METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LINING A BRANCH PIPE.

摘要

A method and apparatus for lining a branch pipe (21) which can achieve an air-tight connection between a pressure bag (7) and a branch pipe liner bag (1) in a simple structure without employing a conventionally required sealed tube. An open end of the pressure bag (7) is attached to a set nozzle (11) made of a magnetic material coupled to a work robot (6) which is movably installed in a main pipe (20). A branch pipe liner bag (1), impregnated with a thermosetting resin, is placed inside the pressure bag (7); the liner bag having a flange (5) which includes a magnetic plate (16) so as to be magnetically connected to the set nozzle (11) by a magnetic force of a magnet (10) provided on the work robot. With the flange (5) being closely contacted to the inner wall of the main pipe (20) around a branch pipe opening (21a), compressed air is supplied into the pressure bag (7) to evert and insert the branch pipe liner bag (1) into a branch pipe (21). While the branch pipe liner bag is pressed against the inner wall of the branch pipe, the thermosetting resin impregnated in the branch pipe liner bag is cured, whereby the inner wall of the branch pipe is lined with the cured thermosetting resin, i.e. the branch pipe is repaired. Upon completing the lining operation, the magnet (10) is turned off, the work robot (6) removed, and the pressure bag (7) removed from the branch pipe liner bag (1).