BLOWOUT PREVENTER WITH HINGED BONNET

摘要

The disclosed embodiments are directed to a blowout preventer with a hinged bonnet assembly having components designed to improve the maintenance and serviceability of the blowout preventer. The blowout preventer includes a body with intersecting passageways extending therethrough. The blowout preventer also includes a bonnet including a ram unit capable of seating in a ram location of the body and a bonnet door removably coupled to a first side of the body. The blowout preventer further includes a pin or hinge adapter disposed along the body and defining a hinge axis, and a hinge rotatably coupled to the pin or hinge adapter. The hinge is coupled to the bonnet door to rotate the bonnet about the hinge axis, and the hinge and the bonnet door are selectively separable. The separable hinge allows an operator to access, remove, and replace the hinge if the hinge becomes worn or impacted during operation.