US20160168719A1 - Method for protecting a welded joint between pipes having an interior coating - Google Patents

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US20160168719A1 US14/908,688 US201414908688A US2016168719A1 US 20160168719 A1 US20160168719 A1 US 20160168719A1 US 201414908688 A US201414908688 A US 201414908688A US 2016168719 A1 US2016168719 A1 US 2016168719A1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16L—PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
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    • F16L58/18—Protection of pipes or pipe fittings against corrosion or incrustation specially adapted for pipe fittings
    • F16L58/181—Protection of pipes or pipe fittings against corrosion or incrustation specially adapted for pipe fittings for non-disconnectible pipe joints
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C23—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL
    • C23C—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THE SURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL
    • C23C22/00—Chemical surface treatment of metallic material by reaction of the surface with a reactive liquid, leaving reaction products of surface material in the coating, e.g. conversion coatings, passivation of metals
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16L—PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16L13/00—Non-disconnectible pipe-joints, e.g. soldered, adhesive or caulked joints
    • F16L13/02—Welded joints
    • F16L13/0218—Welded joints having an inner or outer ring
    • F16L13/0227—Welded joints having an inner or outer ring having an inner ring
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16L—PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16L13/00—Non-disconnectible pipe-joints, e.g. soldered, adhesive or caulked joints
    • F16L13/02—Welded joints
    • F16L13/0254—Welded joints the pipes having an internal or external coating
    • F16L13/0263—Welded joints the pipes having an internal or external coating having an internal coating

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  • the invention refers to the construction of pipelines and can be used for purposes of anti-corrosion protection of inner welded joints of pipes with an inside protective coating.
  • a state-of-the-art method for inside anti-corrosion protection of welded joints of pipes with an inside protective coating comprises a preliminary cleaning of the welded-joint zone and adjacent areas of the inside protective coating, application of an adhesive compound resistant to corrosive environment onto a bandage, formation of a protective bandage belt after making a welded joint by means of introduction of the bandage into the inner space of the pipe with subsequent pressing of the bandage to the inner surface of the welded-joint zone, and solidification of the adhesive compound in the process of heating.
  • a sealing fiber-reinforced film liner is used as the bandage.
  • the protective bandage belt is formed by means of pressing the bandage to the inner surface of the welded ends of the pipes with partial overlapping of the inside protective coating of the pipes (RU 2328651 C1, published 10.07.2008 [1]).
  • the method has the following drawbacks:
  • the visual quality control for bandage application does not allow controlling the airtightness of welded-joint insulation, detecting punctures of the sealing film by burrs or icicles, or other micro-defects of anti-corrosion protection in the welded-joint zone.
  • a Butler (US) patented method for expanded-end connection of pipes with an inside anti-corrosion epoxy coating is known in the literature.
  • ends of the pipes are subjected to plastic deformation prior to application of an anti-corrosion epoxy coating.
  • a flaring is formed by means of the cold-expansion method with the help of a punch.
  • the other end of the pipe is subjected to plastic squeezing using a die to achieve a shape that allows a sufficiently firm contact with the inner surface of the flaring in the case of coercive matching with a required effort.
  • a sealant agent is applied onto the matched surfaces of the pipe ends (V. N. Protasov.
  • the method of inside anti-corrosion protection of welded connection of pipes with an inside protective coating comprises placement of a steel liner coaxially inside the pipes to be joined, with formation of annular cavities and gaps between the outer surface of the liner and the inside surface of the welded pipe joint (to be insulated) with adjacent coating-protected areas, as well as sealing-off of the annular cavity at liner ends.
  • a sealant agent is used to seal off the gap between the outer surface of the protective liner and the inside pipe coating. The sealant agent is applied onto the inside coating of the pipe ends to be attached together prior to placement of the protective liner.
  • the rubber rings with an annular section placed in special grooves on the outer surface of the protective liner move the sealant agent along the axial direction, which ensures the formation of sealing beads in front of the protective-liner ends.
  • a special groove is provided, which enables an air layer between the liner and the inside surface of the pipes being connected in the area of welding, and hence prevention of heat-induced decay of the protective coating of the liner.
  • a spacer made of a special heat-resistant cloth with low heat conductivity is placed on the surface of the protective-liner groove.
  • three radial thin steel petals are welded, which are positioned between the ends of the pipes to be welded and are meant to form an organic whole with the welded joint after the welding.
