Systems and methods for making pipe, and method of installing the pipe in a pipeline

A system for making a pipe suitable for installation into a degraded pipeline, the system comprising:

• a stand-alone frame;
• rollers on the frame for facilitating movement of the frame with respect to a core pipe extending through the frame;
• the rollers comprising powered rollers, a power generator on the frame, and at least one motor for powering rollers on the frame, the power generator providing power to the at least one motor;
• a roll of wrapping material on the frame, the roll pivotably mounted to the frame for positioning above the core pipe, the roll pivotable so that wrapping of material is at a desired wrapping angle;
• movement apparatus on the frame for moving the frame with respect to the core pipe, the core pipe extending through the frame entirely outside the roll of wrapping material and beneath the roll of wrapping material, the wrapping material to be wrapped down onto the core pipe to form the pipe suitable for installation in a degraded pipeline;
• and
• the frame movable along the core pipe without connection to the core pipe.

A pipe comprising a core pipe wrapped with one or a plurality of layers with wrapping material applied from a system, the system comprising

• a stand-alone frame;
• rollers on the frame for facilitating movement of the frame with respect to a core pipe extending through the frame;
• a roll of wrapping material on the frame, the roll pivotably mounted to the frame for positioning above the core pipe, the roll entirely above the core pipe and the core pipe entirely outside the roll, the roll pivotable so that wrapping of material is at a desired wrapping angle;
• movement apparatus on the frame for moving the frame with respect to the core pipe extending through the frame beneath the roll of wrapping material, the movement apparatus including a power generator on the frame, at least one motor on the frame powered by the power generator, the at least one motor powering rollers on the frame to move the frame, the wrapping material to be wrapped down onto the core pipe to form the pipe suitable for installation in a degraded pipeline;
• the frame movable along the core pipe without connection to the core pipe;
• and
• the pipe a continuous length produced in-situ at a site of a degraded pipeline.