About

Bovim Equipment is a specialised pipeline & tube cleaning company based in Cape Town,
South Africa. It was founded by Craig Bovim.

History

The business started with the custom fabrication of pipeline rehabilitation equipment, notably Cement Mortar Lining Machines for export to India, the UAE and Europe. The development of the first steel mill in the Western Cape at Saldanha resulted in the need for specialised pipe & tube cleaning services.

Areas of expertise are

Pigging of pipelines
High-pressure water jetting of pipelines
Decommissioning of fuel pipelines
Location and mapping of pipelines
Cleaning of heat-exchangers, nozzles and process pipelines
Dredging of dams, clarifiers, settling ponds.
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Mission

To provide quality specialised services to our clients.
To find innovative solutions to problems with pipeline flow and Performance.
To guarantee high quality service.

Clients

ARCELORMITTAL SOUTH AFRICA (Saldanha Works)
Scope of work: Long term contracts for shutdown maintenance services
Cleaning of pipes, tubes, nozzles & heat exchangers.
Heavy sludge dredging, cleaning of dams & ponds

JOINT BUNKERING SERVICES (B.P ENGINEERING)
Scope of work: decommissioning of redundant bunker fuel pipelines

STEEL TEST (Koeberg Power Station)
Cleaning of heat exchanger vessels

AIR LIQUIDE
Cleaning of heat exchanger tube bundles

KNYSNA MUNICIPALITY
Cleaning of various bulk water supply pipelines

ESSAR STEEL (India)
Supply of pipeline rehabilitation equipment

TRONOX (Namakwa Sands)
Cleaning of pipelines

AMBATOVY PROJECT (Madagascar)
Pipeline unblocking consultation

DISTELL
Cleaning of tube bundle heat exchanger at Three Ships Whisky