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Method of Statement of Welding Installationof

HOPE Pipes and Fittings Manual Installation
for HOPE 100
Types of HOPE Welding Installation
1. Butt Fusion
Butt weldingmachine
The following conditions should be achieved in a butt welding machine:
• Aligning the pipe ends
• Clamping the pipe ends
• Facing the pipe ends parallel and
square to the centerline
• Heating the pipe ends
• Applying the proper fusion force

Butt weldingsteps
The following steps should be implemented to make perfect butt
welding:
1. Clean, clamp and align the pipe ends to be joined.
2. Face the pipe ends to establish clean, parallel surfaces,
perpendicular to the center line.
3. Align the pipe ends.
4. Melt the pipe interfaces.
5. Join the two pipe ends together by applying the proper fusion
force.
6. Hold under pressure until the joint is cool.

Doc. Ref: APF/PFC/QSP09B

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Butt Fusion Equipment

Preparing the butt welding machine
1. The pipes or fittings are axially aligned in the unit, so that the joint
faces are in a fair degree of correspondence.
2. The clamps will correct any unacceptable mismatch of pipe cross
sections, arising out of temporary ovality.
3. The clamped pipes or fittings are then planed/trimmed until a
continuous shaving is from each pipe end, thus ensuring that the joint
surfaces are parallel.
4. The loose shavings are removed without touching the pipe ends and
the remaining gap is checked.
5. The fusion operation is carried out in clearly defined stages as per the
diagram given below. All the parameters must be recorded.

Fusion Process
1. The fusion (jointing) pressure is obtained by adding the drag
pressure to the hydraulic ram pressure given on the machine data
plate.
2. Next, the heater plate is placed in the unit, checking it is clean and
undamaged.
Modern machine developments now provide totally automatic jointing,
eliminating the risk of operator error and providing a full record of joint
history for Quality Assurance of site welding. Which type of jointing is
preferable fully depends on the particular pipeline type under
consideration.
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Generally, only the relatively small diameter pipes are electro fused.
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are favoured. Relatively large diameter pipes are generally butt-fused,
for cost-effectiveness reasons, although gas companies in particular
sometimes favour electrofusion joints.

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complete pipeline string then lowered in. All "in trench" jointing will Q' ·:~- --~~ ... ·-~: ~ :;
usually be carried out using electrofusion fittings. Flange connections ---.-,
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are generally used when valves or other ancillary components are
involved.
Doc. Ref: APF/PFC/QSP09B

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 3. The temperature of the heating plate during should be between
200°C to 220°C. Generally speaking, the upper temperature should
be aimed at for thinner pipe walls and the lower temperature for
thick pipe walls.
4. The following graph gives the details about the wall thickness and
the corresponding heating plate temperatures.
220"C
215"C
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2100C
205"C
200"C
195"C
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Wall thickness In mm

Fusion temperature as fusion in the function

Stage in fusion process

Doc. Ref: APF/PFC/QSP09B

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Tel: +974 40298225 & +974 40294810, Fax: +974 44153061
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