The pig launcher’s working mechanism is to launch an object in a pipe to clean and dry the inside of the pipe with a certain shape and speed of that object. Pigging is defined as the act of launching an object called a pig into the pipeline. Meanwhile, a pig is a form of tool that can be launched into a pipe by following the fluid flow in the pipe. Apart from pushing dirt in the pipe, objects used in pigging can absorb certain dirt in the pipe.

A pig launcher is a device which uses a pressurized container to shoot a cleaning device (“pig”) through the pipeline to perform a variety of functions including cleaning, monitoring, and maintaining of the pipe. then the pigs are received at the receiver facilities located at the outlet point.