  • V. N. Protasov for inside liner-type anti-corrosion protection of welded connections of tubular formed components with an inside anti-corrosion protection (RU 2388961 C1, published Oct. 5, 2010 [4]), according to which: adapters with a flaring at the free end, having a transverse threaded hole in the central part are welded to ends of tubular formed components to be welded together; a protective anti-corrosion coating is applied onto the inside surface of each formed component with the welded adapter; a sealant layer is applied onto the area of the adapter's inside surface adjacent to the inner ledge of the adapter; a protective liner with sealing rings put in grooves made on the protective liner's outer surface end parts and with a one more groove made in between the above grooves and an insulated spacer made of a heat-resistant heat-insulating cloth is placed in the inside cavity of the adapter liners to be connected together, to allow formation of an annular cavity between the outer surface of the heat-insul
  • the annular cavity is filled with a sealant agent (with a high-modulus filler) via the threaded hole of an adapter until the sealant agent appears in the threaded hole of the other adapter.
  • the known method suffers from the complexity due to the necessity to weld the adapters to the pipes being joined, which results from that the protective liner reduces the inner section of the pipes and enhances the hydraulic resistance in the welded-joint zone.
  • pipes often feature a pronounced degree of out-of-roundness and/or diameter scatter, which complicates the pressurization of a non-uniform and sizable gap between the protective liner and the inside surface of the pipe ends to be welded together.
  • the objective of the invention proposed herein is to raise the reliability and service life of anti-corrosion protection of pipelines' joint welds concurrently with streamlining the technology for insulation of such welded joints.
  • This objective is achieved using the method for inside anti-corrosion protection of welded joints of pipes with an interior protective coating, which comprises: the placement of a protective liner coaxially inside the pipes to be welded together, with the formation of an annular cavity between the outer surface of the liner and the inside surface (to be insulated) of the welding joint of the pipes with adjacent coating-protected areas; welding of the pipe ends; sealing of the annular cavity at liner ends; filling of the annular cavity with a liquid sealant agent via at least one process hole in one or both pipes with subsequent polymerization of the agent, in accordance with the invention is supplemented by that, prior to the placement of the protective liner it is plastically deformed to a size that ensures matching the shape of the liner to that of the inside surface of the pipes to be connected, in the area of the joint.
  • the annular cavity is filled with the liquid sealant material by means of evacuating the annular cavity and subsequent feeding of said material therein, and then exposing it to atmospheric or excessive pressure.
  • a steel annular cushion is also arranged in between the steel liner and the weld joint, the outer surface of the cushion being in contact with the weld joint surface and having projections on its inner surface that contact to the outer surface of the steel liner, and these projections are welded to the steel annular cushion when welding the pipe ends together.
  • a reinforcing, easily impregnable material, resistant to corrosive environments can be arranged on the outer surface of the liner in between the annular projections.
  • the protective liner is made of stainless steel and has a wall thickness ranging from 0.1 to 6.0 mm.
  • the essence of the proposed method consists in using a thin-wall protective liner, preferably made of stainless steel with a wall thickness ranging within 0.1-6 mm, its adjustment to geometric dimensions of the ends of both pipes to be joined by means of plastic deformation, placing the so adjusted thin-wall steel liner coaxially inside the pipes being connected with reduction in the volume of annular cavities and gaps due to reduction of gaps between the pipes and the outer surface of the protective liner, which is achieved through adjustment of the protective liners to interior geometric parameters of the pipes being attached.
  • a thin-wall protective liner preferably made of stainless steel with a wall thickness ranging within 0.1-6 mm
  • an additional steel split or continuous ring that functions as a cushion for the formation of the weld joint root is arranged.
  • the steel annular cushion is welded to the pipes being joined to form a monolithic joint.
  • the steel annular cushion averts non-controlled spreading of a liquid metal in the annular cavity and protects reliably, in the course of welding, the thin-wall protective liner from a burn-through.
  • projections can be made in the form of points, intermittent reinforcement ribs etc.
  • a multifold reduction in the surface of contact between the annular cushion and the protective liner leads concurrently to a multifold drop in thermal flux from the annular cushion to the protective liner, thereby averting the heatup of the sealant material to a critical point and depressurization of the sealed ends of the protective liner with the insulated surface of the welded joint.
  • a guaranteed gap is formed between the annular cushion and the protective liner, which, once the welded joint's annular cavities and gaps are filled with a liquid sealing compound, secures unhampered filling of the whole annular cavity with the sealant agent.
