Termination assembly for a steel tube umbilical
AssigneeTechnip France
InventorsDaniel Grayson, Christopher Jameson, Anthony Hanson
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Abstract
A termination assembly for a steel tube umbilical, wherein a plurality of the elongated umbilical elements which compose the umbilical are steel tubes, said termination assembly comprising a cavity through which said tubes pass, said cavity being filled with a filler material, at least one of said tubes having at least one region of increased localised diameter at a location within said cavity to define at least one load bearing face on the tube to anchor said at least one tube within said cavity.
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A termination assembly for a steel tube umbilical, wherein a plurality of the elongated umbilical elements which compose the umbilical are steel tubes, said termination assembly comprising a cavity through which said tubes pass, said cavity being filled with a filler material, at least one of said tubes having at least one region of increased localised diameter at a location within said cavity to define at least one load bearing face on the tube to anchor said at least one tube within said cavity.
A method of forming a termination assembly for a steel tube umbilical wherein a plurality of the elongated umbilical elements which compose the umbilical are steel tubes, comprising the steps of passing said steel tubes through a cavity within said termination assembly, forming at least one region of increased localised diameter on at least one of said steel tubes at a location within said cavity to define at least one load bearing face on the tube, filling the cavity with a filler material to anchor said at least one tube within said cavity by means of said at least one region of increased localised diameter.
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