Any residue left inside hydraulic or oxygen pipes after manufacturing can cause serious consequences regarding the safe operation of an air plane. For this reason, the cleaning process of these pipes or tubes is carefully selected and closely monitored.

The most favorable process to degrease and remove any particles fast and reliable is by a flushing process. Inventec can not only provide expertise on what chemistry to used but also on how to incorporate an automated cleaniness measurement system.  Inline filtering and solvent recycling is also an option towards a more sustainable process.

Inventec has been granted funds from the French Relance Automotive and Aeronautical Modernization fund in 2020 in order to execute our flushing net project. The 3 project goals are:

• Set up of a flushing cleaning line at Inventec France for testing and subcontract cleaning
• Creation of a laboratory dedicated to particle counting in order to validate cleaning effectiveness
• Optimization of the recycling process in order to minimize flushing fluid consumption and improve the sustainability of the process.