The Fast, Safe Way To Seal Leaking Heat Exchangers in Refineries & Chemical Plants
Taper pins can turn into lethal projectiles — and that can pose a real safety hazard for your workers. Now you can eliminate this danger with EST’s CPI Pop-A-Plug®. Resistant to thermal cycling and able to provide a seal that’s helium-leak tight, EST’s CPI Pop-A-Plug installs using controlled force. This protects against damage to tubesheet ligaments and adjacent tubesheet joints, extending the life of your heat exchanger and reducing costs when you need to retube. What’s more, the CPI Pop-A-Plug takes only seconds to install. Its broad expansion range fits multiple gages, so you need to keep fewer plugs on hand — reducing inventory and cutting costs.
The CPI Pop-A-Plug is part of a high performance tube plugging system. Tube preparation is the second component. EST removes all tube prep uncertainty by supplying a kit of brushes to cover the CPI Pop-A-Plug’s entire expansion range. Other materials are available on a consult factory basis. Ask us about through-the-tube plugging of non-U-tube heat exchangers.