Patent classifications
C25D7/003
Threaded Connection for Pipe or Tube and Method for Producing the Threaded Connection for Pipe or Tube
The present invention has an objective to provide a threaded connection for pipe or tube including a pin and a box, having excellent galling resistance, torque property, and anticorrosion property, and still having an excellent adhesiveness with a lubricating coating even when being repeatedly exposed to high temperature and very low temperature, and to provide a method for producing the threaded connection for pipe or tube. The threaded connection for pipe or tube according to the present embodiment includes a pin (3) and a box (6). The pin (3) and the box (6) have contact surfaces including a thread portions (4) and (5) and unthreaded metal contact portions (8) and (10), respectively. The threaded connection for pipe or tube comprises an electroplating layer consisting of a ZnNi alloy, a mechanical plating layer consisting of Zn or a Zn alloy, and a lubricating coating, on the contact surface of at least one of the pin (3) and the box (6), in this order from a contact surface side.
Threaded Connection for Pipe or Tube and Method of Producing the Threaded Connection for Pipe or Tube
An objective of the present invention is to provide a threaded connection for pipe or tube having an excellent anti-misalignment property and an appropriate shouldering torque, and further having excellent corrosion resistance and an excellent adhesiveness of a solid lubricant coating, and to provide a method of producing the threaded connection for pipe or tube. The threaded connection for pipe or tube according to the present embodiment includes a pin (13) and a box (14). The pin (13) and the box (14) have contact surfaces including thread portions (15) and (20) and unthreaded metal contact portions. The threaded connection for pipe or tube comprises an alloy plating layer (21) consisting of a ZnNi alloy on the contact surface of at least one of the pin (13) and the box (14), a phosphating layer (22), and a solid lubricant coating (23). These are stacked in an order of the alloy plating layer (21), phosphating layer (22), and the solid lubricant coating (23), from a contact surface side.
OIL-WELL METAL PIPE
An oil-well metal pipe according to the present disclosure includes: a pipe main body that includes a pin which includes a pin contact surface including an external thread part and which is formed at a first end portion, and a box which includes a box contact surface including an internal thread part and which is formed at a second end portion; and a ZnNi alloy plating layer which is formed on at least one of the pin contact surface and the box contact surface. The X-ray diffraction intensities of the ZnNi alloy plating layer satisfy Formula (1).
Here, in Formula (1), in units of cps, an X-ray diffraction intensity of {411} and {330} is substituted for I.sub.18, an X-ray diffraction intensity of {442} and {600} is substituted for I.sub.36, and an X-ray diffraction intensity of {552} is substituted for I.sub.54.
THREADED TUBULAR ELEMENT PROVIDED WITH A METALLIC ANTI-CORROSION AND ANTI-GALLING COATING
The invention concerns a threaded portion of a tubular element for a threaded tubular connection hiving an axis of revolution, the portion comprising a threading extending over its outer or inner peripheral surface, and a first sealing surface on the peripheral surface, the first sealing surface being capable of producing metal-metal interference with a corresponding second sealing surface belonging to a complementary threaded portion of a tube. The threading and the first sealing surface are coated with a metallic anti-corrosion and anti-galling layer wherein zinc (Zn) is tie major element by weight.
THREADED TUBULAR CONNECTION PROVIDED WITH A METALLIC COATING ON THE THREADING AND ON THE SEALING SURFACE
The invention concerns a threaded tubular connection for drilling or operating hydrocarbon wells, comprising a portion of a tubular element with a male end having an axis of revolution and provided with a first threading extending about the axis of revolution, said male end portion being complementary with a portion of a tubular element with a female end having an axis of revolution and provided with a second threading extending about the axis of revolution, said male and female end portions being capable of being connected by makeup, each of the male and female end portions further comprising a sealing surface with a metal-metal interference, wherein the threading and the sealing surface of one of the two, male or female, end portions are coated with a first metallic anti-corrosion and anti-galling layer wherein zinc (Zn) is the major element by weight, said first metallic anti-corrosion and anti-galling layer being coated with a first passivation layer, and the complementary threading and sealing surface of the male or female end are coated with a second metallic anti-galling layer wherein zinc (Zn) is the major element by weight, the second metallic anti-galling layer being at least partially coated with a lubricant layer comprising a resin and a dry solid lubricant powder dispersed in said resin.
THREADED METALLIC FASTENER AND PROCESS FOR COATING A THREADED METALLIC FASTENER
A metallic fastener has a threaded portion coated with a composition. The composition includes (a) a paraffin wax with a melting temperature in the range of 50 to 70 C. (b) 1 to 5 parts by weight (pbw) of a resin per pbw of paraffin wax, (c) 0.1 to 0.25 pbw graphite per pbw of paraffin wax, and (d) 0.05 to 0.30 pbw of an FDA-approved silica per pbw of paraffin wax. A process for coating the metallic fastener includes: (i) providing the composition as defined above, (ii) maintaining the fastener or bringing it to a temperature in the range of 30 to 70 C., (iii) applying the composition at a temperature in the range of 100 to 170 C., (iv) optionally, removing surplus composition, (v) cooling the fastener to less than 100 C., (vi) finishing the fastener in a water bath, and (vii) drying the fastener.
PROCESSES FOR PROVIDING LAMINATED COATINGS ON WORKPIECES, AND ARTICLES MADE THEREFROM
Methods for providing laminated coatings on metal articles using electroplating methods such as barrel plating, vibratory plating, rocker plating or other non-rack methods that involve movement of articles to be plated in a containment apparatus, as well as articles made from such processes. Embodiments of such processes involve mass-transfer modulation to provide compositionally modulated coatings.
Tubular threaded joint having improved high torque performance
A tubular threaded joint is constituted by a pin and a box each having a contact surface comprising an unthreaded metal contact portion including a seal portion and a shoulder portion and a threaded portion. Of the contact surface of at least one of the pin and the box, the surfaces of the seal portion and the shoulder portion has a first lubricating coating in the form of a solid lubricating coating, and the surface of the threaded portion or the entire surface of the contact surface has a second lubricating coating selected from a viscous liquid lubricating coating and a solid lubricating coating. The first lubricating coating has a coefficient of friction which is higher than that of the second lubricating coating, and the second lubricating coating is positioned on top in a portion where both the first lubricating coating and the second lubricating coating are present.
THREADED END OF A TUBULAR COMPONENT PROVIDED WITH A COATING COMPRISING A ZINC-CHROMIUM ALLOY
A threaded end of a tubular component is for drilling and/or operating a hydrocarbon well, transporting oil and gas, transporting or storing hydrogen, carbon capture or geothermal energy, comprising at least one thread extending over its outer or inner peripheral surface, wherein the thread is coated with a layer comprising a zinc-chromium (ZnCr) alloy in which zinc (Zn) is the predominant element by weight, relative to the total weight of the alloy. A process for preparing a threaded end, as defined above, includes at least one electrodeposition, on the surface of the thread of the end, of an aqueous composition comprising one or more zinc salts, one or more chromium salts, one or more electrolytes and one or more surfactants.
Pretreatment method for pretreating components prior to electroplating
A pretreatment method for pretreating components, which are each formed of at least two different materials, prior to a coating process. The pretreatment method includes the steps: alkaline degreasing; chemical pickling in a first pickling medium; anodic pickling in a second pickling medium; and cathodic degreasing.