WO1993012921A1 - Recoverable fabric sleeve - Google Patents
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- This invention relates to a heat recoverable fabric sleeve for enclosing an elongate object such as a pipe or cable, or a joint between pipes or cables.
- the invention relates to such a sleeve for covering an object which varies in cross-sectional area along its length.
- Heat recoverable articles are well known. They are articles whose dimensional configuration may be made to change when subjected to an appropriate treatment. Typically heat recoverable articles comprise a heat shrinkable sleeve made from a polymeric material that exhibits the property of elastic or plastic memory as described, for example in US patents 2027962, 3086242 and 3597372. More recently heat recoverable articles comprising fabrics have become known, as described for example in EP-A-0116393 (MP0790), EP-A-0117026 (RK176), EP-B-0115905 (RK177) and EP-A-0116392 (RK178). These comprise a recoverable fabric in conjunction with a polymeric matrix formed by laminating a polymeric material to one or both sides of the fabric to render it impervious.
- EP-A-0115905 describes a polymeric-laminated, heat recoverable fabric having a recovery ratio of at least 40%, preferably at least 50 or 60% that may be used for example to cover substrates with varying or discontinuous contours to provide mechanical protection or protection from the environment.
- the entire disclosure of EP-B-0115905 is incorporated herein by reference.
- a first aspect of the invention provides a heat recoverable sleeve having a recovery ratio of at least 60% preferably at least 70%, and comprising: (a) a woven fabric having 10 to 20 heat recoverable fibres per cm extending in one direction, woven in a twill, preferably a broken twill, configuration with 1-10 heat stable fibres per cm in the other weave direction, and 1-4 heat recoverable fibres per cm in the said other weave direction, and
- the recovery ratio in the present invention is defined in terms of percentages.
- the ratio represents a change in a dimension as a percentage of the same dimension before recovery.
- the recovery ratio of the present invention is preferably at least 60%, more preferably at least 70%. Ratios as high as 75% or even 78 or 80% may even be achieved. This large recovery ratio allows the sleeve to be used inter alia in applications where the elongate object exhibits large transitions in cross-sectional area.
- the heat recoverable sleeve is preferably heat-shrinkable, preferably radially.
- the sleeve may be used to cover pipes or cables or joints therebetween.
- Particular applications include (i) end caps for district heating pipes where one end of the sleeve needs to recover onto the outer thick insulation, and the other end needs to recover onto the much smaller diameter steel pipe, (ii) covers for mechanical or flange couplers for pipes, and (iii) covers for bell and spigot joints between pipes.
- the maximum cross-sectional dimension of the object to be covered may be as much as 3.5 times, or even 4.5 times the minimum dimension of the object to be covered.
- a sleeve of the present invention that is initially of uniform cross-sectional size along its length can advantageously be made to shrink around these substrates exhibiting large changes in dimensions along their length.
- the sleeve may be woven in a closed tubular configuration (ie, a sleeve of closed cross-section), but is preferably a wraparound sleeve, longitudinal edges of which can be held together to hold the sleeve in a closed configuration before recovery.
- overlapping longitudinal edges of the wrapped sleeve may be fixed to each other by a mechanical joining arrangement that penetrates the fabric, eg stitching, stapling or riveting.
- a patch (which may itself include a fabric which may or may not be the same design as the sleeve, and may or may not be heat recoverable) may be secured to one longitudinal edge of the sleeve.
- the securement of the patch may be by a mechanical joining arrangement that penetrates that patch and the longitudinal sleeve edge, or by adhesive.
- a mechanical joining arrangement preferably stitching, stapling or riveting, which joins that edge (i) to the other longitudinal edge or (ii) to a patch, in order to close the sleeve.
- the patch is preferably adhesive-coated and the adhesive used to close the wraparound sleeve during installation.
- the recoverable fabric may be provided by deforming a fabric woven from dimensional stable fibres. It may also be provided by interlinking (preferably weaving) fibres that are already recoverable. The fibres may be cross-linked and then stretched to render them recoverable. The fibres may, instead, be initially stretched and then cross-linked during the weaving process. Cross-linking may be achieved by irradiation with a beam of high energy electrodes, by chemical cross-linking reactions, or using silane-technology.
