WO2014135906A1 - Flexible metal pipe, method and apparatus for producing the same, and hose comprising the flexible metal pipe - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a flexible metal pipe made from metallic strip, method and apparatus for producing the same, and a hose comprising the flexible metal pipe.
- hose and “flexible conduit” are both used corresponding to the usage of the given technical field; however, for the purposes of the present invention the same thing is meant by these two terms.
- a relatively narrow metallic strip is preformed utilizing profiled rollers, and then the preformed strip is spirally bent into a pipe wherein the profiles may slide over one another as the flexible metal pipe is being bent.
- solutions for making flexible metallic pipes include for instance the so-called corrugated pipe, but these are not relevant for the purposes of the present invention, and therefore will not be discussed in the present specification.
- Patent specification US 3,31 1 , 133 discloses a flexible metal pipe having an interlocking profile comprising a flexible sealing material.
- Patent specification US 1 ,962,428 discloses an interlocking-profile flexible metal pipe produced by winding two separately formed flexible metal pipes into each other.
- Patent specification US 7, 121 ,591 B2 discloses multiple different interlocking-type flexible metal pipes, as well as the couplings thereof.
- Patent specification HU 209 656 B and corresponding specifications EP 0 429 357 A1 and US 6,016,847 disclose an improved version of the well-known interlocking profile for flexible metal pipes, where the interlocking sections contact one another at more than one points.
- Patent specification US 6,668,867 B1 discloses a flexible metal pipe wherein one edge of the strip of metal constituting the flexible is arranged to have a closed section in the profile.
- the metallic strips are profiled utilizing rollers.
- the conventional method is applied only for producing relatively short flexible metal pipes (e.g. having a length of 10-20 m).
- the profile is passed to a rotating conical mandrel, where the profile is "locked", that is, the interlock is created, utilizing further rollers.
- the completed flexible metal pipe undergoes rotating motion together with the mandrel, advancing relative to it in the direction of the axis thereof.
- hoses or flexible conduits comprising an internal flexible metal pipe are disclosed in a number of patent specifications, such as US 4,567,916 mentioned above, or US 6, 145,546 and GB 2,167,521.
- the flexible metal pipe has to be made from a thicker strip material.
- the bending stiffness of the strip steeply increases with increasing thickness, and thereby more robust, bigger and more expensive apparatus is required for making the profile.
- the object of the present invention is therefore to provide a flexible metallic pipe that may be produced easily, and yet it is capable of withstanding high external hydrostatic pressures.
- the flexible metal pipe according to the invention is partially based on the recognition that it is much easier to bend multiple strips of metal placed on top of one another than it is to bend a single, thicker metal strip, while at the same time the resistance to external pressure of the completed flexible metal pipe made from these multiple strips is not significantly reduced compared to a flexible metal pipe having the same total thickness but bent from a single strip.
- multilayer flexible metal pipe the flexible metal pipe according to the invention will be termed "multilayer flexible metal pipe".
- a further advantage of the multilayer flexible metal pipe according to the invention is that, in case of identical geometrical arrangement, the individual strips undergo smaller elongational and compressive deformation than in case of a pipe bent from a single strip. Thereby, the amount of residual stress is reduced, and other parameters, such as sulphide stress cracking (SCC) corrosion in hydrogen sulphide-containing media, and fatigue characteristics, will also become more favourable.
- SCC sulphide stress cracking
- Another advantage is that, since the thinner strips may be bent to smaller radii without damage, the geometry of the flexible metal pipe may be modified in a broader range.
- the invention therefore relates to a flexible metal pipe spirally wound from profiled metal strips, wherein the width of the strip profiles is greater than the axial pitch measured at the direction of the principal axis of the flexible metal pipe, and the profiles may slide over one another as the flexible metal pipe is bent, the essential feature of the solution being that the strip profile is made from at least two substantially or fully overlapping strips.
- the strips of the flexible metal pipe comprise interlocking and overlapping lower and upper folds.
- the flexible metal pipe has a non- interlocking profile.
