QME is honored to be the contractor for the complete pipeline flushing service package for the DANA Italy project. By combining chemical cleaning processes to remove rust and high-speed hot oil flushing, QME ensures the pipeline system achieves absolute cleanliness, ready for safe and efficient operation.
On December 3rd, 2016, QME commenced the "Complete Chemical and Hot Oil Flushing Project for DANA Italy".
Scope of work:
- Complete flushing with chemicals and hot oil for the entire hydraulic oil and grease piping system in a continuous casting line with a capacity of 250,000 tons/year.
- Execution time: Within 30 days.
- Quality requirements: The cleanliness of the pipelines after flushing must meet Class NAS 5 standards.
Inspection Procedure:
- All pipelines after the "Pickling" process are inspected individually by Danieli's experts.
- All pipelines that meet the rust removal requirements are then run with hot oil according to the following specifications:
- Running time per line >5 hours at a temperature ≥ 60ºC (calculated from the moment the oil reaches 60ºC)
- Flow rate through each line reaches a velocity of 7m/s to 10m/s (turbulent flow velocity)
Client: DANA Italy
Equipment Supplier: DAINIELI
Production Line: Continuous Casting Machine / CCM
Laborers: QME Service Team
Project Completion Date: December 27, 2016
QME completed the project on schedule and met Danieli's quality requirements.