- the formed fabric is laminated on at least one, preferably on at least both sides with a polymeric material which can be a thermoplastic or an elastomer.
- a polymeric material which can be a thermoplastic or an elastomer.
- Suitable examples include ethylene vinyl/acetate copolymers, ethyl acrylate copolymers, polyethylenes including linear low, low density and high density polyethylene, acrylonitrile butadiene styrene block copolymers, and acrylic elastomers.
- Other example are mentioned in EP- B-0115905 (RK177) and EP-A- 0116393 (MP0790 OM).
- the polymeric material extends throughout the recoverable fabric.
- a true composite structure is formed between the recoverable fabric and the polymeric material. This is described in EP-A-0116393.
- the laminated fabric may then be subjected to cross-linking.
- the ⁇ oss-linking may be achieved by irradiation by a beam of high energy electrons, by chemical cross-linking, or using silane technology.
- the irradiation step cross-links both the recoverable fibres of the fabric and the matrix polymer, and is additional to any initial cross-linking applied to render the fibres heat recoverable.
- the unresolved recovery stress exerts hoop forces at the closure region of a wraparound sleeve.
- the unresolved recovery stress of the fabric at 30% unresolved recovery is preferably at least lN/50mm (0.0142 MPa) (plus the effect of the weight of the sleeve).
- This minimum recovery stress is as explained above particularly desirable for a heat shrinkable sleeve lined with an adhesive, or particularly if lined with a sealant such as a mastic, since it provides sufficient force to urge the adhesive or sealant down against the object to be covered.
- large masses of sealant are positioned on the object, eg around a pipe joint, and this needs to be pushed against by the sleeve in order to form an effective finished sealed joint. This is achieved by the minimum unresolved recovery stress of lN/50mm at 30% unresolved recovery, and the minimum recovery stress of 13N/50mm at 100% unresolved recovery.
- the unresolved recovery stress of the fibres is preferably in the range of O.lN/fibre to 0.2N/fibres (for fibres of 0.4mm diameter, that is 8 x 10" 4 N/Tex to 25 x 10" 4 N/Tex.
- a Tex is the weight in g per cm.
- the fabric design of the present invention is advantageously arranged to achieve the above described unresolved recovery stresses in addition to the high recovery ratio of at least 60% preferably at least 70%, or even as high as 75, 78 or 80%. This therefore allows a combination of recovery over large transitions while exerting relatively low hoop stresses at a closure of a wraparound sleeve. This unique combination is a particularly advantage of the fabric design of the present invention.
- the fibres may be rendered heat recoverable (eg by cross-linking and then deforrning the fibres) before or after they are made into a fabric.
- This initial cross-linking of the fibres step influences the unresolved recovery stress of the fibres referred to above.
- a second cross-linking step may be carried out after lamination. This influences the behaviour of the matrix as well as the sleeve, as is described fully in EP-B- 0116393 (MP0790COM EP) and EP-B-0115905 (RK177).
- the sleeve comprises 10-20 heat recoverable fibres in one direction. This provides the predominant recovery direction of the sleeve, and thus is arranged preferably to extend in the circumferential direction of the sleeve.
- the predominant recovery direction may constitute either the warp or the weft of the fabric. For some applications, particularly where large diameter sleeves are required, it preferably constitutes the warp, enabling large sleeves to be made on reasonable sized machines. Sleeves up to 150 cm or even 300 cm in diameter can be made in this way.
- the heat recoverable fibres are 0.3-0.5mm, especially about 0.4mm in diameter.
- the heat recoverable fibres have a Tex (weight in g per cm) of 50 to 200.
- Each recoverable fibre may comprise, for example, a shrinkable polyethylene fibre.
- the fibres preferably have a tensile strength of at least 0.1 MPa at their recovery temperature.
- the fibres may be monofilaments, multi-filaments, spun staple yarns or yarns produced by fibrillation (eg from film).
- the recovery temperature of the fibres is preferably 100-150°C.
- the sleeve comprises 1-10 heat stable fibres/cm in the other direction, preferably the length direction, of the sleeve.
- a preferred material for those fibres is glass.
- Preferably 6 fibres/cm are included eg 3 pairs/cm.
- the heat stable fibres can (i) enhance the burst strength of the sleeve, eg in applications where the sleeve is subject to internal pressure and (ii) determine the axial strength of the sleeve.