- the center line of the spine of the profile is preferably shifted from the edge of the strip by 3-5 times the average thickness of the same two neighbouring strips.
- the bottom strip is not folded back, and it covers the lower crevice spirally extending along the interior of the flexible metal pipe; while in another embodiment the upper strip is not folded back, and it covers the upper crevice spirally extending along the exterior of the flexible metal pipe.
- the flexible metal pipe consists of at least three strips, and neither of the bottom or the upper strip is folded back, and both the lower and upper spirally extending crevices, in the interior and on the exterior of the flexible metal pipe, are covered.
- the upper fold of the strips of the flexible metal pipe is wave-shaped and is in contact with the neighbouring profile at a minimum of four locations; and it is also preferable if the angle between the principal direction of the folded-back strip(s) in the upper fold and the principal axis of the flexible metal pipe is 45-90° at least in a given area.
- the overlapping strips constituting the flexible metal pipe according to the invention are permanently secured to one another at a number of locations.
- the strips may for instance be secured to one another, by means of welding, either at the spine of the flexible metal pipe profile, or at the upper or lower flat, non-folded back section thereof.
- the strips are adhesively bonded together over their entire overlapping surface utilizing an adhesive that is in liquid state when the flexible metal pipe is formed, and provides a fixed bond after the manufacturing has been finished.
- the scope of the invention also includes such hoses or flexible conduits that comprise the above described multilayer flexible metal pipe as their innermost layer or external armouring.
- the invention further relates to a method for producing the flexible metal pipe, comprising the steps of profiling the strips constituting the flexible metal pipe in a manner known per se, and making a pipe from the strips by winding them on a conical mandrel. This may be carried out by joining together the strips constituting the flexible metal pipe according to the invention, and then shaping them together, or, preferably, forming at least the spine of the profile prior to forming a pipe from the strips, in a spatially or temporally separated manner for each strip, and joining the strips together only then.
- the centre of the respective spines of the individual strips is shifted relative to the edge of the strip by a value proportional to the average thickness of the two neighbouring strips, the value being 3-5 times the average thickness of said strips.
- the invention also relates to an apparatus for carrying out the inventive method, wherein, in a manner known per se, the flexible metal pipe being manufactured and the manufacturing apparatus undergo both rotational and translational motion relative to each other, and the apparatus comprises a drum or reel adapted for unwinding the strips or pre-profiled strips as well as pairs of shaping rollers and profiled rollers, where the apparatus provides internal concentric support for the completed flexible metal pipe, the essential feature of the apparatus being that it has a die tool or a pair of rollers capable of joining together multiple strips.
- the apparatus is preferably capable of joining together several preprofiled strips, and comprises a die tool or a pair of pressure rollers that correspond in shape to the shape of the preprofiled strips.
- a conceivable embodiment of the apparatus according to the invention is capable of making the multilayer flexible metal pipe directly over the surface of a hose.
- the hose undergoes only rotation, while the apparatus advances in the axial direction of the machine at a rate corresponding to the pitch of the flexible metal pipe.
- the inventive apparatus comprises rollers mounted on hydraulic or pneumatic cylinders, the axis of the rollers can move radially towards the axis of the flexible metal pipe.
- Fig. 1 shows a semi-sectionai view of a preferred embodiment of the multilayer flexible metal pipe according to the invention.
- Fig. 2 shows a magnified view of the interlocking profile of a preferred embodiment of the multilayer flexible metal pipe according to the invention.
- Fig. 3 shows a magnified view of the interlocking profile of a further conceivable embodiment of the multilayer flexible metal pipe according to the invention.
- Fig. 4 shows a magnified view of a further preferred embodiment of the multilayer flexible metal pipe according to the invention, having non-interlocking profile.
- Fig. 5 the preprofited strip applied for manufacturing the multilayer flexible metal pipe according to the invention is shown in the initial phase of preprofiling.
- Fig. 6 illustrates a conceivable embodiment of the apparatus for manufacturing the multilayer flexible metal pipe according to the invention.