  • the technical effect of the method proposed consists in the following: an essential reduction in the impact of inside geometry violations, in particular, the degree of out-of-roundness of the pipes used and a wide scatter of internal diameters of the pipes, upon quality and laboriousness of insulation of pipeline weld joints; an essential reduction in material consumption for the protective liner owing to using a thin-wall liner capable of undergoing plastic deformation in the process of pipeline construction; reduction in consumption of sealant material owing to a lesser volume of the annular cavity between the protective liner and the pipes to be joined.
  • FIGS. 1-4 provide a schematic presentation of the stages of the method proposed:
  • FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 with supply of the sealant agent via a vacuum reservoir;
  • FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 with supply of the sealant agent via an extra opening in the pipe (vacuum infusion method).
  • FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 a welded joint with and without a reinforcing material respectively is displayed.
  • FIG. 7 a thin-wall protective liner is shown in its initial condition, prior to its adjustment to interior geometric parameters of the pipes to be joined.
  • FIG. 8 the thin-wall protective liner is shown after its adjustment to interior geometric parameters of the pipes to be joined.
  • FIG. 9 the annular cushion with point-like projections is displayed.
  • FIG. 10 shows the annular cushion with projections in the form of intermittent reinforcement ribs.
  • FIG. 11 the diagram of welded-joint insulation with the help of the annular cushion is shown.
  • the welded joint of pipes with inside protective coating 3 ( FIGS. 1-4 ) achieved by means of the method described herein comprises thin-wall stainless steel liner 5 placed coaxially inside connected pipes 1 so that a narrow annular cavity is formed between outer surface 6 of liner 5 and inside surface 7 (to be insulated) of the welded joint of the pipes, with adjacent coating-protected areas.
  • the annular cavity is filled, via process hole 8 , with polymerized sealant material 10 resistant to corrosive environments.
  • Thin-wall liner has annular projections 9 on the outer surface of its end parts.
  • reinforcing material 10 see F. 5
  • impregnated with polymerized sealant material resistant to corrosive environments can be placed in the annular cavity.
  • the thickness of the wall of protective liner 5 made of stainless steel ranges within 0.1-6 mm.
  • protective liner 5 is insensitive to a burn-through in the course of joint welding.
  • Increasing the wall thickness to values exceeding 6 mm is inexpedient from the economic viewpoint since it does not result in improvement of functional characteristics of the protective liner.
  • the deformation capacity of liner 5 worsens considerably, which complicates its adjustment to geometric parameters of the pipe ends.
  • a liner 5 wall thickness somewhere within the upper range of values is determined by the design of the welded joint to be insulated, namely, use of an annular cushion reinforcing the heat-resistant material and special welding equipment, or special technology measures that allow welding without outflow of molten metal from the molten pool or a burn-through of the liner.
  • a minimal wall thickness for protective liner 5 can be chosen on condition of using, for welded-joint sealing purposes, reinforcing heat-resistant material 10 ( FIG. 5 ) and annular cushion 4 ( FIG. 11 ). In case protective liners 5 with a minimal wall thickness are employed, the heat-resistant reinforcing material in combination with annular cushion 4 protects reliably the thin wall of liner 5 from burn-through in the course of welding.
  • the proposed method is implemented as follows.
  • thin-wall liner 5 ( FIG. 7 ) has the form of a cylinder with outer diameter D y0 and wall thickness S. This being the case, the outer diameter of protective liner 5 does not exceed the minimally allowable internal diameter of pipes 1 to be joined (taking into account the maximal permissible departures of their geometric parameters). Then, perimeters of annular holes at ends of both pipes 1 to be joined (internal diameters) are measured. When doing so, maximally accurate account of actual internal geometric parameters of pipes 1 (internal diameter and out-of-roundness of the pipes) is provided. Further, both parts of the thin-wall liner are expanded by means of plastic deformation ( FIG. 8 ).
  • annular projections reinforcement ribs
  • One part of liner 5 is expanded to diameter D y1 .
  • the diameter D y1 is derived from the perimeter of the first pipe 1 to be joined, taking into account the required mounting gap between liner 5 and the inside surface of pipe 1 and the thickness of inside protective coating 3 of the pipes.
  • the minimum mounting gap shall be no less than 0.1 mm per side. It is due to the minimally allowable thickness of the adhesive layer (sealant layer).
  • condition of the inside surface of the pipes to be connected curvature of the inside surface and availability of factory-made longitudinal weld joints); availability and thickness of the annular cushion; availability and thickness of the reinforcing material; penetrability and viscosity of the sealant agent employed.
