Specialty Mechanical Services
TKO Industrial is a leader in providing hot tapping and line stopping services
Hot Tapping & Line Stopping
Hot Tapping provides a safe, reliable, and effective means to create a branch connection on "live" piping and pressure vessels while remaining in service.
With decades of experience TKO employs world-renowned Hot Tapping technicians. The experience and quality behind their work guarantees that TKO can provide custom hot tap applications for pressurized piping systems, storage tanks, pipe elbows, or blind flanges that will be safe, successful and reliable.
TKO's Line Stop solutions can be used on low, medium and high pressure systems. This assists with tie-in's, relocations, repairs, retrofits and routine maintenance, allowing you to continue with your operations and reducing costly downtimes.


Features and Advantages
Hot Tapping
- .500"-48" Diameter Tap Sizes
- Sub adaptors class: 150#/ 300#/600#/900#
- Pressure Ratings up to 2300 PSI (Size on Size Pipe / Reduced Branch / Angle Taps / Tank Taps / Taps into Fittings, elbows, blind flanges / Extreme flow rates / Extreme temperatures)
- Water, Hydrocarbons, Acids/Caustics, Process Chemicals, Solids/PCI, Wastewater, Steam
- Pipe/Tank Materials (Carbon Steel, Stainless Steel, Special Alloys, Fibreglass, HDPE, PVC, Copper, Ductile/Cast)
- Off the Shelf Designs
- Custom Fittings
- Eliminates Shutdowns
- Prevents Emissions
Line Stopping
- High Pressure Systems - 2" up to 48" (750PSI)
- Low Pressure Systems - 3" up to 72" (100 PSI)
- Low Pressure Bag Systems
- Low Pressure Short Stop
- High Pressure Pivot Head - Single and Double Block Bleed
- High Pressure Sing Port Double Bock and Bleed
- Folding Head Stops
- Tee Stops
- Through-the-valve stops
- Carbon Steel, Stainless Steel, PVC, Copper, Galvanized Steel, Cast Iron, Ductile, HDPE and Fibreglass
- Prevents Emissions
- Eliminates Shutdowns