- Fig. 7 illustrates a conceivable embodiment of an apparatus capable of forming external armouring to a rubber hose as multilayer flexible metal pipe according to the invention.
- the multilayer flexible metal pipe according to the invention is made from spirally wound profiled metal strips 1 , 2,...i, wherein the width / of the strip profiles is greater than the axial pitch P measured in the direction of the principal axis of the flexible metal pipe, and the profiles may slide over one another as the flexible metal pipe is bent, and the strip profile is made from at least two substantially or fully overlapping strips 1, 2,...i.
- the profile is interlocking, and has a lower fold 7 and upper fold 10 that overlap each other at a length a.
- the multilayer flexible metal pipe according to the invention comprises a non-interlocking profile termed S-profile.
- the bottom strip 1 is not folded back, and it covers the lower crevice 16 spirally extending in the interior of the flexible metal pipe. Thereby, the inside surface of such a flexible metal pipe is substantially smooth.
- the upper strip is not folded back, and it covers the upper crevice 46 spirally extending on the exterior of the flexible metal pipe.
- the outside surface of such a flexible metai pipe is substantially smooth.
- the pipe is made from at least three strips, and neither of the bottom strip
- the curved section 1 1 of the upper fold 10 is wave-shaped and is in contact with the neighbouring profile at a minimum of four locations 12, 13, 14, 15.
- the angle between the the curved section 1 1 of the folded-back strip(s) and the axis of the flexible metal pipe is preferably 45-90°, at least in a given area. In Fig. 3 this angle is denoted by a.
- the overlapping strips 1 , 2, .. / constituting the flexible metal pipe according to the invention are permanently bonded to one another locally.
- the strips may be bonded to one another at locations arranged along the spine 5 of the flexible metal pipe profile, or in either or both of the upper non-folded back, straight section 9 or the lower straight, non-folded back section 6, for instance by spot welding, resistance welding, soldering, or adhesive bonding.
- an adhesive that is in a liquid state when the metal is shaped and sets only later, the overlapping strips 1 , 2 ... i may be secured together over their entire surface.
- Such adhesives are for instance cyanoacrylate-, epoxy resin-, or polyurethane- based adhesives that are all known to the person skilled in the art.
- Fig. 1 illustrates a flexible metal pipe 45 according to the invention that comprises a conventional, interlocking profile consisting of two strips overlapping over their entire surface.
- Fig. 2 shows a magnified cross-sectional view of the flexible metal pipe shown in Fig. 1.
- the flexible metal pipe is formed from a lower strip 1 and a second strip 2 that overlap substantially over their entire surface.
- the term "bottom strip” will be used below to refer to the strip that is disposed radially further inwards than the other with respect to the axis of the flexible metal pipe before the interlocking sections are made by back-folding the strips. It should be noted here that in the folded-back sections the bottom strip 1 is located radially further outwards from the axis of the hose.
- the finalised profile has a width / as measured parallel with the longitudinal axis of the flexible metal pipe, the total height of the profile being h measured in the radial direction, and the interlocking profile having an axial pitch P in the direction of the axis of the flexible metal pipe.
- a spine 5 is disposed approximately in the center line of the flexible metal pipe profile.
- the profile further comprises a straight bottom section 6 disposed nearly parallel with the axis of the flexible metal pipe, a lower fold 7 having a straight section 8 that is disposed nearly parallel with the axis of the flexible metal pipe, an upper straight section 9 that is disposed also parallel with the axis of the flexible metal pipe, and an upper fold 10 that has a curved back-folded section 1 1 .
- the degree of interlock is determined by the overlap a between the straight section 8 of the lower fold 7 and the curved back-folded section 1 1 of the upper fold 10.
- the lower fold 7 and the upper fold 10 are in contact at two points, at a bottom point of contact 12 and an upper point of contact 3.
- a lower crevice 16 extends spirally along the interior of the flexible metal pipe, the lower crevice 16 having a pitch P.
- the drawing also shows the upper crevice 46.
- Fig. 3 presents a preferred embodiment of the flexible metal pipe according to the invention, wherein the profile is made up from three overlapping strips: a bottom strip 1 , a second strip 2, and a third strip 3.
