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![Underground pipe illustration](/~/media/Enb/Images/Galleries/Baker-Hughes-ILI-Tools/Smart-Pigs-Safe-Pipes-cleaning-1.jpg?h=1153&iar=0&mw=1100&w=1000&rev=41f552f8abdf47d889ed9c49e141daa7&hash=8CEEA6D852F0F4AE4577B6094A564117)
![Pipeline cleaning tool](/~/media/Enb/Images/Galleries/Baker-Hughes-ILI-Tools/Smart-Pigs-Safe-Pipes-cleaning-2.jpg?h=750&iar=0&mw=1100&w=1000&rev=b61e1189080047c38292beec02a5be87&hash=F9A8CD6B11AC5114F51BBDADD6434C52)
![Pipeline cleaning brushes](/~/media/Enb/Images/Galleries/Baker-Hughes-ILI-Tools/Smart-Pigs-Safe-Pipes-cleaning-3.jpg?h=676&iar=0&mw=1100&w=1000&rev=d1e2a8cdc3fe4a3caed07b9bf1ada971&hash=2B285D0C5C149F09119D17D9FD047522)
![Pipeline cleaning tools](/~/media/Enb/Images/Galleries/Baker-Hughes-ILI-Tools/Smart-Pigs-Safe-Pipes-cleaning-4.jpg?h=707&iar=0&mw=1100&w=1000&rev=0af794605dca48ad94a05e3036a25165&hash=FC74A722A2E19AA201026AA8EE6737A1)
![Pipeline cleaning tools and brushes](/~/media/Enb/Images/Galleries/Baker-Hughes-ILI-Tools/Smart-Pigs-Safe-Pipes-cleaning-5.jpg?h=727&iar=0&mw=1100&w=1000&rev=933f63494f174259b683a95bfa146ee4&hash=6FB0B69849ACABA56B145B9FB091DDD7)
Smart Pigs Safe Pipes: Cleaning tools (No. 1 of 5)
The pipeline cleaning process is critical to the success of in-line inspections, creating the best possible condition to collect valuable pipeline fitness data.
Smart Pigs Safe Pipes: Cleaning tools (No. 2 of 5)
Mechanical cleaning tools, or “pigs,” are equipped with anything from foam swabs to magnets to spring-backed brushes to clean a pipe’s interior.
Smart Pigs Safe Pipes: Cleaning tools (No. 3 of 5)
Baker Hughes, a GE company, offers a suite of cleaning and maintenance services, and may enhance the process by using an in-house cleaning chemical as an agitator or solvent for the cleaning pig.
Smart Pigs Safe Pipes: Cleaning tools (No. 4 of 5)
Says BHGE's David Latto: “We use different solutions for different situations—specialized descaling and dewaxing pigs, pencil brushes, scrapers."
Smart Pigs Safe Pipes: Cleaning tools (No. 5 of 5)
What do magnets, brushes, foam, urethane cups and tungsten carbide tips have in common? They’re all part of the spick-and-span arsenal for the pipeline industry.