System and method for cleaning a tube bundle of a heat exchanger core

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 12031781
APP PUB NO 20220276013A1
SERIAL NO

17631975

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A system capable of autonomous operation is disclosed for cleaning a tube bundle of a heat exchanger core. The system comprises a lance for directing a jet of fluid into spaces between the tubes of the bundle, a carriage for advancing the lance into the bundle, a mount movable relative to the carriage for holding the lance, and a sensor for detecting relative movement between the lance and the carriage, so as to detect when a reaction force acting on the lance upon encountering an obstruction in the tube bundle exceeds a predetermined limit.

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TUBE TECH INDUSTRIAL LIMITEDRAYLEIGH ESSEX SS6 9RL

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Camp, Jon Rayleigh, GB 2 0
Sumsion, Derek Rayleigh, GB 5 37
Watson, Michael Rayleigh, GB 39 191

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