- the second strip 2 and the third strip 3 overlap each other substantially over their entire surface, and they also overlap the bottom strip 1 over the greater part of its surface.
- a spine 5 is disposed approximately in the center line of the flexible metal pipe profile.
- the profile further comprises a straight bottom section 6 disposed nearly parallel with the axis of the flexible metal pipe, and a lower fold 7 having a straight section 8 that is also disposed nearly parallel with the axis of the flexible metal pipe.
- the lower fold 7 is made up of only the second strip 2 and the third strip 3, the bottom strip 1 not being folded back over this section so that it covers the crevice 16 which is detrimental from the aspect of hydrodynamics.
- the flexible metal pipe shown in Fig. 3 further comprises an upper straight section 9 that is nearly parallel with the axis of the flexible metal pipe, an upper fold 10 having a curved back-folded section 1 1 , and an upper crevice 46.
- the curved folded-back section 1 1 is wave-shaped, such that the lower fold 7 and the upper fold 10 are in contact at four points, at a bottom point of contact 12, an upper point of contact 13, a second bottom point of contact 14, and a second upper point of contact 15.
- the advantageous features of the multilayer flexible metal pipe according to the invention manifest themselves here as well: since the individual strips are thinner, in the curved folded-back section 1 1 the bend radius R of the strips at the inside arc may be significantly smaller than in case of conventional flexible metal pipes. In the curved folded-back section 1 1 the angle a between the steeply angled portion of the wave and the axis of the flexible metal pipe may be as high as 90°.
- Fig. 4 illustrates a conceivable embodiment of the multilayer flexible metal pipe according to the invention.
- This embodiment of the inventive flexible metal pipe has a non-interlocking, so-called S-profile, and constitutes of four strips overlapping one another over substantially their entire surface: a bottom strip 1 , a second strip 2, a third strip 3, and a fourth strip 4.
- the pitch P of the spiral-shaped metal strip profile of the multilayer flexible metal pipe according to the invention is smaller than the width / thereof, the flexible metal pipe constitutes of of at least two strips overlapping each other over the greater part or the entirety of their surface: the bottom strip , the second strip 2, etc.
- the multilayer flexible metal pipe according to the invention may be made from more than two strips, that is, from three, four or more strips that overlap each other over the greater part or the entirety of their surface.
- the thicknesses of the strips may either be identical or different.
- the multilayer flexible metal pipe according to the present invention may have either interlocking or non-interlocking profiles.
- the profile is interlocking, and the curved section 1 1 of the upper fold 10 is arranged such that the lower fold 7 and the upper fold 10 contact each other at more than two points.
- the curved folded-back section 1 1 is wave-shaped. In specific cases the curved folded-back section 1 1 may form more than one wave.
- the bottom strip 1 does not constitute a part of the lower fold 7, and only the second strip 2 (and the optionally included further strips 3, 4...i) are folded back.
- the lower crevice 16, which increases the flow resistance of flexible metal pipes, is covered by the bottom strip 1 , thereby significantly reducing flow resistance. It should be noted that it is expedient to choose the direction of flow such that the edge of the bottom strip 1 does not face the flow.
- relative motions should be considered.
- the flexible metal pipe being manufactured may undergo both rotational and translational motion, while the manufacturing machine either remains fixed, or may rotate around the flexible metal pipe that undergoes only translational motion.
- the apparatus according to the invention may also be mounted on a trolley, and may be adapted to hose manufacturing machines wherein the hose undergoes only rotational motion while the profiling device advances in the direction of the axis of the hose.
- the smaller force requirement allows the operation to be carried out over the surface of such a hose that comprises an integrated coupling.
- the strips making up the flexible metal pipe are either joined, and then shaped together, or in a preferred manner the spine 5 of each strip is initially made as the strip is passed between a respective pair of rollers.
- the preprofiled strip applied for manufacturing the flexible metal pipe, comprising three strips, according to the invention is shown in the initial phase of preprofiling, when only the spine 5 is profiled, and the strips are not yet joined together.