  • the other part of liner 5 is expanded to diameter D ye derived from the perimeter of the actual opening in second pipe 1 taking into account the mounting gap and the thickness of inside protective coating 3 of the pipes.
  • Such shaping of thin-wall liner 5 parts ensures matching of liner 5 ends to actual interior dimensions of pipes 1 (to be joined) with minimal annular gaps between the outer surface of liner 5 and the inside surface of pipe 1 .
  • thin-wall protective liner 5 is deformed to a shape matching that of both pipe ends to be joined. Owing to good flexibility and resilience of the thin-wall protective liner, the operation of plastic deformation of the liner is an easily feasible one.
  • protective liner 5 so prepared is introduced into fixed pipe 1 until it gets rested against sealant 4 applied onto the inside surface of pipe 1 .
  • Second pipe 1 is pushed onto the other part of protective liner 5 until it gets rested against sealant 4 applied inside the pipe. Ends of liner 5 are sealed off. After that, the joint of pipes 1 is welded.
  • vacuum reservoir 11 When injecting the sealant material via vacuum reservoir 11 (see FIGS. 1 and 2 ), vacuum reservoir 11 is connected to process hole 8 of welded joint 2 . More than one hole 8 made in either one pipe 1 or both of them can be used. Vacuum reservoir 11 is connected, through stop valves 16 , with vacuum pump 13 and tank 12 with the sealant material. Additionally, vacuum gauge 18 and vacuum break valve 14 are connected to vacuum reservoir 11 . For visual inspection purposes, vacuum reservoir 11 has a sight hole. Vacuum reservoir 11 is placed above the highest point of weld joint 2 to be insulated. Via process hole 8 , vacuum in annular gaps and cavities is achieved by means of vacuum pump 13 . For some time, valve 16 that connects vacuum reservoir 11 to vacuum pump 13 is closed.
  • vacuum gauge 18 With the help of vacuum gauge 18 , the rate of gas/air inflow into evacuated weld joint 2 is measured. Airtightness of preliminary insulation of weld joint 2 is checked. Upon completion of such airtightness check, evacuation is resumed. Then, with vacuum pump 13 turned on, valve 17 connecting vacuum reservoir 11 to tank 12 with sealant material 10 is opened. Under the effect of vacuum, sealant material 10 is fed to vacuum reservoir 11 . Once vacuum reservoir 11 is filled with sealant material 10 to a preset level, valve 17 for feeding the sealant material is closed. When doing so, no air inflow to the vacuum reservoir via valve 17 is allowed. Under gravity and the capillary effect, sealant material 10 fills the pre-evacuated cavities and gaps around weld joint 2 being insulated.
  • the level of liquid sealant material 10 in vacuum reservoir 11 gradually lowers. Once the level of sealant material 10 in vacuum reservoir stops changing, the pumping is turned off and vacuum is broken. As a result, atmospheric pressure starts acting upon the liquid material and thereby sealant material 10 is squeezed into microscopic gaps of the annular cavity of the weld joint being insulated. In exceptional circumstances, for instance, in the case of defective preliminary insulation of the annular gaps along liner 5 butts, compressed air is charged, via valve 15 , to vacuum reservoir 11 after vacuum is broken. It allows to ensure penetration of sealant material 10 into the minutest gaps, micro-cracks etc.
  • outgoing inspection of the airtightness of weld joint 2 insulation is performed by means of evacuation, shutoff of the line connecting to vacuum pump 13 , and assessment of the rate of gas/air inflow into vacuum reservoir 11 . Once the checking is completed, process hole 8 is sealed off.
  • At least two process holes are made in the zone of weld joint 2 —one hole 8 above pipe 1 and second hole 19 in the bottom part of pipe 1 .
  • Vacuum reservoir 11 is connected to upper process hole 8 of the weld joint.
  • Tank 12 with sealant material 10 is connected, by means of a hose and shutoff valve 17 , to lower process hole 19 .
  • the fluid Upon impregnation/filling of the entire volume of cavity and gaps in the evacuated weld joint by the sealant material, the fluid starts filling upper vacuum reservoir 11 .
  • lower valve 17 for delivery of the liquid sealant material is closed.
  • the valve connecting upper vacuum reservoir 11 to vacuum pump 13 is closed. Airtightness of insulation is checked through measuring the rate of gas/air inflow. Vacuum is broken in upper vacuum reservoir 11 . Atmospheric pressure exerts influence upon liquid sealant material 10 in the upper vacuum reservoir, thereby ensuring the filling of micro-cracks and other defects in the cavity and gaps of the welded joint to be insulated.
