The Value of Better Cleaning

Tech sonic cleaning reaches every surface, removes all contaminant types, and restores equipment to like-new performance.

4 Main Value Drivers

The portable Tech Sonic vessel helps improve heat exchanger performance and lowers operating costs.

Reducing Operational Cost

Complete fouling removal from every surface. Ultrasonic cavitation reaches areas hydroblasting cannot touch, restoring heat exchangers to design heat transfer performance.

Achieve faster cleaning and restore tube bundles to peak performance at a lower cost.

Reducing Maintenance Cost

Turnaround cleaning time cut by 50% or more. What can take days with conventional hydroblasting methods is done in hours with Tech Sonic cleaning.

The Tech Sonic vessel lifts the heat exchanger, removing high-pressure hazards.

Lower Risk

Eliminate high-pressure hazards. Ultrasonic cleaning removes 75%+ of risky hydroblasting operations, protecting workers and equipment.

Tech Sonic reduces refinery water use by 75%, significantly decreasing environmental impact.

Lower Environmental Impact

Slash water use by 75%+ and reduce energy waste. Cleaner heat exchangers mean lower fuel consumption and fewer emissions.

Tech Sonic Washpads: Engineering-Grade Infrastructure

Temporary washpad setups don’t hold up under turnaround conditions. Safe operation demands certified wash bays, reliable wastewater management, and a hazard-free, slip-resistant workspace with strong access controls and proper lighting—built to withstand heavy-duty, high-volume use. With a Tech Sonic Washpad Lease, the capex is ours, and your lease expense is minimal compared to the cost of a single serious injury, environmental violation, or even a day of delayed restart.

What this infrastructure protects you from:

Uncontrolled hazards: slips, poor lighting, unsafe access, and preventable exposure
Regulatory issues: permitting gaps, improper wastewater handling, air monitoring misses, and containment failures
Schedule disruption: spills, equipment failures, and incidents that ripple across the turnaround timeline
Operational instability: lack of emergency shutoffs, spill response readiness, signage, and water recycling controls

Longer Maintenance Intervals

Turn Bad Actors Into Profit Performers With Tech Sonic

Struggling with heat exchanger bundles that foul fast and cost you a fortune to maintain? Tech Sonic’s ultrasonic cleaning gets you back to like-new performance—something hydroblasting simply can’t deliver on your most badly fouled bundles. And when you start clean, you can run longer, clean less, and save more.

Here’s the bottom line:
If you return bundles to service at or near 100% of their design clean heat transfer capacity, you give yourself more room to maneuver within your heat integration strategy. That means more efficient production, longer run times, and lower annualized cleaning costs.

Let’s break it down:

In the Case shown here – Performance-Triggered Cleaning:
Clean performance drops to 50%

Cleaning back to 100% with Tech Sonic extends your interval from 7 to 16 months! That’s a 53% cut in cleaning costs and a 21% potential energy savings over a 5-year period.

Tech Sonic increases maintenance intervals from 6 to 17 months, resulting in lower costs.

The technician monitors cleaning progress and performance metrics in real time from a remote location.

Operations manager reviews heat exchanger cleaning data on a large display.

More Uptime. More Output. More ROI.

With Tech Sonic, cleaning is no longer just a necessary evil - it’s strategic. Our fast, effective cleaning opens the door to smarter decisions, higher performance, and better returns on every maintenance dollar.

Don’t settle for slow. Don’t settle for dirty. Choose better, faster, cleaner.

Choose Tech Sonic.

The large heat exchanger has been removed from the Tech Sonic tank and is now prepared for a faster restart.

Operational Value, Not Just Cleaning

Complete fouling removal reduces costs across your operation.

Our clients are cutting turnaround schedules, reducing risk and improving production as a result of better, faster and more reliable cleaning.

Better cleaning delivers measurable value across operations, maintenance, safety, and environmental performance.

Tech Sonic technician guides the bundle into the tank, delivering value beyond cleaning.