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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2003
Andrew Dale Riley, Eufaula, OK (US);
Randall Ferrain Weaver, Haywood, OK (US);
Andrew Dale Riley, Eufaula, OK (US);
Randall Ferrain Weaver, Haywood, OK (US);
National-Oilwell Varco, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for securing a cylinder liner to a pump module. A tension body is disposed about the cylinder liner and attached to the pump module. A locking body engages the cylinder liner and is threaded to the tension body. A hydraulic load cell is removably attached to the tension body and includes a hydraulic ram arranged to impart a compressive load to the cylinder liner and a tension load in the tension body. The locking body can be adjusted axially to contact the cylinder liner and maintain the applied loads, which act as a pre-load to keep the cylinder liner in contact with the pump module.