My company manufacture large hydraulic control systems for the offshore Oil & Gas industry and are investigating different flushing techniques.
Is there any advantage in flushing 316 stainless steel tube prior to installation into a system, i.e. before cutting and bending. It has been surgested that initial flushing, of the straight tube, will remove the manufacturing scale and other deposits from the bore of the tube. During the cutting & bending of the tube in our factory any subsequent debris would be blown out using high pressure air or nitrogen and this would therefore (possibly) reduce the amount of flushing required at the end of the build process. All other valves, actuators, etc are normally bought in pre-flushed to NAS 6. Has anybody attempted a similar technique?
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