Tubular connection with self-locking threading used in the oil industry
AssigneesVallourec Oil and Gas France, Nippon Steel Corporation
InventorsPierre Martin, Eric Verger
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AssigneesVallourec Oil and Gas France, Nippon Steel Corporation
InventorsPierre Martin, Eric Verger
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A threaded connection includes first and second tubular components, each including a respective male and female end. The male and female ends each include at least one threaded zone and finish in a terminal surface. The male threaded zone includes a first portion in which a width of teeth, CWTp, increases from a value CWTpmin corresponding to a width of a tooth closest to the terminal surface of the male end to a value CWTpmax corresponding to a width of a tooth furthest from the terminal surface. A width of teeth CWTb of the female threaded zone decreases from a value CWTbmax corresponding to a width of a tooth furthest from the terminal surface of the female end to a value CWTbmin corresponding to a width of a tooth closest to the terminal surface. The threaded zones cooperate in accordance with a self-locking make-up, with CWTpmin/CWTbmax≥0.2 and CWTbmin/CWTpmax≤CWTpmin/CWTbmax.
A threaded connection comprising:
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