Tube & Pipe Cleaners
Soot Buster
Firetube Boiler Tube Cleaning System
The Soot Buster, used for cleaning firetube boiler tubes, is a pneumatically actuated cleaning tool that propels itself inside of tubes and scrubs the tube ID with each pulse.
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Tube Size: 1-1/4″ to 4″ (31.8 – 101.6mm) OD
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Tube Section: Straight
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Deposit Type: Soft (Soot)
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Thickness: Light & Medium
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Flush: Dry
Roto-Jet
Rotary Tube Cleaning System
Elliott’s Roto-Jet Tube Cleaning Systems are an effective solution to increasing chiller, condenser, and other heat exchanger efficiency.
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Tube Size: 0.312″ to 2.0″ (7.9 - 50.8mm) ID
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Tube Section: Straight or Curved
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Type: Soft, Gummy, Or Organic
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Thickness: Light to Medium
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Flush: Wet & Dry
Die-Hard™
Cableless Tube Cleaner
Elliott’s Die-Hard™ is the first cableless tube cleaner that successfully cleans light to medium deposits found in chiller, condenser, and heat exchanger tubes.
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Tube Size: 3/4″ to 1″ (19.1 – 25.4mm) OD
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Tube Section: Straight
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Deposit Type: Soft, Gummy, or Organic
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Thickness: Light to Medium
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Flush: Wet
5224XL & 5125 Series
Heat Exchanger Cleaners
Elliott’s Heat Exchanger Tube Cleaners utilize a rigid shaft to provide high torque cleaning to remove hard deposits often found in heat exchanger tubes. These cleaners are ideal in sugar mills, paper mills, chemical plants, and oil refineries.
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Tube Size: 1/2″ to 2.0″ (9.5 – 50.8mm) OD
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Tube Section: Straight
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Deposit Type: Soft, Gummy, Organic, Hard Powder, & Rock Solid
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Thickness: Light, Medium, Heavy
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Flush: Wet & Dry
Aluminum Siphon Tube Cleaners
Turbine Style Tube Cleaners
Elliott’s powerful turbine style motors and drill heads offer aggressively fast cleaning and are engineered specifically for aluminum siphon tubes.
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Tube Size: 2.875″ to 4.750″ (73.0 – 120.65mm) ID
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Tube Section: Curved
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Type: Hard Powder & Rock Solid
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Thickness: Heavy
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Flush: Dry
ET Series Pipe Rattling Equipment
Oil Field Pipeyard Cleaning Motors & Heads
The ET Series pipe rattling motors and heads are designed and tested using advanced engineering principles to confidently withstand tough cleaning applications and provide long tool life.
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Tube Size: 3/4” to 5-7/8” (19.05 – 149.235mm) OD
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Tube Section: Straight
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Deposit Type: Hard Powder & Rock Solid
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Thickness: Medium to Heavy
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Flush: Dry
Jumbo Jiffy Gun
Shoot Through Tube Cleaning System
The Jumbo Jiffy Gun is powered by an air and water combination to propel reusable shoot through devices. Elliott’s Jumbo Jiffy Gun is the preferred method for cleaning condenser tubes in power utility plants, pulp, paper, steel mills, and petrochemical plants.
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Tube Size: 3/8″ to 1-1/4″ (9.5 – 31.8mm) OD
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Tube Section: Straight
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Deposit Type: Soft, Gummy, or Organic
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Thickness: Light & Medium
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Flush: Wet
These product kits have been specially designed for the oil field. They are recommended for the most common sizes used in the oil field today.
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Tube Size: 2.375" to 20.000" (60.3 - 508.0mm)
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Tube Section: Straight
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Type: Hard Powder and Rock Solid
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Thickness: Medium to Heavy
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Flush: Dry
Turbine Style Tube Cleaners
D600, 1100, & 1300 Series
The air turbine style motor design provides an immediate and powerful startup to drive the cleaning head down the tube at a high speed, removing light to medium deposits of scale, mud, and other process residues.
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Tube Size: 0.495″ to 13.225″ (12.57 – 335.9mm) OD
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Tube Section: Straight & Curved
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Deposit Type: Soft, Gummy, Organic, Hard Powder, & Rock Solid
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Thickness: Light to Heavy
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Flush: Dry
The air turbine style motor design provides an immediate and powerful startup to drive the cleaning head down the tube at a high speed, removing light to medium deposits of scale, mud, and other process residues.
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Pipe Size: 0.750" to 1.500" (19.05 - 38.10mm)
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Tube Section: Straight
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Type: Soft, Gummy, Organic, and Hard Powder
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Thickness: Light to Medium
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Flush: Dry
Elliott’s 85 Series Operating Hoses are designed to perform even in the toughest applications. Utilizing the latest manufacturing techniques and materials, these hoses provide the durability and rigidity you need to get the job done.
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Pipe Thread: 0.125″ to 1.250″ (3.18 to 31.8mm)
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Type: Standard, Heavy Duty, High Temperature
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