Pipe processing systems and methods
AssigneeAdvanced Drainage Systems, Inc.
InventorsNicholas James Piazza, Owen Michael Atchison, Tyler James Frost
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Abstract
A disclosed pipe scuffing device includes a frame and a shaft coupled to the frame and configured to rotate about a central axis. The pipe scuffing device also includes a drive motor configured to drive the rotation of the shaft. The device further includes one or more abrasive wheels disposed about the shaft and having an abrasive outer surface configured to engage an outer surface of a pipe when rotating with the shaft to remove one or more contaminants from the outer surface of the pipe.
Claims17
A pipe processing system, comprising:
- a pipe scuffing system, comprising:
- a pipe scuffing device comprising an abrasive wheel assembly including one or more abrasive wheels having an abrasive surface and being configured to contact an outer surface of a pipe;
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- a control system configured to control the pipe scuffing device to selectively engage and disengage the one or more abrasive wheels with the outer surface of the pipe;
- a pipe positioning system comprising a support configured to support the pipe;
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- wherein the pipe scuffing device further comprises a frame configured to support the abrasive wheel assembly and to couple to the support such that the abrasive wheel assembly is configured to ascend and descend along a vertical length of the frame to engage and disengage with the pipe.
A pipe scuffing device, comprising:
- a frame;
- a shaft coupled to the frame and configured to rotate about a central axis;
- a drive motor configured to drive the rotation of the shaft;
- one or more abrasive wheels disposed about the shaft and comprising an abrasive outer surface configured to engage an outer surface of a pipe when rotating with the shaft to remove one or more contaminants from the outer surface of the pipe;
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- a guide roller coupled to the frame and configured to engage the pipe when the one or more abrasive wheels engage the pipe to determine a depth of scuffing of the pipe.
A pipe scuffing system, comprising:
- a corrugated pipe having a pitch defined by one or more corrugations disposed along a corrugated outer wall having axially adjacent, outwardly-extending corrugation crests, separated by corrugation valleys;
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- a pipe scuffing device comprising a plurality of abrasive wheels each having an abrasive surface, wherein a ratio of a width of each of the plurality of flap wheels to the pitch of the corrugated pipe is between ⅓ and ⅙.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.