Abstract:
Apparatus which may be mounted upon a lay barge to weld an end of a pipe spool to an end of a pipeline used under water, includes a stand fixed to the pipeline to support and secure its outer end, a pipe spool support which may hold a spool in coaxial relationship with the pipeline and with one end abutting the outer end of the pipeline, a laser positioned to direct a beam of coherent radiation along the axis of the pipeline, a reflection system including a mirror mounted for movement through an arc of 360.degree. in the path of the laser beam to reflect that beam radially on the abutting ends of the pipeline and pipe spool, and a laser energy source for generating a beam of sufficient intensity to weld together the abutting ends of the pipeline and the pipe spool.
Abstract:
A diffusion bonding method has a step of adjusting ends of material to be bonded before bonding the material after setting the materials in the diffusion bonding apparatus, whereas a diffusion bonding apparatus has a mechanism for finishing ends of materials to be bonded so that both ends face parallel to each other.
Abstract:
A mobile automated pipeline welding and quality control system comprising a gas metal arc welding carriage and a weld data monitor and acquisition unit. The welding carriage carries a welding torch, wire feed device for feeding consumable wire to the torch, an oscillator for oscillating the torch and a motorized drive mechanism for moving the carriage about a weldment. A controller for the carriage includes digital control circuitry for dosed loop control of the drive, oscillator and wire feed devices. By default, the controller operates each device at one of a plurality of pre-programmed nominal speeds selected from a mode table. The controller is responsive to drive, oscillation and wire feed speed variation signals under the control of an operator, and varies the speed of each device within speed ranges which are selected to ensure compliance with welding specifications. The monitor has voltage and current transducers for measuring current and voltage at the welding torch. The controller supplies the monitor with speed data relating to the drive, oscillator and wire feed devices. All of this information can be displayed and recorded in the monitors memory. In addition, the monitor can compute and display the heat input into the weld based on the detected welding parameters. This information allows the operator to make minute adjustments during the welding process to ensure that a weld falls within specifications.
Abstract:
Improved welding method and padeye processing speeds up the connection of individual joints by peripheral fusion welding while the joint to be added stands vertically atop an existing pipe string also standing vertical in the rig floor. A plurality of welders can operate to speed up completion of the weld by removing heat from the pipe during the welding process. Heat is removed by the use of fluid cuffs near the weld area and, optionally, by using a spool within the pipe string to dispense expansion cooled air against the inner pipe wall in the vicinity of the weld. A special improved padeye is provided for welding near the pipe ends for handling. The padeye has a divided profile, a hole for a lifting shackle, and it will be accepted within the skirt of the lead system of the driving hammer. The upper end of the padeye can be cut from the pipe while the pipe is resting, on rig related structure, on the lower surface of the padeye.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method and apparatus to control and verify weld-quality in a homopolar pulsed weld by measuring in-process parameters. Methods are disclosed for real-time weld-quality control in a weld-quality control system for homopolar pulsed welding, including measuring at least one in-process parameters that correlates to a resulting weld-quality of a weld. Further, methods are disclosed for post-process weld-quality verification for homopolar pulsed welding, including identifying at least one in-process parameter that may be used as a post-process weld-quality verification parameter and utilizing such a post-process weld-quality verification parameter to verify the weld-quality after a homopolar pulsed welding process.
Abstract:
An apparatus method for pipe end preparation and end to end welding of pipes comprises a stationary annular clamp (4) for both clamping and round up of pipes (2). It also has one or two rotating tool carrier rings (5) mounted at one or both sides of the clamp (4) on a track (6). The rotating ring may have thereon devices for cutting, machining of grooves, welding and non-destructive testing (NDT). The round up of the pipe is performed via 6 or more clamping shoes independently operated by screw jacks (18), a wedge mechanism (15) or directly acting hydraulic cylinders.
Abstract:
A mold is disclosed for conducting molten weld metal from a crucible to a position surrounding the abutting ends of two pipe joints to fuse the weld metal and the abutting pipe ends.