Vadakin Applied High Energy Cleaning Systems

Vadakin, Inc., was incorporated in 1959 and has been in the fireside boiler cleaning business ever since. Our crew is well-trained on our own automated, proprietary equipment and has an average experience rate unequaled by any competitor of the fire side boiler cleaning industry. We are also AFL-CIO union affiliated.Vadakin Inc., is a privately-owned and operated company, with corporate headquarters in historic Marietta located in Washington County, Ohio, the first permanent settlement in the Northwest Territories.The three-person ownership team is lead by Sara J. Hooper, President/Executive Manager, and includes Mark T. Whiteley and Greg G. Grose. Together, they have a combined 80 years of experience cleaning boilers with Vadakin, Inc. Their hands-on approach assures the continuation of the quality service and boiler cleaning innovation that has made Vadakin, Inc., a leader in the boiler cleaning industry.

Industrial cleaning services for solid fossil fuel boilers. Cleaning features high energy hydrojet water blasting at pressures up to 9200 psi/120 gpm with 675 to 1100 continuous deck horsepower to remove slag & ash deposits left behind by consumed fossil fuels. Several boiler areas can be simultaneously cleaned utilizing multiple automated cleaning devices. Specific boiler areas cleaned include cyclones, upper & lower fire box walls & ceiling, reheat pendants, vertical & super heater pendants, screen tubes, horizontal backpass elements, economizer hoppers, air pre-heater tubes & Ljungstrom air pre-heater units. Fire side slag and ash deposits reduce boiler efficiency, causing load limitations and forced outages. In addition, large slag deposits produce hazards that prevent safe entry of personnel conducting boiler fireside inspection and repair. Vadakin Inc.’s “Applied High Energy Cleaning Systems” have innovated fire side boiler cleaning in both cyclone burner and pulverized fuel units. Sustainable high volume/high pressure water impingement reaches contaminated boiler tube surface areas. Utilizing multiple boiler region specific cleaning devices ensures effective, timely cleaning to even the most remote and restrictive boiler regions. All cleaning devices and associated energy delivery components were designed to maximize co-efficiency of water flow and maintain safe working pressure requirements.