COMPOSITE PIPES AND METHOD MAKING SAME
First Claim
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1. A composite pipe comprising:
- two or more walls, includingi. a first wall; and
ii. a second wall disposed on the first wall;
wherein the first wall and the second wall each comprise a first layer and a second layer, wherein;
a. the first layer comprises a propylene-ethylene copolymer having an ethylene content of about 3 to 25 weight percent and a peak melting temperature below about 135°
C., andb. the second layer comprises a polypropylene haying a peak melting temperature greater than 160°
C.
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Abstract
Reinforced composite pipes and methods for making the same, generally employ at least one polymeric reinforcement phase, typically provided as an intermediate form. The intermediate form is typically applied over a core pipe, and may be consolidated. An optional jacket may be employed.
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46 Claims
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1. A composite pipe comprising:
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two or more walls, including i. a first wall; and ii. a second wall disposed on the first wall; wherein the first wall and the second wall each comprise a first layer and a second layer, wherein; a. the first layer comprises a propylene-ethylene copolymer having an ethylene content of about 3 to 25 weight percent and a peak melting temperature below about 135°
C., andb. the second layer comprises a polypropylene haying a peak melting temperature greater than 160°
C. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A composite pipe comprising:
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i. a core pipe; ii. a first winding; and iii. a second winding counterwound in the opposite direction relative to the first layer; wherein the core pipe is interior to both the first winding and the second winding; a cross-section of the composite pipe in the transverse direction includes the first winding, the second winding and the core pipe; wherein the first winding and the second winding each comprise a. a first layer comprising a propylene-ethylene copolymer having a comonomer content of about 3 to 25 weight percent and a peak melting temperature below about 135°
C.; andb. a second layer comprising a polypropylene having a peak melting temperature greater than 160°
C.; andwherein the composite pipe has a burst strength greater than the burst strength of the core pipe, as measured according to ISO 1167 at a rate of increase of pressure of about 1 bar/min, of at least 20%. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. The composite pipe of claim (New), wherein the polypropylene of the second layer has molecular orientation.
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46. A composite pipe that comprises
i) a core pipe, and ii) a consolidated intermediate form that comprises at least one stretched, coextruded elongated member comprising layers of propylene ethylene copolymer having about 3 to 15 wt. % ethylene and an intermediate layer of polypropylene homopolymer between the layers of propylene-ethylene copolymer, wherein the polypropylene homopolymer has a peak melting temperature greater than 160° - C. and the propylene-ethylene copolymer has a peak melting temperature less than 135°
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- C. and the propylene-ethylene copolymer has a peak melting temperature less than 135°
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