×
INTELLIGENT WORK FORUMS
FOR ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS

Log In

Come Join Us!

Are you an
Engineering professional?
Join Eng-Tips Forums!
  • Talk With Other Members
  • Be Notified Of Responses
    To Your Posts
  • Keyword Search
  • One-Click Access To Your
    Favorite Forums
  • Automated Signatures
    On Your Posts
  • Best Of All, It's Free!
  • Students Click Here

*Eng-Tips's functionality depends on members receiving e-mail. By joining you are opting in to receive e-mail.

Posting Guidelines

Promoting, selling, recruiting, coursework and thesis posting is forbidden.

Students Click Here

Jobs

How to Remove Corrosion Build-up Inside Storm PIpe

How to Remove Corrosion Build-up Inside Storm PIpe

How to Remove Corrosion Build-up Inside Storm PIpe

(OP)
During a video inspection, we found a number of laterals connected directly into the mainline storm drain piping. Many of these laterals are leaking, i.e. groundwater intrusion. There looks to be a significant amount of corrosion build-up due tot he leaking pipe at these location at the end of the lateral piping, so much so it blocks 30% to 50% of the opening of the lateral. I am not positive it's corrosion, but it looks like a rust color and something that has been getting larger and larger over time due to the leak. Maybe some sort of metal deposits being left by the ground water.

My question is this. Our hope was to use chemical grouting to seal the leaks in the piping system so as not to disturb the operations where the storm drain is located. However, we cannot do this unless we can somehow remove the build-up of material I just described. Is there any way to remotely do this, i.e. a cutting tool on a robotic device, or...??? Looking for ideas. Thank you.

RE: How to Remove Corrosion Build-up Inside Storm PIpe

Metal chain reamer could be used.

Red Flag This Post

Please let us know here why this post is inappropriate. Reasons such as off-topic, duplicates, flames, illegal, vulgar, or students posting their homework.

Red Flag Submitted

Thank you for helping keep Eng-Tips Forums free from inappropriate posts.
The Eng-Tips staff will check this out and take appropriate action.

Reply To This Thread

Posting in the Eng-Tips forums is a member-only feature.

Click Here to join Eng-Tips and talk with other members!


Resources