Method of coating pipe
AssigneeThe Kendall Company
InventorCarlos M. Samour
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Abstract
Steel pipe is provided with protective coating by first applying a corrosion protective coating such as fused powdered epoxy resin or heat activated adhesive or butyl-based pressure-sensitive adhesive adhered to the pipe, then extruding or coextruding an outer polyolefin layer directly onto the corrosion protective coating. The coextrusion step may include an outer layer of high density polyethylene and an inner adherent layer of low density polyethylene, or an outer layer of polyethylene or polypropylene and an inner layer of a copolymer of ethylene or propylene and acrylic acid.
Claims9
A method of coating pipe which comprises the steps of adhering a layer of corrosion protective material to the surface of the pipe to form a cooling thereon, and extruding directly onto said coating a layer comprising polyolefin in overlapping spiral wrapping to form a protective outer sheath over said coating.
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