Patent classifications
F16L13/02
Pipe device having a bonded joint
A pipe device includes a pipe and a connection element. The pipe has a pipe jacket that has an inner surface and an outer surface and forms a flow channel. The connection element forms a through-channel that extends from a connection piece consisting of a first material (M1) and having a first opening to a second opening. The pipe jacket is positioned on the connection piece with a first pipe end consisting of a second material (M2). A bonded connection is formed between the first material (M1) and the second material (M2) in a contact region between the inner surface of the pipe jacket and a peripheral surface of the connection piece.
Conduits for transporting fluids and methods of fabricating the same
A method of fabricating a conduit comprises steps of attaching a first tubular-outboard-ply end of a tubular outboard ply to a first inner collar portion of a first collar with a third weld and attaching a second tubular-outboard-ply end to a second inner collar portion of a second collar with a fifth weld. The method additionally comprises steps of interconnecting the first inner collar portion and a first outer collar portion of the first collar with a first weld and interconnecting the second inner collar portion and a second outer collar portion of the second collar with a sixth weld. The method also comprises attaching a trimmed first corrugated-inboard-ply end to the first outer collar portion with a second weld, attaching a trimmed second corrugated-inboard-ply end to the second outer collar portion with a fourth weld, and communicatively coupling a first sensor with an interstitial space.
Connection device for pipe elements
A connection device for plastic pipe elements (1) which allows performing pre-assembly and being finally assembled without requiring skilled labor, having a pipe element (1) with at least one end, a plastic connection element (2) which is connected to an outer surface of the pipe element (1) through the end, which has a resistance wire (3) wound on the outer surface of the pipe element (1) itself.
Device and method for joining metallic tubulars of drilling wells
A method for joining metallic well tubulars to be lowered into a wellbore (4) comprises the steps of: a) providing a first well tubular (6) having an upper end surface (6a), and a second well tubular (7) having a lower end surface (7a); b) lowering the first well tubular (6) into the wellbore (4), leaving the upper end thereof outside the wellbore (4); c) setting the second well tubular (7) in an axially aligned position on the first well tubular (6), with the lower end surface (7a) of the second well tubular (7) set against the upper end surface (6a) of the first well tubular (6); d) keeping the first and second well tubulars (6, 7) in said axially aligned position; e) welding the upper end of the first well tubular (6) to the lower end of the second well tubular (7), forming a circumferential weld bead (WL) in a position corresponding to said upper and lower end surfaces (6a, 7a); and f) lowering into the wellbore (4) the first well tubular (6) and the second well tubular (7) welded together. Step e) comprises the operations of: providing at least one laser welding head (13), configured for directing a laser beam (LB) towards a circumferential working zone (WA) that includes an upper end portion of the first well tubular (6) and a lower end portion of the second well tubular (7), the at least one laser welding head (13) being displaceable around the circumferential working zone (WA) according to a respective trajectory of revolution; providing at least one induction-heating device (141, 142), which is displaceable substantially according to the trajectory of revolution of the at least one laser welding head (13), the at least one induction-heating device (141, 142) being set upstream, respectively downstream, of the at least one laser welding head (13), with reference to the direction of revolution (R) of the at least one laser welding head (13); causing revolution of the at least one laser welding head (13) and revolution of the at least one induction-heating device (141, 142), in such a way that: the laser beam (LB) progressively forms the circumferential weld bead (WL); and the at least one induction-heating device (141, 142) supplies heat to a corresponding part (PH1, PH2) of the circumferential working zone (WA), which comprises respective parts of said upper and lower end portions of the respective first and second well tubulars (6, 7), before the laser
Device and method for joining metallic tubulars of drilling wells