  • reinforcing material well impregnable and resistant to corrosive environments, e.g. glass fabric
  • liner 5 can be made of either stainless steel or ordinary carbon steel practically without any loss in reliability of welded-joint insulation since polymerized impregnating material 10 reinforced with strong material resistant to corrosive environments is capable of ensuring a high-quality insulation of the welded joint even after penetration corrosion of steel liner 5 .
  • liner 5 can be made of thin-wall (0.1 to 2.0 mm) steel as its flexure under vacuum conditions does not exercise critical effect on the condition of the gaps and the final quality of welded-joint insulation. All the above allows ensuring economic insulation of such welded joints without any harm to reliability of inside insulation of the welded joint.
  • the reinforcing material prevents the thixotropic sealant from penetration into the inner annular cavity between pipes 1 and liner 5 , thereby securing the optimal conditions for preliminary sealing.
  • liquid sealant material 10 exposed to vacuum conditions, penetrates without any serious barriers, through the reinforcing material to impregnate the entire annular cavity of the joint being insulated. After polymerization of the liquid sealant, the produced reinforced monolithic block grows into a very firm joint.
  • the reinforcing material prevents the liner wall from flexure, as well as the weld joint cavity from collapse. It ensures a uniform gap of the cavity to be sealed off.
  • annular cushion 20 can be implemented using annular cushion 20 .
  • annular cushions are presented with point-like projections ( FIG. 9 ) or intermittent reinforcement ribs ( FIG. 10 ) on the inside surface of the cushion.
  • Annular cushion 20 is positioned at the center of protective liner 5 ( FIG. 11 ), on its outer surface. After the mounting, the outer surface of annular cushion 20 abuts on the surface of pipes 1 to be joined and covers the gap between them.
  • annular cushion 4 averts uncontrolled outflow of liquid metal from the molten pool, thereby preventing thin-wall protective liner 5 from a burn-through by molten metal or welding arc.
  • Projections 21 on the inside surface of annular cushion 20 rest against the outer surface of protective liner 5 .
  • the area of contact between annular cushion 20 and protective liner 20 is several times lower than the inside surface of annular cushion 20 .
  • the thermal flux from annular cushion 20 to protective liner 5 also declines by several times.
  • local projections 21 on annular cushion 20 provide a guaranteed gap 22 between annular cushion 20 and protective liner 5 , which allows liquid sealant material 10 to fill without obstruction all cavities and gaps of the weld joint being insulated.
  • two-component adhesives can be employed, e.g. epoxy or polyurethane resins. Polymerization of such resins takes a period of time depending on the temperature. Therefore, when performing the sealing of welded joints in winter, one may have to provide local heating of insulated joints to ⁇ 10-20° C. To accelerate the polymerization process, the warm-up temperature can be increased in accordance with the specifications for the sealant in use.
  • a sealed-off monolithic assembly is formed, which precludes any penetration of corrosive media being transported via the pipeline to the ferrous metal of the joint.
  • Monolithic insulation of a weld joint in conformity with the method proposed is efficient practically at any permissible pipeline pressures, up to 200 MPa.
  • Pipes 1 to be joined have the nominal outer diameter of 219 mm, internal diameter of 207 mm, and wall thickness of 6 mm.
  • inside protective coating 3 is of epoxy type, the indent of coating 3 from the pipe 1 edge is 50 mm (the thickness of coating in the non-protected part of the pipe is 300 ⁇ m).
  • stainless steel liner 5 had the shape of a regular cylinder with two alignment petals welded in the center of liner 5 with short weld joints.
  • the outer diameter of the protective liner was 198 mm, wall thickness was 1.00 mm.
  • the liner width was 200 mm.
  • Vacuum was created with the help of rotary vane pre-evacuation pump 13 (Busch R5).
  • Vacuum was measured by with the help of a Testo 552 vacuum gauge.
  • the preliminary operations were performed as follows. Actual inner perimeters of pipe ends of pipes 1 to be joined were measured. For this purpose, a steel cone made of thin sheet steel 0.5 mm was used. The cone had a scale, namely, circular lines on the outer surface. These circular lines are gauged. On the basis of perimeters of both pipes 1 to be joined, the actual nominal inner diameter was determined with adjustment for ellipticity of pipes 1 .
