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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2020
Tdw Delaware, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Joseph Alan Morton, Tulsa, OK (US);
Robert Fulton Hendricks, Tulsa, OK (US);
Roger L. Poe, Beggs, OK (US);
TDW Delaware, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A pigging device of this disclosure includes a wear indicator configured to visually indicate an amount of material loss of a pipe wall contacting surface. The material loss may be symmetrical or asymmetrical. The pipe wall contacting surface may be any shape suitable, including but not limited to spherical-shaped, cylindrical-shaped, cup-shaped, disc-shaped, conical-shaped, frusto-conical shaped, bowl-shaped, and bullet-shaped. In some embodiments, the pigging device is a pipeline pig such as but not limited to a spherical foam pig, cylindrical-shaped foam pig, or a bullet-shaped foam pig. In other embodiments, the pigging device is a component of a pipeline pig such as but not limited to a cup or disc arranged about a body of the pipeline pig. The pigging device may also be a pigging disc element. The pigging device may be made of any suitable material, including but not limited to an elastomer such as urethane.