REVIEW OF NON-WELDED PIPING TECHNOLOGIES ON OFFSHORE EQUIPMENT PROJECTS

Abstract

The aim of this article are considerations on welded and non-welded tube connection technologies, with advantages and disadvantages of both. After choosing non-welded solutions as the assembly method of choice, the thesis progresses to describing the most widely-used tube connection technologies (JIC, Ermeto, retain ring flanges, flared tube flanges and other, minor, solutions) and their properties.

Keywords

• non-welded piping technologies
• offshore industry
• offshore equipment projects