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Chemical Manufacturing and Processing

With the emergence of large scale chemical manufacturing centers in the Middle East, China, India, and Brazil, manufacturers in the United States have been pressured to reduce costs and increase plant efficiencies. One of the ways that plant managers have been managing their costs has been reevaluating and renegotiating their supplier relationships. SES is proud to serve many different world-renown chemical companies.

Our level of expertise in chemical plants is unrivaled. Whether you need your heat exchangers, reactors, or scrubbers cleaned, we are here for you. We believe so strongly in our ability to complete each job to your satisfaction, that if you are not totally satisfied, we will respond immediately to make it right.

Here are some of the sub-industries that we work in, and the types of jobs that we can service for you with our vacuum and waterblasting units.

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Agricultural Chemicals

Cooling Towers

Regardless of the configuration of your cooling tower, we take care to clean all parts, including fins, nozzles, sumps, etc.

Boiler Tubes

We can jet or lance out your boiler tubes to remove all materials and any blockages that have occurred. We have a wide variety of equipment, specialized nozzles, and expertise that helps us get your boiler tubes perfectly clean.

General Tank Cleaning

Tank cleaning is our specialty, and we can clean out any type of tank you have at your facility. Our confined space crews can access anything you have, our automated tooling can also clean some tanks without even requiring entry. We also have a fully staffed and highly trained emergency response and hazmat division that can work with your regulated wastes and hazardous chemical tanks.

Heat Exchangers

We can clean both tube and plate frame heat exchangers that are at your facility. Wherever possible, we use our advanced automated equipment to assist with the cleaning. This increases speed and safety.

Silo Cleanings

We vacuum out the sludge and other materials from your silo, then we use our waterblasters and vacuum trucks to wash the interior walls. We also can use our automated equipment to assist with this.

Basic and Commodity Chemicals

Reactor Cleaning

We can clean inside of the tank with automated waterblasting equipment, from outside the tank without requiring confined space. If needed, we can enter the tank and finish cleaning.

Cooling Towers

We take care not to damage the fins of your cooling tower. We use a combination of caustic cleaning chemicals, pressure washers, and vacuum trucks to carefully clean your cooling tower.

Air Dryers

We can waterblast and vac your air dryers, and ensure there is absolutely no material left in the dryer.

Tank Cleanings

We can clean all the different types of tanks you may have at your facility; from waste water tanks to specialty chemical product tanks.

Tube Bundles, Heat Exchangers, and Evaporators

Our waterblasters are equipped with specialized tips to polish the interior diameter of your system. We have automated lance equipment that increases the safety of the job, and all our skilled operators know how to use pressure, water flow, and the right nozzles to clean your equipment perfectly.

Paints, Pigments, Coatings, and Adhesive Materials

Pipe and Line Lancing

We can clean out any line that you have. Our skilled lance operators use the right pressure, water flow, and specialized nozzles to guarantee a great line lancing result that can clean and clear any clogged or blocked piping.

Heat Exchangers

Using advanced automated equipment, we use high pressure water to clean each hole in your heat exchanger.

Reactors

If possible, we clean from the outside of the reactor. We use high pressure water to clean the reactor, including the baffles, agitator, and coils.

Pits and Sumps

We vac the sludge out of your pits and sumps, and then waterblast them clean.

Paint Booths

We can clean both dry and wet paint booths. Dry booths require changing filters and dry ice blasting. Wet booths require waterblasting stacks, fans, shelves and other parts inside the booths. We also clean the grates, sumps and pits inside the paint booths.

Plastic Materials, Synthetic Resins, and Synthetic Rubbers

Silo Cleaning

We vacuum out the sludge and other materials from your silo, then we use our waterblasters and vacuum trucks to wash the interior walls. We also can use our automated equipment to assist with this.

Reclaimers

We pressure wash your reclaimer and then vacuum out any material.

Kettles

Our crews use confined space entry to access the kettles. We then use our high pressure water blasters and vacuum trucks to clean all material out of the kettle.

Line Lancing

We can clean out any line that you have. Our skilled lance operators use the right pressure, water flow, and specialized nozzles to guarantee a great line lancing result that can clean and clear any clogged or blocked piping.

Hoppers

We can clean your hoppers quickly and effectively. We are extremely familiar with cleaning all different types of hopper configurations.

Cooling Towers

Regardless of the configuration of your cooling tower, we take care to clean all parts, including fins, nozzles, sumps, etc. We are diligent to clean under the packing of your cooling tower. We can clean both contact and non-contact cooling towers.

Salt Bunkers

We can vac out your salt bunkers. We can also use foam to clean the outside of the bunker.

Trenches

We remove the trench grate, then we vacuum out all sludge and solid material. After cleaning, we replace the trench grate.

Reactors

We waterblast the heavy sludge material out with our 20k water blasters. Then we use our ultra-high / 40k to polish the walls of the vessel.

Soaps, Detergents, and Cleaning Compounds

Removal of Linings in Tanks

Using our ultra-high 40,000 psi water blasters, we can remove the epoxy lining on the interior tank walls.

Tube Bundle Cleaning

We lance out the tubes to remove blockages or buildup. We can use our automated equipment to complete this job quickly and safely.

Trenches

We can clean any trenches at your facility. First we remove the trench grate, then we vacuum out all sludge and solid material. After cleaning, we replace the trench grate.

Cooling Tower Cleaning

Regardless of the configuration of your cooling tower, we take care to clean all parts, including fins, nozzles, sumps, etc. We are diligent to clean under the packing of your cooling tower. We can clean both contact and non-contact cooling towers.

Tank and Tank Farm Cleaning

Our vacuum trucks, waterblasters, and automated equipment can clean all tanks that you might have at your facility. We are hazmat certified, and can handle both non-regulated and regulated products.

Dust Busting

We can dust bust your facility with or without a foam treatment. The foam treatment is quicker and reduces the amount of waste going off site.

Cascade Coolers

We pressure wash the cascade coolers clean.

Sump Cleaning

We vac out your sumps and dispose of the material, either on-site or off site.