Flexible elastomer pipe joint - with chopped strand mat reinforcing inside central bulge and flanged ends

摘要

Flexible pipe joint consists of an elastomer tube with reinforcing plies, shaped in a central bulge with two flanges at the ends. Both the inside of the bulge itself and the insides of the two flanged ends are lined with a layer of an elastomer mix contg. random chopped strands of five. The layers taper off in thickness towards the sides of the bulge. This creates a simple reinforcement for the more highly stressed parts of a flexible pipe joint and gives also added protection against corrosive attack.