- the sleeve comprises up to 4, preferably 1 to 2, especially 1.5 heat recoverable fibres per cm in the other direction, preferably the length direction, of the sleeve, in addition to those in the first (preferably radial) direction of the sleeve.
- the purpose of these is to achieve a smooth surface after recovery.
- the fabric according to the invention includes a heating wire for supplying heat to effect recovery.
- the wire is preferably arranged in a zig zag configuration with the main length of the wires extending along the length of the sleeve. This is described in EP-A- 0158519 (B100COM EPC).
- the sleeve may be lined with an adhesive or sealant.
- an inner sealing sleeve which is wholly made of adhesive or sealant, or which is lined with adhesive or sealant may be used.
- FIGs 1 and 2 are schematic drawings of a fabric design (broken twill 2/4) according to the invention .
- Figure 1 is a block diagram as used in the fabrication industry. The 6 by 6 square block illustrates the passage of 6 adjacent fibres in each of the warp and the weft. In the diagram the weft extends horizontally and the warp vertically. A white square illustrates a fibre passing over the fibre in the other direction, this is also illustrated in the more literal diagram Figure 2.
- the heat-stable or non-recoverable glass fibres are referenced 1 and the heat-shrinkable polyethylene fibres are referenced 2.
- Figs 3a and 3b shows a fabric sleeve according to the invention positioned around a district heating pipe end before and after recovery.
- the district heating pipe compresses an inner steel pipe 4 and an outer insulation and covering layer 6 which is cut back at its end to bare the steel pipe.
- a heat recoverable, wraparound fabric sleeve 10 of broken twill 2/4 design as illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 is positioned over the transition.
- a heat stable patch 12 is stitched to one longitudinal edge of the sleeve 10.
- the patch is secured to the underlying sleeve to close the wraparound. This securement can be by adhesive or by a mechanical closure. Heat is then applied to recover the sleeve.
- the recovered edges (now designated 10') is shown in contact with the pipe covering the sharp transition in Figure 2.
- HDPE monofilament was chosen to provide the recoverable component
- Mn number average molecular weight 29,400
- M w weight average molecular weight 120,800
- Mn peak molecular weight 57,500
- This fibre has the following properties:
- the HDPE fibres were woven with non-recoverable glass fibres to produce the fabric design illustrated in Figure 1.
- the recoverable HDPE fibres were the only fibres in the warp.
- Recoverable HDPE fibres and glass were in the weft.
- the glass fibres are preferably ones having the designation EC 9 34 tex x 2S152. This type of designation is standard and will be understood by those in the art. Briefly it has the following meaning EC refers to the tex value of the bundles of filaments, x 2S refers to the number of monofilaments in the bundle, 152 refers to the 152 twists in the bundles per metre.
- the warp density was 15 ends /cm, and the weft density was about 4.4 per cm (3 glass bundles and 1.5 HDPE in a 2 glass bundles: 1 HDPE repeating pattern). Hence the warp was the predominant shrink direction.
- the fabric was rendered substantially impervious by laminating to it a low density polyethylene at a thickness of 0.5 mm on both sides. Lamination was carried out at such a temperature, pressure and processing speed that the material permeated the interstices of the fabric but no recovery occurred.
- the resulting composite was subjected to an irradiation step with 16 MeV electrons in air at room temperature for times sufficient to produce the required recovery ratio
- the resulting composite material had a recovery of at least 70%.
- the composite material was used to produce a wraparound sleeve suitable for use for covering a pipe in conjunction with a closure patch.
- the sleeve was arranged with the predominant shrink direction around the circumference.
- the composite material was coated with a hot-melt adhesive on that side which would be inwardly facing when the sleeve was in the wrapped around configuration.
- the adhesive used was applied to a thickness of 1.2 mm.
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- Woven Fabrics (AREA)
- Laminated Bodies (AREA)
- Lining Or Joining Of Plastics Or The Like (AREA)
- Materials For Medical Uses (AREA)
- Details Of Indoor Wiring (AREA)
- Shaping By String And By Release Of Stress In Plastics And The Like (AREA)
- Undergarments, Swaddling Clothes, Handkerchiefs Or Underwear Materials (AREA)
- Protection Of Pipes Against Damage, Friction, And Corrosion (AREA)
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