Central Heating / Chilled Pipework

Christ’s College, Cambridge

Christ's College, Cambridge installed Pipetector PT-75DS on its main central heating return pipe at the Todd building on July 31, 2013, to eliminate the issues regarding corrosion and single cell bacteria as well as maintain the integrity of the entire pipework. Christ’s College, Cambridge The Fe-ion content in the heating water was 43.81mg/L before the installation. But the level was reduced to 17.95m...

2021.07.15

CustomersSchools

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS)

Royal Bank of Scotland's Building No.250, the 18-year old bank office located in Bishopsgate, had corrosion-relating issues in its central heating water system for a pretty long period.The bank stopped using corrosion inhibitors because they were cost-prohibitive and eco-unfriendly. Instead, the bank installed Pipetector PT-200DS on March 23, 2018, as an alternative way to protect the piping from red rust corros...

2018.03.23

BanksCustomers

The British Museum

The British Museum, located in London, is one of the famous museums in the world. The museum stores more than eight million art objects and displays around 150,000 objects at a time. The building has a history of more than 260 years, but its central heating pipework system had a sludge problem and was urgently in need to prevent water leaks damaging the art objects. The British Museum installed Pipete...

2016.03.30

CustomersPublic facilities

Yaesu Guchi Kaikan Hall

The Yaesu Guchi Kaikan hall was constructed 49 years ago, using galvanized steel for its air-conditioning heating plus chilled water pipework*. The pipe was corroded with red rust inside, so the hall adopted the anti-corrosion pipe renewal device Pipetector, which cost 1/10 compared with the whole pipe replacement. *It is a type of air-conditioning system that handles both heating and chilled water in a single ...

2015.06.19

CustomersOffice buildings-JPN

City, University of London

City, University of London, 47 years old, is one of the major universities located in the north of London. The university had major issues related to internal corrosion in its central heating system resulting in a high level of iron in the water. To protect the entire pipework, the educational institute installed one Pipetector PT-200DS on the system's main supply pipe on June 13, 2013. Before the ins...

2013.06.13

CustomersSchools

Palace of Westminster

The Palace of Westminster is one of the most famous buildings in the world. It is located on the North bank of River Thames and was built in the 1860s approximately. One of the buildings had a major problem of internal corrosion in its central heating system.So, to protect all the central heating systems completely, the Parliament installed one Pipetector PT-75DS installed on a central heating supply pipe on April...

2010.04.12

CustomersPublic facilities

Société Générale Bank

Société Générale Bank is one of the main banking enterprises in Europe. Of its offices, the one at Tower Hill, London, had major issues regarding corrosion in its central heating pipework system.To protect the pipework from internal corrosion, the bank installed Pipetector PT-200DS on September 26, 2008. Iron-ion content in the hot water was reduced from 21.0 mg/ℓ to 0.36 mg/ℓ six weeks after the inst...

2008.09.26

BanksCustomers

Millennium Hotel London Mayfair

Millennium Hotel London Mayfair is one of the most prestigious hotels situated in Central London, once being a residence of the Duchess of Kendal during the 18th Century. To protect pipes against internal corrosion, the hotel installed one Pipetector PT-200DS on its central heating water pipework. After the installation, iron-ion content in the water dramatically decreased to 0.16 mg/ℓ from 15.7 mg/ℓ within ...

2008.09.23

CustomersHotels

Holiday Inn London Heathrow M4 Jct.4

Holiday Inn London Heathrow M4 Jct.4 Built sometime during the 1970s, Holiday Inn London Heathrow M4 Jct. 4 is a major UK hotel with 617 guest rooms. It takes only a couple of minutes by car to go to the hotel from Heathrow Airport, the largest international airport in the nation. The hotel was suffering from problems that stemmed from internal corrosion, such as many pinholes on its chilled water pipework...

2008.02.12

CustomersHotels

Buckingham Palace

Building appearance Buckingham Palace was built in 1703 for the Duke of Buckingham and became the royal residence of the British monarch upon the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837. The palace has now 775 rooms and is used as an office and residence of Her Majesty the Queen. Although some old pipes were replaced, others supplying hot water throughout the palace were kept unchanged, causing problems regard...

2007.01.12

CustomersPublic facilities

Hilton Hotel Portsmouth

Hilton Hotel Portsmouth Hilton Hotel Portsmouth belonged to one of the most prestigious hotel chains in the world. The hotel with 120 bedrooms had major problems regarding its 25-year-old central heating and domestic hot water pipework systems becoming partially blocked with internal corrosion. The facility needed to flush out to solve the issues, such as deteriorated heat exchanger efficiency. Still, a maint...

2005.12.09

CustomersHotels

A major bookstore chain headquarters in Shinjuku, Tokyo

A major bookstore chain’s Shinjuku HQ, which was built *57 years ago, is one of the historically valuable structures designated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. As the building aged, the bookshop was alarmed by the deterioration of its air-conditioning heating and chilled water pipe system stretched throughout the building; the piping was damaged by internal corrosion. *As of 2021 To deal with the...

2005.08.01

Commercial facilities-JPNCustomers

A water authority in Romania

A water authority in Romania The 20-year-old water authority in Romania was using iron pipes for its water distribution pipe. Prior to the installation of Pipetector, the authority sampled the water at four points, which were respectively 15-20, 20-30, 350-400 and 450-500 meters away from the due installation location (pipe). The levels of iron content in the samples were 0.5 mg/L, 0.5 mg/L, 2.5 mg/L a...

2003.03.28

CustomersOther

Teikoku Gekijyou (Imperial Theatre)

Teikoku Gekijyou (Imperial Theatre) Pipetector has accomplished taking care of corrosion inside domestic tap and air-conditioning water pipes at a 55-year-old commercial building. It has one of the most renowned musical theatres across the nation: Teikoku Gekijyou (Imperial Theatre). Besides the theatre, it contains　restaurants, business offices, museums and other tenants. The facility was suffering from ...

2000.09.08

Commercial facilities-JPNCustomers

Food Factory in Shizuoka Prefecture

The food factory It has been 11years since the food factory was built, and High Impact Vinyl Pipes (HI-VP) have been used. The factory has used well water. Generally, well water has more bacteria than tap water, and it causes to form and grow slime easily. Pipetector was installed in order to prevent growing the bacteria in the cooling tower of the food factory. As the result, algae of the cooling t...

1998.10.30

CustomersFactories-JPN