Process and device for the production of a tube for lining pipe conduits and sewer systems
US5846602A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 4, 1996 |
| Grant date | Dec 8, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 4, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB29L2023/006
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
In the production of a transportable, multilayery tube (1) with a gas-impermeable outer layer (2) and at least one layer (3) impregnated with a curable resin (11) and made of a composite fiber material (4) to line pipe conduits and sewer systems, using subatmospheric pressure and rollers (7,8) between which is formed at least one nip (6) through which to feed tube (1), to even out and accelerate the impregnation, at first still unimpregnated tube (1) is fed from below into nip (6) and air is evacuated from unimpregnated section (1a) of tube (1). In doing so, liquid resin (11) is brought into full opening (1d), at first still open, of tube (1) and is dammed up by nip (6). Then tube (1) is taken off nip (6) with an upward-oriented component at such a speed that the border between impregnated and unimpregnated sections (1a or 1b) of tube (1) is essentially retained in the area of nip (6), and that then tube (1) finally is taken off through at least one other nip (36, 38, 39) and collected on a transport device (30).
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