Weir Vulco, S.a.

Vulco Sa.

Wilfredo San Martin Cisterna

Ricardo Abarca Melo

Jaime Ramirez Toledo

Apparatus () for enabling a coating to be applied to an internal surface of a pipe elbow or bend C comprises a flexible body () adapted for location to extend within the pipe elbow or bend, and a bendable core () extending through the body. Bending of the core causes the flexible body to be bent in a similar manner. A method for applying the coating to the internal surface of the pipe elbow or bend (C) comprises the steps of shaping the flexible body () and locating it to extend within the pipe elbow or bend, and introducing a coating material so as to flow around and into a space defined between the flexible body and the internal surface of the elbow or bend.

Pipe coating

A method of manufacturing a mandrel for use in the internal coating of a pipe elbow or bend comprises the steps of: (i) adjustably positioning a bendable elongate member in a hollow template for the pipe elbow or bend, whereby the elongate member is bent so as to extend generally centrally through the template; and (ii) introducing a flexible material into, and allowing the material to cure in a space between the elongate member and an internal surface of the template.

Method for manufacturing a mandrel

A method for enabling a lining () to be applied to a pipe elbow or bend C comprises the steps of connecting a tie member () to an end of a flexible elongate mandrel (), drawing the tie member through the elbow or bend so as to draw the mandrel therethrough and locate opposing ends of the mandrel adjacent to opposing respective ends of the elbow or bend, and securing the mandrel ends in relation to the respective ends of the elbow or bend. The mandrel can be adapted to the elbow or bend by locating the elbow or bend in a given orientation and deriving a profile S of the elbow or bend while in that orientation, removing the elbow or bend and then locating the mandrel in the given orientation, and adjusting the mandrel in relation to the profile of the elbow or bend to adapt it thereto.

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Wilfredo San Martin Cisterna