Why you need Pipe Cleaning Pigs

Pipelines can carry any number of substances, including oil, natural gas and products such as ethylene, propylene and propane. While pipeline transportation is extremely effective and efficient, proper care must be taken to ensure that the integrity of the pipeline is maintained and that the product is delivered. One such method is through pipeline pigging. Drinkwater Products offers a variety of pipe cleaning pigs designed to keep your pipeline clean and free of debris such as paraffin wax or unwanted liquids. While keeping pipelines clean is a crucial task for pigs, there are a number of other uses for pipeline cleaning pigs such as, de-watering after a hydro-test or batch separation. Pigging is a vital tool in fighting corrosion as well as providing a means for product separation and transportation.

Knowing where the pig is in the line can be a mystery. That is why Drinkwater Products offers a full range of pig detectors and pig sigs. Whether you are tracking a pig’s movement through the line or simply need to know if and when it enters the trap, Drinkwater Products has it all. Intrusive or non-intrusive magnetic pig sigs as well as a full range of trackers and pingers so that the movement of the pig is no longer a mystery. We carry SUN’s Magna Sygg as well as Maloney and the new TDW Pig Sig V. These signaling devices are sturdy and resistant to corrosion. We also stock SPY and CDI pig tracking equipment.

The best sealing gasket is a Pikotek Gasket

Before the cleaning and maintenance issues ever need to be addressed, you need to be sure the piping is properly assembled. A pipeline pig is an effective tool for cleaning, but is useless if the pipes cannot hold the materials. Having a leak is not an option. Flanges, unfortunately, are prone to leak especially where there are volatile conditions present such as high temperature variances or extreme pressures. Where two flanges meet a gasket is inserted to ensure a proper seal. However if conditions are present such as the ones mentioned above, cheaply made gaskets are the only things standing in the way of a major leak. Pikotek gaskets were designed to maintain a seal in the most extreme environments. Invented originally for Alaska’s Northern Slope, the Pikotek VCS gasket not only provides superior sealing capabilities but is also an insulating gasket, which can seal a raised-face gasket to a ring type joint.

The Pikotek Gasket is instrumental towards keeping a seal when failure is simply not an option. Other flange insulation kits simply cannot compete with the superior properties of the Pikotek VCS gasket and Drinkwater Products keeps the largest stock of these gaskets in the country.

TDW Pig Sig Detection

Pipe cleaning pigs are effective tools for the cleaning and batching process, but with the extensive length of many pipes, you need some type of indication of where, along the pipeline, various procedures are occurring. With electrical and manual indicators, the TDW Pig Sig can notify operators on location or in a control room hundreds of miles away when a pig arrives in a trap.

Along with the TDW pig sig, Drinkwater Products also offers the Maloney Pig Sig as well as the effective yet non-intrusive SUN Magna Sygg. Whether you choose a flag or electrical indicator, this device will react when a pig moves past a particular spot on the pipe.

Pipeline Pig Utilization

Like any business, oil and gas companies are concerned with putting forth the best product possible. This is only possible if you use the best equipment and materials, and take time to perform quality work procedures. Drinkwater Products will work with you to find the best pipeline pig available to suit your company's needs. We offer a variety of top-rate equipment, and will help you determine the best solutions to your pigging needs. Be sure you do not overlook our other products of importance, such as Pikotek gaskets, Line Markers and Trenton Wax Tape for your next pipeline job.