- the position of the spine 5 in the strip is chosen such that in the completed flexible metal pipe the edges of the strips are approximately aligned with one another, !n case the bottom strip 1 has a thickness v 1t the second strip 2 has a thickness V2, and that of the i-th strip is v the centre of the spine 5 should be shifted between the bottom strip 1 and the second strip 2 by an amount n, and between the -th and /+ -th strip, by an amount Xj,j+i,in proportion to the average thickness of the strips.
- the shift distance x ⁇ is defined by equation (1 ):
- k is between 3-5, that is, the shift distance is 3- 5 times the average thickness of the two neighbouring strips.
- the center line of the spine 5 of the profile is shifted from the edge of the strip by 3-5 times the average thickness of the same two neighbouring strips.
- the spines 5 of the strips of the flexible metal pipe are produced first, separately for each strip. That is, for each strip the spines 5 of the individual strips are formed in a temporally or spatially separated manner. This is to mean that the spines are either made simultaneously but in a spatially separated manner, utilizing separate pairs of rollers, or the strips are made as prefabricated items such that the spines 5 of the individual strips are formed at shifted positions corresponding to the position of the given strip in the assembled pipe.
- the strips are joined together and, in a manner known to the person skilled in the art, the shape of the flexible metal pipe is finalised utilizing further forming rollers.
- shaped portions such as the profile corresponding to the curved or wave-shaped folded-back section 1 1 , or parts of the folded-back sections 7, 10, may also be formed prior to joining the strips together.
- the individual strips 1 , 2 ... / are then joined together, and the flexible metal pipe comprising an interlocking or a non-interlocking profile is made in a manner known per se.
- the apparatus according to the invention has a die tool or pair of rollers capable of joining together multiple strips.
- the apparatus comprises an unwinding device capable of simultaneously unwinding at least two strips, as well as at least two pairs of rollers capable of preforming the strips of the flexible metal pipe independently of one another.
- the apparatus further comprises a die tool or a pair of profiled rollers capable of joining the preformed strips together.
- FIG. 6 A preferred embodiment of the apparatus according to the invention is presented in more detail referring to Fig. 6.
- an apparatus wherein the manufacturing machine is secured to the ground and the completed flexible metal pipe undergoes simultaneous rotating and translating motion is presented.
- the completed flexible metal pipe undergoes only translating motion relative to the ground, and the machine rotates around the flexible metal pipe.
- the completed flexible metal pipe undergoes only rotation, preferably on a rigid mandrel, or on a hose disposed on a rigid mandrel, while the manufacturing machine advances in the direction of the axis of the flexible metal pipe at a rate corresponding to the pitch of the pipe.
- Fig. 6 illustrates an apparatus for producing two-layer flexible metal pipes.
- the apparatus comprises two unwinding devices, namely an unwinding device 17 adapted to unwind the bottom strip 1 , and an unwinding device 18 adapted to unwind the second strip 2.
- pairs of driven profiled rollers 19, 20 are included, while the spine 5 of the second strip 2 is made utilizing pairs of driven profiled rollers 21 , 22.
- the bottom strip 1 and the second strip 2 are aiso joined together applying a pair of rollers 23. Pairs of profiled rollers 24, 25 are adapted for further shaping the joined-together strips 1 , 2.
- the preformed and joined-together strips 1 , 2 are interlocked by a driven, rotating conical mandrel 26 and profiled rollers 27, 28, 29 disposed around it.
- the rollers 27, 28, 29 are adapted to be mechanically positioned both radially and axially (parallel with and perpendicular to the direction of the principal axis of the conical mandrel 26).
- Internal concentric support for the completed flexible metal pipe 45 may be provided either by the driven, rotating conical mandrel 26, or a hose 38 itself as shown in Fig. 7 to be discussed below.
- a further preferred embodiment of the apparatus according to the invention is capable of making a flexible metal pipe having an interlocking profile over the surface of a completed rubber hose 38 comprising a coupling.
