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Ronald Whyte

Thomas Kilpatrick McLaughlin

Joseph K Mudge

An apparatus for swaging an end of a tubular ( ) is described as comprising a swaging head ( ) for providing the swage to the end of the tubular ( ). The swaging head ( ) has two or more formations ( A, B) provided thereon to permit swaging of differing diameters of tubular ends. The apparatus may comprise a stop plate ( ) for abutment against the other end of a tubular ( ) where the swaging head ( ) and the stop plate ( ) are movably coupled to one another. The apparatus may have a clamping device ( ) for clamping the tubular ( ), where the clamping device is split into at least three part-circular clamping segments ( ) which clamp around the outer circumference of the tubular to permit it to be swaged. The clamping device ( ) may have a plurality of teeth ( ) for gripping the outer surface of the tubular ( ), and a plurality of grooves 36 formed between the teeth ( ). The gripping surface of each tooth ( ) is substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the tubular ( ) to be gripped.

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Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Ronald Whyte