Abstract:
This device comprises two movable elements of rigid material tightly interconnected by means of a deformable membrane forming therewith a tight internal enclosure, means for varying abruptly the volume of said enclosure by successively moving the two elements away from each other, maintaining them in spaced relationship and allowing them to be urged toward each other by the effect of the external hydrostatic pressure, in which the means for moving the two elements away from each other includes two cylinders and at least one piston slidable in one of said cylinders, associated to one of said movable elements and also to a push-member slidable in one of the cylinders and bearing on the other movable element and means for feeding said cylinder with pressurized fluid so as to maintain the elements in spaced relationship or to release them.
Abstract:
Pressure sensor comprising a rigid tubular element housing an elongated support member, solid or fixed with the sensitive element in the vicinity of one of its end portions, said support element being made of a deformable material and comprising an enlargement shifted or extended with respect to said end portions and in contact with the internal surface of the tubular element.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method of manufacturing sheets based on hydraulic binder, particularly sheets of plasterboard with feathered edges. This method comprises the steps of: 1) making a mark (301) on a facing (2 or 3) of the preform (5); 2) detecting the mark (301); and 3) sending an actuating signal to a device (9) for cutting the preform (5). The invention also relate to a production line for producing such sheets, and to an apparatus, particularly for making an impression (12, 12bis) in a preform (5). This apparatus comprises: a frame (101); first (102, 103) and second (105, 106) pulleys; two belts (108, 109) wrapped around the pulleys (102, 103, 105, 106); at least one wire (111) extending between these belts (108, 109) so that its axis is parallel to the axis of the pulleys (102, 103, 105, 106).
Abstract:
A production line for producing sheets based on hydraulic binder, the production line including in an upstream zone of the production line, marking device for marking a facing material of the preform with a mark; in a downstream zone of the production line, detecting device for detecting the mark made by the marking device; a cutting device; and an actuating device for actuating said cutting device after receiving a detection signal from the detection device.
Abstract:
The invention is a method and device for permanent seismic monitoring of an underground formation by means of one or more seismic emission-reception sets comprising a source (S) such as a vibrator and elastic wave receivers (R1, R2, . . . , Rn) such as geophones and/or hydrophones. A well (W) is drilled into the ground. Seismic receivers (R1 to Rn) are lowered therein and coupled with the surrounding formation. The section of the well is widened in the upper part thereof so as to form a cavity (P) against whose walls the seismic source (S) is pressed. Receivers (R) and source (S) are connected to an outside signal control and acquisition station (ST). The wells (W) can be exploration wells that are drilled for example around wells intended for production of reservoirs containing fluids, or mixed exploration and production wells. Each source can also be coupled with a cavity next to the well. The operations intended for setting of these equipments are relatively simple and the site coverage area of the various wells is reduced, which facilitates their integration in reservoir production sites. The method and device can be applied for monitoring of oil-bearing reservoirs or of gas storage reservoirs.
Abstract:
The hydrophone according to the invention comprises at least one detection unit (1) comprising a casing made up of two cups (2a, 2b) resting on each other by a peripheral rim (3), each one of them being provided with a flexible central part, and a sensitive element (4) associated with electrodes, that is fastened to the central part of the cups, on the outer face thereof, a hollowed flat centering element (6) made of a deformable material, into which at least one casing is fitted, intended to be inserted into a tube (9) along an axial plane thereof, this centering element being provided for example with an inner slot (8) for fitting in the peripheral rim of the two cups (2a, 2b) of the casing, and a sealed protective coating (11) sheathing detection unit (1), and a part of the inner face of tube (9). Once the centering element is introduced in the tube, the substance forming the coating is injected into a thin space provided around the centering element by a two-legged moulding piece (13a, 13b) that is inserted into the tube. The hydrophone can be used in geophysical prospecting or subsea listening for example.
Abstract:
The transducer comprises for example a block (1) of sensitive elements such as piled piezoelectric disks held up by a stud bolt between two ferrules and a shell (8) all in one piece, that is arranged around the piling with a concave central part (8A) extended on either side by a solid cylindrical part (8 B, 8 C). Two sleeves are arranged at the two opposite ends of the transducer and elastic elements (14) for decoupling them in relation to the vibrating block (1) are interposed. A flexible housing (18) can be placed around the shell (8) so as to insulate from the outside environment the inner volume of the transducer that can be filled with a fluid such as oil. Connecting means allow the vibrating block to be connected to an exciting voltage source. The transducer can be used for the emission of vibrations at sea or in wells and notably petroleum or gas wells for example.
Abstract:
A process for installing seismic sensors inside a petroleum production well equipped with a cemented casing involves arranging the seismic sensors along an outer surface of the casing before being descended into a drilled well and cementing a ring-shaped space between the casing and the well so as to acoustically connect the sensors to geological formations. The sensors and transmission cables which link them to the surface are secured to centering devices guiding the descent of the casing or to the casing outer wall, possibly by means of a coating of damping material. The sensors may be inserted into sleeves secured outside the casing.
Abstract:
A device for generating acoustic pulses by driving suddenly into a body lowered in a well a piston having a face in contact with the liquid contained in the well and adapted for sliding inside said body. The device comprises a valve securely fixed to the piston, a second piston and a hydraulic system disposed completely in the body and comprising principally a pump, electro-valves, an equalizing cylinder, a low pressure reservoir and supply circuits, for moving the valve and the piston to a set position and for immobilizing it intermittently.
Abstract:
An injection molding installation includes a box-like mounting base 1 on which are disposed a molding press 2 and a pressure injection apparatus 3. The press 2 includes fixed opposite end plates 4 and 7 mounted directly on the base 1 and an intermediate movable plate 5 slidably bearing on the base via an adaptor wedge A. The injection apparatus includes a motor driven rotary screw conveyor 18 and a plastics material feed funnel 19, and is removably mounted on the base 1 via an interchangeable support rail 22 clamped by internal cross bars 25 to the base or to intermediate spacer inserts 26 mounted thereon. The use of the adaptor wedge and interchangeable support rails enables the accommodation and mounting of molding presses and injection apparatuses having different sizes and configurations on a common and thus standardized mounting base.