  • the first pipe 1 had the outer diameter equal to 214 mm, the inner one, 202 mm, and the wall thickness, 6 mm.
  • the second pipe 1 had the outer diameter equal to 217 mm, and the inner one, 205 mm.
  • the actual nominal diameter of pipes 1 to be joined was calculated taking the protective coating thickness into account.
  • the first pipe had the inner diameter (with the coating) equal to 201.4 mm.
  • For the second pipe this value was 204.4 mm.
  • Their actual inner diameters were written down with a chalk on the outer surface of the pipes.
  • the mounting gap was taken equal to 0.4 mm.
  • the maximal outer diameters of protective liner 5 ends were determined with reference to annular projections 9 —201 and 204 mm respectively.
  • the total time of shaping of both ends of protective liner 5 was 30 sec.
  • the accuracy of the shaping was 0.1 mm.
  • the maximal diameters determined by annular projections 9 (201 and 204 mm respectively) were written down with a chalk.
  • process hole 8 with a diameter of 5 mm was made.
  • Hole 8 was threaded (M6).
  • An adapter for connection of a hose was mounted on tacks to hole 8 at the outer surface of pipe 1 .
  • the hole of the adapter was closed with a steel plug.
  • Inside surfaces of pipes 1 to be joined were blown with compressed air and wiped clean with a rag.
  • the depth of treatment of both ends reached 120 mm.
  • products of corrosion were removed from the inside surface areas being treated. Inside surfaces of pipe 1 were blown once again.
  • thixotropic sealant material (LEO QUARTZ metal-filled polymer) was applied in the form of continuous annulus 4 along the whole perimeter of pipe 1 .
  • Liner 5 with two annular projections 9 at its ends was placed coaxially inside fixed pipe 1 with an actual inner diameter of 201.4 mm. This being the case, some part of protective liner 5 with the maximal diameter of 201 mm was pushed into first pipe 1 . Liner 5 was gently pushed in the pipe to two petals (stops) welded there.
  • Annular projection 9 at the edge of liner 5 replaced thixotropic sealant 4 in pipe 1 along the movement of liner 5 and sealed off the first edge of liner 5 .
  • the stopping petals of liner 5 were welded (optionally, they can be soldered) to the butt of pipe 1 .
  • second pipe 1 was mounted. When doing so, second pipe 1 was pushed smoothly until the contact to liner 5 stops.
  • the second edge of liner 5 was sealed off by sealant annulus 4 inside second pipe 1 .
  • the gap between inside surfaces of pipes 1 being joined and the adjusted outer surface of both parts of liner 5 was 1.5 mm per side. After that, the joint of pipes 1 was welded (manual arc welding).
  • the level of resin in reservoir 11 came to a stable state within two minutes.
  • evacuation valve 16 was closed. Vacuum in reservoir 11 was broken by a short-time opening of valve 14 . Compressed air with an overpressure of 1 bar is supplied to vacuum reservoir 11 . Two minutes later, the supply of compressed air was closed and the system was evacuated to 1.0 mbar. The evacuation line was shut off by valve 16 . The airtightness of the weld joint was checked. Readings of the vacuum gauge did not change for 5 minutes. The joint was sealed off reliably. Vacuum in reservoir 11 was broken and the equipment was turned off.
  • process hole 8 the tacks on the adapter were removed with the help of a hammer and a chisel, after which the adapter was removed.
  • Process hole 8 was sealed off with resin and a steel screw (M6). Polymerization of sealant material 10 was achieved through natural solidification.
  • the group of inventions claimed herein streamlines the technology for insulation of welded joints of pipelines, which reduces the impact of human factor upon the quality of weld joint insulation, enhances essentially the reliability and service life of such insulation, reduces the material consumption of associated operations, diminishes the effect of inner geometry violations, in particular, out-of-roundness of pipes, upon the quality and laboriousness of pipeline weld joint insulation, reduces the hydraulic resistance of the pipeline owing to enhanced flow area of insulated weld joints, allows the use of an easy and reliable method for controlling the airtightness of pipeline weld joint insulation, allows inside insulation of hard-to-reach weld joints, curtails the pipeline construction time due to eliminated impact of the progress of work associated with weld joint insulation upon the possibility to assemble and weld further pipes and strings, eliminates the negative effect of burrs and icicles that appear in the course of welding upon the quality of pipeline weld joints, allows insulating weld joints of pipelines with arbitrary inside protective coating and arbitrary diameter.

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