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US 2014/0312612 A1Published application
End fitting for flexible pipe
AssigneeDeepflex Inc.
InventorsAlok Dhagat, David Michael McCall
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AssigneeDeepflex Inc.
InventorsAlok Dhagat, David Michael McCall
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The present disclosure relates to an end fitting and method to install the end fitting to a flexible pipe. The method includes disposing a shell mandrel at a free end of the flexible pipe external to a jacket of the flexible pipe and performing a cutback of layers of the flexible pipe to expose an internal pressure sheath of the flexible pipe. An armor layer of the flexible pipe is radially outward from an axial direction of the flexible pipe. At least one internal pressure containment transition component and at least one internal pressure sheath seal are installed on the exposed free end of the flexible pipe. The end fitting is assembled such that the at least one internal pressure containment transition component and at least one seal are assembled with non-radial fasteners having a backward facing direction.
A method to install an end fitting to a flexible pipe, the method comprising:
An end fitting for a flexible pipe assembly, the end fitting comprising:
An end fitting for a flexible pipe assembly, the end fitting comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.