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Bend Restrictors
Bend Restrictors are used to prevent pipes from over bending. They are usually used at the interface between flexible and rigid structures such as a subsea riser base or wellhead.
Pipeline Engineering manufactures bend stiffeners mainly for the oil and gas industry. Different grades of polyurethane are used depending on the applications performance requirements.
Our bend stiffeners are made up of a series of components which interlock to form a curved radius. This radius is inbuilt in the bend stiffener to be equal to or greater than the minimum bend radius of the pipe.
The interlocked components protect the pipe from potentially damaging loads at the juncture between the flexible and rigid structures. The split style design makes installation of the Pipeline Engineering Bend Restrictors an easy process either onshore or offshore.
Bend restrictors will be required to perform to a range of criteria and different parameters such as minimum bend radius, outside pipe diameter, coverage, length, loads and operating temperatures are all taken into consideration.
Bend Restrictors are designed to perform to client specifications and all engineering requirements to achieve this are undertaken by Pipeline Engineering.
Our expertise in polyurethane technology allows us to cast liquid polyurethane into precision made mouldings to exacting standards to meet our own very strict dimensional tolerances.
When designing and building Bend Restrictors we work with all interested parties including the client, design teams and contractors to ensure the built restrictor is to specification and will perform as expected.
Pipeline Engineering, Gatherley Road, Catterick Bridge, Richmond, North Yorkshire, DL10 7JQ
- Tel: +44 (0) 1748 813 000
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