A method for joining metallic well tubulars to be lowered into a wellbore (4) comprises the steps of: a) providing a first well tubular (6) having an upper end surface (6a), and a second well tubular (7) having a lower end surface (7a); b) lowering the first well tubular (6) into the wellbore (4), leaving the upper end thereof outside the wellbore (4); c) setting the second well tubular (7) in an axially aligned position on the first well tubular (6), with the lower end surface (7a) of the second well tubular (7) set against the upper end surface (6a) of the first well tubular (6); d) keeping the first and second well tubulars (6, 7) in said axially aligned position; e) welding the upper end of the first well tubular (6) to the lower end of the second well tubular (7), forming a circumferential weld bead (WL) in a position corresponding to said upper and lower end surfaces (6a, 7a); and f) lowering into the wellbore (4) the first well tubular (6) and the second well tubular (7) welded together. Step e) comprises the operations of: providing at least one laser welding head (13), configured for directing a laser beam (LB) towards a circumferential working zone (WA) that includes an upper end portion of the first well tubular (6) and a lower end portion of the second well tubular (7), the at least one laser welding head (13) being displaceable around the circumferential working zone (WA) according to a respective trajectory of revolution; providing at least one induction-heating device (141, 142), which is displaceable substantially according to the trajectory of revolution of the at least one laser welding head (13), the at least one induction-heating device (141, 142) being set upstream, respectively downstream, of the at least one laser welding head (13), with reference to the direction of revolution (R) of the at least one laser welding head (13); causing revolution of the at least one laser welding head (13) and revolution of the at least one induction-heating device (141, 142), in such a way that: the laser beam (LB) progressively forms the circumferential weld bead (WL); and the at least one induction-heating device (141, 142) supplies heat to a corresponding part (PH1, PH2) of the circumferential working zone (WA), which comprises respective parts of said upper and lower end portions of the respective first and second well tubulars (6, 7), before the laser
Apparatus and method for lined pipe welding
A joining sleeve configured to connect internal liners of two internally lined pipe sections across a welded pipe section joint and a method of use is disclosed. The joining sleeve comprises a sleeve body having a first end and a second end, the first and second ends configured to couple with opposing ends of first and second internal liners respectively. A collar is disposed around the outer surface of the sleeve body, the collar having a first retracted condition in which it has a first outer diameter, and a second expanded condition in which it has a second outer diameter, larger than the first outer diameter.
Flexible hose
The present invention provides a flexible hose for connecting a fuel manifold to a burner of a gas turbine engine. The flexible hose includes a metal convolute tube, an elongate member or members located in grooves formed in the inner surface of the convolute tube, and a pressure-containing sheath outside the convolute tube. The flexible tube has end connectors fluidly-tightly joined to respective ends of the hose for connection at one end of the hose to the fuel manifold of the gas turbine engine, and at the other end of the hose to the burner of the gas turbine engine.
CORRUGATED HOSE WELD END
A hose assembly includes a corrugated metal tube having a plurality of corrugations and an outer cuff portion extending from an endmost one of the plurality of corrugations, radially outward of an inner diameter of the endmost corrugation, an end connection having an outer end defining a fluid connector and an inner end defining a nose portion received in the outer cuff portion of the corrugated metal tube, and a collar surrounding the outer cuff portion of the corrugated metal tube and the nose portion of the end connection. The collar, the outer cuff portion, and the nose portion are welded together.
IMPROVED METHODS FOR JOINING LINED PIPES AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS
Methods and apparatus for making lined pipelines in which pipes are joined together by attaching fittings at their ends and joining the fittings together. Within the joint there is a fit-up sleeve which forces liners against respective fittings and provides corresponding seals. Other seals can be provided by inserting sealing rings which force different portions of the liners against different portions of the fittings. The fit-up sleeve and sealing rings may force the liners against castellations which prevent movement of the liners. The fit-up sleeve may cooperate with insertion rims on the fittings to provide very accurate spacing, or touching edges which can be desirable if automatic welding is employed. The seals provided by the fit-up sleeve also eliminate backdraughts and assist welding operations. Furthermore, the fit-up sleeve permits pigging through the pipe joint and therefore along the length of the resulting lined pipeline. It is foreseen that the need for CRA components and CRA welding can be largely if not wholly dispensed with.
Pipeline Connection Structure, Compressor Assembly, and Air Conditioner
A pipeline connection structure includes a first pipe body, a second pipe body, and a connection sleeve assembly, wherein the first pipe body and the second pipe body are connected by the connection sleeve assembly. A compressor assembly has the pipeline connection structure.