- a problem is posed here by the fact that the external surface of the hose (the cover) is relatively soft and does not provide sufficient support for withstanding the high forces required for shaping conventional single-layer flexible metal pipes.
- the inventive flexible metal pipe may be shaped applying lower forces.
- such hoses have a conical surface section next to their coupling, involving that the diameter of the flexible metal pipe should also change over this section, which also poses a problem, since the mechanically positioned rollers 27, 28, 29 are not capable of following such a change in diameter.
- the lower fold 7 and the upper fold 0 are formed by rollers that are either driven by the strip itself that constitutes flexible metal pipe, or have electric or hydraulic torque assist drive means.
- the rollers can be moved radially with respect to the axis of the hose by hydraulic or pneumatic cylinders 35, 36, 37, and the force between the rollers and the flexible metal pipe may be adjusted by adjusting the pressure of the cylinders such that the multilayer strip profile constituting the flexible metal pipe is bent to an interlocking shape.
- the hose undergoes only rotating motion, while the pipe manufacturing apparatus moves parallel with the axis of the hose.
- FIG. 7 By way of example, the apparatus presented herein utilizes a two- layer flexible metal pipe 45, but a pipe comprising more than two layers may obviously also be applied.
- the production of the preprofiled strips 40, 41 is temporally separated from applying the strips to the hose.
- the hose 38 to which the external flexible metal pipe is to be applied is secured to a mandrel 39.
- the unit adapted for applying the flexible metal pipe to the hose is mounted on a trolley 42 that advances parallel with the common axis of the hose 38 and the mandrel 39 such that for each turn of the mandrel 39 the trolley 42 moves by an amount corresponding to the pitch P of the completed flexible metal pipe 45.
- the preprofiled strips 40, 41 are joined together applying a pair of rollers 23 to form a joined-together preprofiled strip 30.
- the joined-together preprofiled strip 30 is passed to the surface of the hose and to the rollers 32, 33, 34 adapted for interlocking the profile, through a die tool 31 having a corresponding shape.
- the rollers 32, 33, 34 are pressed against the joined-together preprofiled strip 30 by pneumatic or hydraulic cylinders 35, 36, 37.
- the rollers 32, 33, 34 are adapted to be mechanically positioned in a direction parallel with the principal axis of the hose.
- the method for producing multilayer flexible metal pipes comprises the steps of profiling the strips 1 ,2,... i constituting the flexible metal pipe in a manner known per se, and making a pipe from the strips by winding them on a conical mandrel. At least the spine 5 of the profile is formed prior to forming a pipe from the strips, in a spatially or temporally separated manner for each strip, the strips then being joined together.
- the centre of the respective spines 5 of the individual strips is shifted relative to the edge of the strip by a value proportional to the average thickness of the two neighbouring strips, the value being 3-5 times the average thickness of said strips.
- the flexible metal pipe being manufactured and the manufacturing apparatus according to the invention undergo both rotational and translational motion relative to each other.
- the apparatus comprises a die tool 31 and/or a pair of pressure rollers 23 corresponding in shape to the shape of the preprofiled strips, and capable of joining together multiple preprofiled strips 1 , 2 ... / .
- the hose or mandrel undergoes only rotary motion, while the apparatus advances in the axial direction of the machine at a rate corresponding to the pitch of the flexible metal pipe, and the apparatus comprises force-controlled rollers 32, 33, 34 adapted for interlocking the joined strips 1 , 2, ...i, where the rollers are mounted on hydraulic or pneumatic cylinders 35, 36, 37 such that the rollers can be moved radially towards the axis the flexible metal pipe.
- the scope of the invention also includes hoses and flexible conduits equipped with the multilayer flexible metal pipe according to the invention, irrespective of whether the inventive multilayer flexible metal pipe is applied as an internal stripwound pipe (carcass) or external armouring for bonded (rubber) or unbonded (plastic) hoses.
- inventive multilayer flexible metal pipe is applied as an internal stripwound pipe (carcass) or external armouring for bonded (rubber) or unbonded (plastic) hoses.
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