Composite flexible pipe and method of manufacture
AssigneeDeepflex Inc.
InventorBin Chen
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Abstract
Embodiments disclosed herein relate to one or more embodiments of and methods to make a reinforced flexible pipe. The reinforced flexible pipe includes a pipe structure, a first composite tape member having a T-shaped cross section, and a second composite tape member having a T-shaped cross section, in which the first composite tape member is wrapped on the pipe structure in a first orientation and the second composite tape member is wrapped on the pipe structure in a second orientation. One or more embodiments relate to a method of forming the same.
Claims19
A reinforced flexible pipe comprising:
- a pipe structure;
- a first composite tape member having a T-shaped cross section;
- and a second composite tape member having a T-shaped cross section,
- wherein the first composite tape member is wrapped on the pipe structure in a first orientation and the second composite tape member is wrapped on the pipe structure in a second orientation, and
- wherein the first composite tape member and the second composite tape member each comprise a plurality of laminated strips of material.
A method of forming a flexible reinforced pipe, the method comprising:
- forming a first tape with a T-shaped cross section;
- forming a second tape with a T-shaped cross section;
- wrapping the first tape on a pipe structure in a first orientation;
- wrapping the second tape on the pipe structure in a second orientation, and
- wrapping a polymer layer on the first tape between the first tape and the second tape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.