly and without damaging materials or the environment, as well as to wash and sanitize any type of surface.
