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Oil well pipe joint and manufacturing method therefor

US4871194A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 31, 1987
Grant dateOct 3, 1989
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Expiry dateDec 31, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16L58/182
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to an oil well pipe joint having improved resistance to galling and to a process for manufacturing the same, which comprises a porous blast-plated layer provided at least on a metal sealing portion by blasting soft metal particles such as of zinc and aluminum, particularly discrete particles each comprising an iron or iron alloy core covered by a zinc or a zinc alloy coating with an iron-zinc alloy layer intervening therebetween.

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