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HPS - Liquid Product Recovery Systems
HPS Advanced Liquid Product Recovery Technology is used in a wide variety of sectors, including food, beverage, chocolate, confectionery, paint and coatings, personal care and beauty, paints and coatings, chemicals, and homecare to reclaim residual liquid product from pipelines. HPS pigging technology is used by companies to increase yields and capacity, increase yields, maximise profits, and improve the efficiency of manufacturing and production processes.Despite being in common use in factories and production facilities throughout the world, we’re often asked to give an explanation of what pigging is, what’s the purpose of pigging, and describe what pigging does.
In the process industries, pigging refers to technology that uses specialist projectiles to recover, rather than waste, residual liquid in pipelines or industrial tubing. HPS Advanced Liquid Product Recovery Technology is fully automated and provides the best industrial pipeline product recovery and liquid transfer technology used today.
If you drink wine, beer, spirits, fruit juices, cola or other types of soft drinks; if you eat chocolate, sweets, candy, yoghurt, soup, honey, sauces, ready meals or dips; or if you use paint, varnish, shampoo, shaving gel, cosmetics, toothpaste, washing up liquid or other household product, then the chances are you’ve drunk, eaten or used something that’s been “pigged”. In other words, pigging has been used at some point during its processing or production.
In its simplest form, a pigging system consists of a solid projectile (the ‘pig’) with a diameter slightly larger than the pipeline or tubing that is transporting the liquid. Pigging works by introducing this pig into the pipeline and pushing it through the pipe. Pigs are introduced, housed and returned using pig launchers and pig receivers. After pigging, liquid is then collected or continues being processed.
The main reasons organisations in process industries use it is to recover product, which increases yields and reduces waste. Process industries use HPS pigging technology to reclaim up to 99.5% of residual product from the inside of pipes and tubing, which in turn reduces the use of cleaning fluids, uses less water, saves time, improves process efficiency and ultimately increases profits. In addition, because pipeline product recovery using pigging saves resources, it also helps towards sustainability.