| 摘要 |
A thread protection member (100) for protecting threads in a threaded joint includes a body (104) formed of a material selected to reduce damage to the threads during a make-up of the threaded joint and a discontinuity (102) reducing remaining clamping forces and thus allowing the body to deform in a predetermined manner when the body is removed from the threaded joint. In on e arrangement, the discontinuity is a void at least partially penetrating the body. For example, the void can be a longitudinal slot that extends partiall y or fully through the body. In another embodiment, the discontinuity is a region in the body that has at least one material property different from a material property of an adjacent portion of the body. To remove the thread protection member from the joint, a suitable tool may be used to deform the body to extract the body from the joint.
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