METHOD OF ASSEMBLING PIPE JOINTS

摘要

A method of assembling pipe joints in a pipe string allows the circumferenti al orientation of a first pipe (13) in the pipe string to be determined relative to a second pipe (13) in the pipe string. Each pipe joint has a coupling member (15) and at least one pin member (13), the pin member (13) being threadingly connected to the coupling member (15) to create the pipe joint (11). Threads (21, 29) are created for the pin member (13) and the coupling member (15) of each joint, and each pin member and coupling member is marked with an alignment mark (35, 37). The threads (21) for each pin member are created so that they are identical to the threads on the other pin members in the pipe string. This is done by gaging the overall rotational capacity of each pin member with a coupling marking gage (43) and adjusting a thread depth as needed.