Comments on: Caterpillar Robeast bristles its way down unpiggable pipes

By: Emergency plumber Phoenix

Emergency plumber Phoenix — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 08:34:48 +0000

Great article, very interesting

By: Harry Bronson

Harry Bronson — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:08:31 +0000

It is very best technology…

By: Jim Eichman

Jim Eichman — Fri, 29 May 2009 14:12:49 +0000

The most popular way of cleaning piping is with hydro-jetting. A high pressure stream of water, 1200psi to 4000psi, at anywhere from a few gallons a minute to 1200 gallons a minutes is the way a pipe is typically cleaning. The high pressure hose can be up to a 1000 feet long. Pigging is really only for lines that cannot be scrubbed with water or giant lines like the sewers in France. They use a huge wooden ball that drops into the sewer and as water pressure builds it moves the scrubbing the line. Scrubbing or cleaning robots are not new, but a self powered one is. Neat idea, but is battery life going to be a concern?

By: Woody C

Woody C — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:46:11 +0000

speaking of Roombas, iRobot makes a tiny version of this called the iLooj to clean gutters.

By: Paul G

Paul G — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:09:46 +0000

Isn’t pigging what you do around when a bar is closing?