There are a number of materials joining technologies that are being investigated to reduce pipeline construction costs. This document presents three technologies showing particular promise: laser pipeline welding, the use of high strength pipeline materials, and advanced automatic inspection. Test have shown that the HLAW process, which combines the LBW and GMAW processes, is felt to offer a number of benefits in terms of higher potential productivity, ability to produce welds with excellent material properties and a reasonable tolerance for fit-up variations. For existing laser power levels, a viable scenario for implementation of lasers for pipeline welding applications is the use of HLAW for root bead welding, followed by joint filling with conventional mechanised GMAW-P. Concerning the use of high strength pipeline materials, results of a project are presented. The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the mechanical properties of weld metals deposited using a number of commercially available welding consumables and welding processes. This work included characterization of weld metal microstructure, HAC susceptibility of the GMA weld metal and X100 base metal, and solidification cracking of selected welding consumables. The project evaluated commercially available consumables using several welding processes and shielding gases. The third part of the document covers results of a project aiming to collect third-party independent data and statistically characterise the systematic and random errors in girth weld defect sizing, as measured by mechanised ultrasonic testing P/E, TOFD methods and PA ultrasonic technology, in support of pipeline reliability assessments. The defect sizing accuracy of the automated ultrasonic testing (AUT) of girth welds was evaluated using zonal discrimination with focused and non-focused search units arranged for P/E and TOFD methods and PA technology. The objectives were achieved by conducting 'open' and 'blind' UT trials. NDE flaw verification and destructive testing for flaw size validation were performed.


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    Titel :

    Reducing pipeline construction costs: New technologies


    Beteiligte:
    Gordon, R. (Autor:in) / Holdren, R. (Autor:in) / Johnson, M. (Autor:in) / Lozev, M. (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Welding in the World ; 47 , 5/6 ; 7-14


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2003


    Format / Umfang :

    8 Seiten, 22 Bilder, 1 Tabelle



    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch





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