Failed CIPP liner removed with water jet cutting robot
Problem: Water infiltration during the curing process of a CIPP liner, installed inside an 18-inch host pipe in Northampton, Massachusetts, resulted in a failed liner with a massive shark fin in the bottom. The triple-layered and partially uncured liner was 200 feet long and had to be removed to eventually repeat the lining of the pipe segment.
Solution: For accurate and fast removal of the liner with the shark fin at the bottom, the Sewer Robotics USA WJ180 water jet cutting robot was sent down the manhole and into the pipeline. The operator first
