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Surface Cleaning

Al Khamis Equipment LLC UAE provides machines suited specifically for surface cleaning. Surface cleaning using water jetting can be done on virtually any surface, remove any type of deposit & is very controllable. 

Stripping concrete deposits from formwork without damaging paint, 2500bar

Surface Cleaning

What is Surface Cleaning?

Surface cleaning involves the removal of dust, dirt, varnish and other debris from the surface of an object. Surface Cleaning allows us to clean surfaces, remove coatings, or strip contaminants from a surface. It is an essential step in various industries and applications to ensure cleanliness, prepare surfaces for further treatment or coating, or maintain a visually appealing appearance.

Applications

Applications of Surface Cleaning

Industrial Cleaning:
Surface Cleaning is used for industrial purposes like cleaning industrial equipment, machinery, pipelines, tanks, and surfaces in industries such as manufacturing, oil and gas, petrochemicals, and food processing.

Construction and Renovation:
Surface Cleaning is used for clean surfaces during construction projects, removing dirt, grime, or coatings from building facades, bridges, concrete structures, and roads.

Automotive:
Water jetting is used to clean vehicle exteriors, aircraft surfaces, engine parts, and various components during manufacturing or maintenance processes.

Ship Hull Cleaning:
Surface Cleaning is used to clean marine vessel hulls, removing barnacles, algae, and other marine growth to improve fuel efficiency and prevent corrosion.

Water Jetting Machines

Water Jetting Machines for Surface Cleaning

Water jetting can be used to clean virtually any surface & remove any type of deposit & is very controllable. It can be as delicate or aggressive as required by adjusting pressure, flow, type of nozzle, stand-off distance & traverse speed. Low volumes of water are used & unlike other methods such as grit blasting, there is minimal clean up after the job is done. Depending on the application, fresh or seawater can be used as the cleaning medium. One advantage of water jetting equipment is that a typical contractor size pump (60lpm at 1000bar) can be used for a wide variety of cleaning applications by selecting the correct accessory. For example, if working in a refinery, the same pump can be used for heat exchanger cleaning, pipe cleaning, vessel cleaning, drain cleaning, cold cutting, surface preparation & general plant cleaning.

Benefits

Benefits of Water Jetting

  • Removing dirt from construction site roads/plant
  • Runway cleaningRemoving grease deposits in Tank/vessel cleaning
  • Removing marine growth/loose paint from ships hulls
  • Removing klinker from cement plant kilns
  • Removing overspray paint in automotive paint shops Fettling castings in foundries
  • Removing concrete deposits from formwork/construction machinery
  • Cleaning rolls at paper plants
  • Descaling in steel plants
  • Building cleaning/graffiti removal
  • Railway line cleaning
Surface cleaning example: Stripping contamination from aluminium scaffolding boards, 2500bar.
Stripping contamination from aluminium scaffolding boards, 2500bar
Surface cleaning example: Surface cleaning at a steel works, 700bar
Surface cleaning at a steel works, 700bar
Surface Cleaning example: Cleaning fin fan coolers at 140bar
Cleaning fin fan coolers at 140bar

Al Khamis products for Surface Cleaning

Pumps

Hughes Pump

Hughes UB-30

Max Power:

220HP
160kw

Max Pressure:

2800 Bar
at 30 lpm

Max Flowrate:

44 lpm
at 2000 Bar

Hughes High Pressure Pump

Hughes HP 220

Max Power:

220HP
160kw

Max Pressure:

1400 Bar
at 162 lpm

Max Flowrate:

277 lpm
at 310 Bar

Hughes High Pressure Pump

Hughes HP 120

Max Power:

120HP
90kw

Max Pressure:

1400 Bar
at 35 lpm

Max Flowrate:

277 lpm
at 175 Bar

Units

surface cleaning water jettting unit

HP 220 Unit

  • HP220 pump with pressure lubrication & oil cooling.
  • Glycerine filled pressure gauge & safety relief valve
  • Doosan 6 cylinder with simple auto shutdown control panel
  • Stainless steel water tank
  • Suitable for single or multi gun / footvalve operation. Applications include surface cleaning / de-scaling, coatings removal, hydro-demolition.
Water jetting for surface cleaning

HP 550 Unit

  • HP550 pump with pressure lubrication & oil cooling.
  • Glycerine filled pressure gauge & safety relief valve
  • Doosan 6 cylinder with simple auto shutdown control panel
  • Stainless steel water tank
  • Suitable for single or multi gun / footvalve operation. Applications include surface cleaning / de-scaling, coatings removal, hydro-demolition.
Magnetic wall crawler for ship hull cleaning

Vertidrive M3

  • 60 m2 / 646 ft2 per hour
  • 8x faster than manual work
  • Horizontal, overhead and vertical surfaces
  • Multi-purpose solution
  • Interchangeable applications
  • 1500 mm cleaning width
  • Remote Controlled