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公开(公告)号:US10537940B2
公开(公告)日:2020-01-21
申请号:US15544252
申请日:2016-01-14
申请人: Acergy France SAS
发明人: Cesar Atin , Jaques Lacome
IPC分类号: B23B5/16 , B23C3/12 , B23K28/02 , B23Q17/20 , B23Q17/22 , B23Q17/24 , B24B9/00 , G01B11/25 , B23K26/57 , B23K37/02 , B24B49/12
摘要: A method measures an edge of a workpiece by scanning. The scanning is performed by a scanning tool mounted on a moving head of an edge-facing machine while that moving head is moved along the edge to be measured before, during or after an edge facing tool of the edge-facing machine that faces the edge. The method can be performed by an edge-facing machine that includes at least one edge facing tool and that further includes a scanning tool mounted on a movable head of the machine, which head is movable along an edge of a workpiece.
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公开(公告)号:US20190009354A1
公开(公告)日:2019-01-10
申请号:US16068093
申请日:2017-01-05
申请人: Acergy France SAS
发明人: Cesar Atin , Jacques Lacome
CPC分类号: B23K9/0286 , B23K37/0211 , B23K37/0217 , B23K37/0258 , B23K37/0276 , B23K2101/10 , H01R4/643
摘要: A support ring supports a welding ring to guide welding bugs around a coated pipe section. The support ring has a tubular body to support the welding ring, the body having substantially circular curvature around a longitudinal axis. At least one grounding extension connected to the body is offset longitudinally and radially outwardly with respect to the body and the longitudinal axis. This allows the grounding extension to lie radially outboard of a parent coating of the pipe section while the body encircles a cut-back end zone where the parent coating has been cut back. Pipe sections abutting end-to-end for welding can each be fitted with these support rings. This enables welding rings to encircle both of the cut-back end zones and allows effective grounding connections to be made without enlarging the cut-back end zones.
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公开(公告)号:US10016840B2
公开(公告)日:2018-07-10
申请号:US15310777
申请日:2015-05-13
申请人: Acergy France SAS
IPC分类号: B23K20/12 , B23K37/02 , B23K37/053 , B23K101/10
CPC分类号: B23K20/129 , B23K20/123 , B23K20/1235 , B23K20/1255 , B23K20/126 , B23K37/0276 , B23K37/0531 , B23K2101/10
摘要: A method of fabricating a metal pipeline by friction stir welding (FSW) along a circumferential interface includes spinning first and second FSW tools about respective axes of rotation in contact with a pipe wall to heat, plasticize, and stir respective zones of plasticized metal at the interface. The zone of plasticized metal produced by the second FSW tool extends deeper into the pipe wall than the zone of plasticized metal produced by the first FSW tool. Relative circumferential movement of the FSW tools along the interface is controlled such that the second FSW tool following the first FSW tool enters the zone of plasticized metal produced by the first FSW tool while the metal in that zone remains plastic.
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公开(公告)号:US10386175B2
公开(公告)日:2019-08-20
申请号:US14402104
申请日:2013-05-16
申请人: Acergy France SAS
发明人: Jacques Lacome , Jue Wang , Cesar Atin
摘要: A method is disclosed of measuring a hollow object such as a pipe including temporarily attaching to that object a reference target support such as a stencil that supports a plurality of scannable reference targets. When scanning the object with a movable scanner, most conveniently a hand-held scanner, the reference targets provide a positional reference for the scanner. A reference target support that is attachable to or movable along a hollow object has a display face presenting and supporting a plurality of scannable reference targets. The display face can stand up from a surface of the object or can lie against a surface of the object. The reference target support and the scanner can be movable together along a pipe as an internal inspection pig.
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公开(公告)号:US20180243865A1
公开(公告)日:2018-08-30
申请号:US15967082
申请日:2018-04-30
申请人: Acergy France SAS
发明人: Jacques Lacome , Cesar Atin
IPC分类号: B23K37/053
摘要: An internal line-up clamp for welding pipe lengths end-to-end includes a clamp ring made up of a plurality of clamp ring elements that are angularly distributed around the circumference of the clamp ring. The clamp ring elements are divided into mutually opposed groups that are interdigitated such that the clamp ring elements alternate from one group to the other around the circumference of the clamp ring. A longitudinally-acting actuator system drives relative longitudinal movement of the groups to effect clamping expansion of the clamp ring by wedging interaction between the circumferentially-alternating clamp ring elements of the groups. By expanding the clamp ring in alignment with a weld plane between the abutting ends, the same clamp ring may be used to align the pipe lengths and to back a weld between them.
