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Flexible pipe comprising an aluminium alloy matrix composite material

US5269349A · kind A · utility

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31Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 5, 1991
Grant dateDec 14, 1993
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 5, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD07B1/08
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An armoured flexible pipe having one or more of the following components, a pressure resistant armouring, a traction resistant armouring and/or an internal carcase, in which pipe at least one of said components comprises one or more elongated elements such as a shaped piece, a cable, a wire or a strip. The element is formed of a composite material with aluminium alloy matrix comprising reinforcement elements such as particles and/or whiskers.

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