Flexible pipe and method of connecting an end fitting to a pipe body of a flexible pipe

Abstract

A flexible pipe comprising a pipe body, an end fitting, and a retaining material. The pipe body has a first pipe layer formed of a tape comprising a plurality of metallic wires encapsulated in a thermoplastic matrix material. The first pipe layer is at least partially free of the matrix material over a length of the pipe body at a first end thereof so exposing a portion of the metallic wires. The first end of the pipe body is mounted in the end fitting. The end fitting comprises a mounting member concentric to the first pipe layer. The retaining material is applied to the exposed portion of the metallic wires securing the metallic wires to the mounting member. There is also provided a method of connecting an end fitting to a pipe body of a flexible pipe.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.