Method of producing metallic composite pipes
AssigneeNexans
InventorsRalf Egerer, Holger Schulz
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Abstract
A method is provided for producing a pipe from a band which has a layer of a first metal and a layer of a second metal, the layers being metallurgically bonded to one another over the entire length of the band. Along the two longitudinal edges of the band, the first metal is removed from the second metal in strips which run over the entire length of the band. The band is formed into the open-seam pipe with the first metal located on the outside, and the abutting edges of the layer of the second metal are welded to one another forming a pipe which is closed all the way round. In the region of the weld seam, a layer of the first metal is then deposited on the second metal to produce a pipe with a layer of the first metal which is closed all the way round.
Claims8
Method for producing a pipe from a band which has a layer of copper and of a layer of aluminum, the layers being metallurgically bonded to one another over the entire length of the band, where the band, running in longitudinally, is formed into an open-seam pipe such that its longitudinal edges butt against one another along a longitudinally extending slit, and where the slit is welded in order to form a pipe which is closed all the way round, said method comprising the steps of:
- along the two longitudinal edges of the band, the copper is removed from the aluminum in strips which run over the entire length of the band;
- the band is formed into the open-seam pipe with copper located on the outside;
- the abutting edges of the aluminum layer are welded to one another;
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- in the region of the weld seam, a copper layer is deposited on the outside of the pipe on the exposed aluminum to produce a pipe with a copper layer which is closed all the way round.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.