Method of reducing leak or risk of leak in pipe system
AssigneeInnotia Eesti Oü
InventorMika Lokkinen
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Abstract
A method of reducing a leak or a risk of a leak of a pipe system is disclosed. The pipe system is filled with a composition that includes metal powder and xylenes, and a pressure is applied to the filled pipe system and the pipe system is drained of said composition. Also, the use of a composition for reducing a leak or a risk of a leak of a pipe system is disclosed.
Claims14
A method of reducing a leak or a risk of a leak of a pipe system, comprising:
- a. introducing a sealing composition into said pipe system;
- b. removing gases from said pipe system and filling the pipe system with said sealing composition;
- c. applying pressure to said sealing composition within said pipe system;
- d. draining said pipe system partially of said sealing composition and collecting the drained sealing composition;
- wherein said sealing composition is a single component composition comprising metal powder and xylenes, and said partial draining leaving a film of said sealing composition onto an inner surface of said pipe system.
The method of using a single component composition comprising at least 3 weight percent of metal powder and at least one of m-xylene, p-xylene and o-xylene, for reducing a leak or a risk of a leak of a pipe system by forming a film of said sealing composition onto an inner surface of said a pipe system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.