Industrial Fouling Removal and Heat Transfer Efficiency Solutions

TubeTech™ Advanced Cleaning Technologies for Critical Process Equipment

Address difficult fouling, restore heat transfer and recover process performance with TubeTech™ industrial cleaning services, including Rovex® robotic cleaning technology.

For more than 30 years, TubeTech™ have been pioneers in solving the toughest fouling challenges in the fired heater convection section, heat exchanger bundles, and texas towers.

Our patented robotic and remote fouling-removal technologies access areas that conventional cleaning methods often cannot reach. Rovex® robotic cleaning is engineered to remove difficult deposits deep within densely packed tube banks, helping restore available heat-transfer surface and recover asset performance.

Supported by extensive research and development, TubeTech™ has developed equipment and processes that make industrial cleaning safer, more thorough and less disruptive. Depending on the asset and fouling conditions, our specialists select the most effective cleaning technology for the application.

With bases in Europe, the USA, Middle East and Asia, TubeTech’s experienced technicians are available to deliver local support and rapid mobilization anywhere in the world. TubeTech’s trademark bespoke approach to each job significantly improves asset life, restores performance, and boosts productivity, with minimum disruption and maximum results.

Fouling Removal Across Key Process Facilities

TubeTech™ cleaning technologies, including Rovex® robotic cleaning, are used across a wide range of high-temperature process facilities:

  • Olefins and Petrochemical Facilities
    Ethylene, PDH, Styrene, EDC/VCM

  • Syngas Facilities
    Ammonia, Methanol, Hydrogen

  • Refining Facilities
    Fired heaters, WHRUs, fin-fans in FCC units, reformers, hydrocrackers

  • Chemical Facilities
    High-temperature process units in continuous and batch operations

refinery assets

Before Finned Tube Fouling Removal Services

After Finned Tube Fouling Removal Services

Case Study

Ethylene Furnace Efficiency Recovered with Robotic Convection Cleaning

See how robotic convection cleaning restored ethylene furnace efficiency, cutting stack temperature by 40.5°C, reducing fuel use by 3%, and saving €564,800 annually.

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Case Study

SMR Convection Section Cleaning Restores Thermal Efficiency and Design Performance

A German chemical producer restored SMR efficiency using IGS TubeTech™’s ROV cleaning technology, removing convection section fouling safely.

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Case Study

TubeTech™ Precision Cleaning Restores Over $2.5 Million in Annual Feed Value

Steam cracker precision cleaning restored over $2.5M in annual feed value by improving heat transfer and throughput.

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