CPC G05D 7/0617 (2013.01) [B24C 3/327 (2013.01); B24C 7/0015 (2013.01); F28G 1/163 (2013.01); F28G 15/003 (2013.01); F28G 15/02 (2013.01); F28G 15/08 (2013.01); G05B 15/02 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); F28D 7/16 (2013.01)] | 12 Claims |
1. A system for cleaning heat exchanger tubes comprising:
a fluid jet machine positioned proximate a heat exchanger to be cleaned; wherein, during performance of a cleaning operation, the fluid jet machine operatively connects to a pump which pumps fluid under high pressure through a nozzle on the fluid jet machine and into openings defined in a face plate of the heat exchanger;
a computing device which is hand-held by a human operator who is located in an immediate vicinity of the fluid jet machine;
programming installed in the computing device and operable to control the fluid jet machine and the cleaning operation via the hand-held computing device; wherein the programming is configured to learn a pattern of the openings defined in the face plate after a set-up procedure conducted on the hand-held computing device by the human operator, wherein the openings are arranged in an X-Y grid with each opening in the X-Y grid having X-Y coordinates, and wherein the pattern learned by the programming is the arrangement of the openings in the X-Y grid, and the programming utilizes the learned pattern to move the nozzle progressively from one opening to another during the performance of the cleaning operation.
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