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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2023
Baker Hughes Energy Technology Uk Limited, Bristol, GB;
Linfa Zhu, Katy, TX (US);
Zhimin Tan, Katy, TX (US);
Everton Vieira de Almeida, Rio de Janeiro, BR;
Andrew Roberts, Ouston, GB;
Baker Hughes Energy Technology UK Limited, Bristol, GB;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for locating respective end regions of wires of an armour layer of a segment of flexible pipe body at a respective desired positions in an end fitting, and apparatus for terminating a segment of flexible pipe body in an end fitting are disclosed. The method comprises providing an annular element radially around an exposed region of an armour layer, of flexible pipe body, that comprises a plurality of wires; locating the annular element against a terminal end of a first collar member disposed radially around the armour layer; bending the wires away from a longitudinal axis of the flexible pipe body against a guiding surface of the annular element, at a predetermined location; urging the annular element away from the first collar member in a first direction; and gripping the wires between an abutment region of the guiding surface and a cooperating abutment surface of a further collar member thereby locating respective end regions of the wires at respective desired positions in an end fitting.