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公开(公告)号:US09962795B2
公开(公告)日:2018-05-08
申请号:US14894990
申请日:2014-05-23
申请人: Acergy France SAS
发明人: Jacques Lacome , Cesar Atin
IPC分类号: B23K37/00 , F16L13/02 , B23K37/053
CPC分类号: B23K37/0531 , F16L13/02
摘要: An internal line-up clamp for welding pipe lengths end-to-end includes a clamp ring made up of a plurality of clamp ring elements that are angularly distributed around the circumference of the clamp ring. The clamp ring elements are divided into mutually opposed groups that are interdigitated such that the clamp ring elements alternate from one group to the other around the circumference of the clamp ring. A longitudinally-acting actuator system drives relative longitudinal movement of the groups to effect clamping expansion of the clamp ring by wedging interaction between the circumferentially-alternating clamp ring elements of the groups. By expanding the clamp ring in alignment with a weld plane between the abutting ends, the same clamp ring may be used to align the pipe lengths and to back a weld between them.
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公开(公告)号:US20180001389A1
公开(公告)日:2018-01-04
申请号:US15544252
申请日:2016-01-14
申请人: Acergy France SAS
发明人: Cesar Atin , Jaques Lacome
IPC分类号: B23B5/16 , B23Q17/20 , B23C3/12 , B23K28/02 , B24B9/00 , B23Q17/24 , G01B11/25 , B23Q17/22 , B24B49/12 , B23K26/00 , B23K37/02
CPC分类号: B23B5/162 , B23B5/163 , B23C3/12 , B23K26/57 , B23K28/02 , B23K37/0252 , B23Q17/20 , B23Q17/2266 , B23Q17/2428 , B24B9/007 , B24B49/12 , G01B11/24 , G01B11/2518
摘要: A method measures an edge of a workpiece by scanning. The scanning is performed by a scanning tool mounted on a moving head of an edge-facing machine while that moving head is moved along the edge to be measured before, during or after an edge facing tool of the edge-facing machine that faces the edge. The method can be performed by an edge-facing machine that includes at least one edge facing tool and that further includes a scanning tool mounted on a movable head of the machine, which head is movable along an edge of a workpiece.
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公开(公告)号:US20170080519A1
公开(公告)日:2017-03-23
申请号:US15310777
申请日:2015-05-13
申请人: Acergy France SAS
IPC分类号: B23K20/12 , B23K37/053 , B23K37/02
CPC分类号: B23K20/129 , B23K20/123 , B23K20/1235 , B23K20/1255 , B23K20/126 , B23K37/0276 , B23K37/0531 , B23K2101/10
摘要: A method of fabricating a metal pipeline by friction stir welding (FSW) along a circumferential interface includes spinning first and second FSW tools about respective axes of rotation in contact with a pipe wall to heat, plasticize, and stir respective zones of plasticized metal at the interface. The zone of plasticized metal produced by the second FSW tool extends deeper into the pipe wall than the zone of plasticized metal produced by the first FSW tool. Relative circumferential movement of the FSW tools along the interface is controlled such that the second FSW tool following the first FSW tool enters the zone of plasticized metal produced by the first FSW tool while the metal in that zone remains plastic.
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公开(公告)号:US10722966B2
公开(公告)日:2020-07-28
申请号:US16068093
申请日:2017-01-05
申请人: Acergy France SAS
发明人: Cesar Atin , Jacques Lacome
IPC分类号: B23K9/028 , B23K37/02 , B23K101/10 , H01R4/64
摘要: A support ring supports a welding ring to guide welding bugs around a coated pipe section. The support ring has a tubular body to support the welding ring, the body having substantially circular curvature around a longitudinal axis. At least one grounding extension connected to the body is offset longitudinally and radially outwardly with respect to the body and the longitudinal axis. This allows the grounding extension to lie radially outboard of a parent coating of the pipe section while the body encircles a cut-back end zone where the parent coating has been cut back. Pipe sections abutting end-to-end for welding can each be fitted with these support rings. This enables welding rings to encircle both of the cut-back end zones and allows effective grounding connections to be made without enlarging the cut-back end zones.
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公开(公告)号:US10010970B2
公开(公告)日:2018-07-03
申请号:US15310776
申请日:2015-05-13
申请人: Acergy France SAS
IPC分类号: B23K20/12 , B23K20/22 , B23K20/26 , B23K37/02 , B23K37/04 , B23K37/053 , E21B17/04 , E21B19/16 , B23K101/10 , B23K101/34
CPC分类号: B23K20/129 , B23K20/1245 , B23K20/126 , B23K20/22 , B23K20/26 , B23K37/0276 , B23K37/0282 , B23K37/0435 , B23K37/0531 , B23K37/0533 , B23K2101/10 , B23K2101/34 , E21B17/04 , E21B19/16
摘要: A method of fabrication by friction stir welding (FSW) at an interface between adjoining components such as pipe lengths of a pipeline has layers of different metals on each side. FSW is performed from one side of the adjoining components by effecting relative movement of a first FSW tool along the interface. FSW is performed from an opposite side of the adjoining components by effecting relative movement of a second FSW tool along the interface. Advantageously, FSW is performed simultaneously from both sides of the adjoining components with the FSW tools applying loads in mutual opposition about the adjoining components.
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