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Method of producing a coupling for oil country tubular goods

US5363545A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 14, 1993
Grant dateNov 15, 1994
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Expiry dateSep 14, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49995
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Producing a coupling for oil country tubular goods having a metal seal and a screw thread tapered toward its end. A plain pipe is cut to a predetermined length and hot-forged with longitudinal compression to form a predetermined thickened shape of its inside surface. After quenching and tempering, the outside surface of the pipe is machined, and the inside surface is machined and is then threaded. The pipe is coated or plated.

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