Abstract: A high-pressure container has a body part, and a cap inserted in the body part, and the body part has a cylindrical liner, and a reinforcement layer provided on an outer circumferential surface of the liner for reinforcing the liner. The cap has a contact portion that contacts with an inner circumferential surface of the liner, a through-hole that communicates the inside of the body part with the outside, and a projecting portion that is pressed outward in radial directions of the body part, and bites into the reinforcement layer, so as to inhibit the cap from moving in the axial direction.

Abstract: A covering system is provided having a cover, with a first mounting geometry at least partially running circumferentially around the cover, a carrier plate designed to attach the cover, a seal at least partially running circumferentially around the carrier plate, and an elastic mounting geometry that is formed on the seal. The first mounting geometry and the elastic mounting geometry are designed and arranged for positive engagement with each other.

Abstract: A property assessment system is provided to assess a property for various purposes. The system includes a property assessment apparatus configured to be inserted into any space of a property and retrieved therefrom once necessary information is collected from the space. The property assessment apparatus operates to monitor various conditions in the space, which is used to assess the property.

Abstract: A plug for plugging a line includes a seal, a first end assembly and a second end assembly. The first end assembly includes a gripping member. An actuator is configured to draw the first and second end assemblies together when there is a relative motion between the actuator and the first end assembly. The actuator is configured to actuate the gripping member. An initial part of a motion of the actuator actuates the gripping member to grip an inner surface of the line, thus inhibiting a motion of the first end assembly, and a subsequent part of the motion of the actuator, relative to the thus motion-inhibited first end assembly, draws the second end assembly toward the first end assembly so as to compress the seal such that the seal may seal against the inner surface of the line thus plugging the line.

Abstract: An apparatus for hydrostatic testing of openings in items surrounded by a flange, such as flanged pipe sections, flanged pipelines, flanged hose assemblies, as well as other flanged equipment requiring initial and/or periodic pressure testing.

Abstract: A conduit locking device includes a housing having a first end, a second end, and a sidewall disposed between the first end and the second end. The conduit locking device may further include a slide engaged with the sidewall of the housing, the slide including an extension arm and an end portion structurally configured to engage with an inner wall of a conduit. The slide may be extendable via the extension arm from a first position substantially adjacent to the sidewall of the housing to a second position disposed away from the sidewall of the housing, where, when in the second position, the slide is configured to retain the conduit locking device at a fixed position within the conduit through the engagement of the end portion with the inner wall of the conduit.

Abstract: A pipe tester connector includes rigid cylindrical member. The rigid cylindrical member defines a first side hole. A continuous flexible cup member includes circular floor portion and a central tubular portion extending upwardly therefrom. A first flexible sleeve extends from the top of the flexible cup. The first flexible sleeve has a folded down first position and a folded up second position, in which it envelopes the end of the first pipe. A first hose clamp secures the flexible sleeve to the pipe. An attachment unit includes a rigid insert, an attachment pipe, a first adapter and an attachment. The rigid insert is disposed against the tubular portion of the interior surface of the flexible cup. The rigid insert defines a hole in alignment with the first side hole and the second side hole, through which the attachment pipe passes. An adapter is affixed to the attachment pipe.

Abstract: An arrangement for removing blow-by gases from a crankcase of an internal combustion engine, the blow-by gases being able to be supplied to an air intake system via a tube device, the tube device being connected or connectable to a component assigned to the air intake system and to a component which is in fluid connection to the crankcase. The tube device including a blow-by conduit. The risk of a leaking or incorrectly mounted tube device is avoided in that the tube device has a diagnostic conduit, a spurious air flow being detectable via the diagnostic conduit when the tube device is not tightly connected or is not connected.

Abstract: An assembly of a closure with a container, for sealing of the container, comprises the container having an inner container surface defining a cavity opening to ambient through an opening, the closure comprising an upper portion and a lower portion, the lower portion having a lower lateral surface, the lower portion being adapted to be inserted into the opening of the container and two grooves provided on the lower lateral surface and adapted to receive two respective sealing members, the two grooves being separated by a predetermined distance, the two sealing members provided in the two respective grooves, the two sealing members being adapted to provide sealing between the lower lateral surface and the inner container surface, wherein the lower lateral surface, the inner container surface and the two auxiliary sealing members together define an annular space and a barrier sealant in the annular space.

Abstract: A plunger for a gas producing well having a production tubing string has a plunger body with a pad receiving profile defined by first and second pad retainers. A plurality of pads is engaged between the first and second pad retainers, which permit limited radial movement of the pads sufficient to contact an inner surface of the production tubing string. A sheet of resilient material, acting as a spring member, is positioned within the pad receiving profile and between the plurality of pads and the plunger body. The spring member defines an annular chamber between the spring member and the plunger body in fluid communication with the downhole end of the plunger body and provides an outward force to the pads. In use, the openings and pressure chamber allow for a pressure differential across the pads.

Abstract: The invention relates to engineering geodesy for monitoring a height and deformation of a pipeline. The invention includes use of a complex of interrelated monitoring measures that include monitoring a control position of deformation control benchmarks using optic geodetic devices and mobile satellite geodetic receivers. A state geodetic network is used only at an initial stage for reference of the network sites to the local system of coordinates. Geodetic measurements are then converted to a local system of coordinates. The invention decreases an amount of time and labor for detection of the oil pipeline coordinates for operational needs and simplifies a planned high-altitude position data exchange, storage and transfer during measurement.

Abstract: A sleeve is provided with an upstream end a downstream end each fitted with inflatable bladders. Rigid rings are provided inboard of these inflatable bladders to keep the sleeve open when the bladders are expanded against a surface of a fluid transport line. The ends of the sleeve preferably include cuffs thereon with the rings residing within these cuffs. Spreader bars can be provided between the rings at the upstream and downstream ends of the sleeves, to keep the sleeve in an elongated form. Sleeve support trolleys can be provided for supporting the sleeve and resisting sagging thereof at points between ends of the sleeve. Portions of the rings and sleeve support trolley can be collapsible to facilitate placement through limited size entry ports into the fluid transport line. Flow thus continues through the sleeve while maintenance is done on portions of the fluid line adjacent to the sleeve.

Abstract: A pneumatic test gun for use in performing a leak test on a tube is provided. The pneumatic test gun has a handle for being manually gripped by an operator, a distal end portion for insertion into a tube to be tested, and a proximal end plate from which the distal end portion extends and which is adapted to be abutted against an open end of the tube to be tested. The distal end portion includes a support tube providing a flow path for compressed air into a tube to be tested, a longitudinally-compressible and radially-expandable annular seal located on the support tube, and a self-activating retaining element assembly adapted for radial-expansion into engagement with an inner diameter of the tube to be tested to improve retention of the distal end portion within the tube when the tube is pressurized during a leak test. A method is also provided.

Abstract: An apparatus for hydrostatic testing of openings in items surrounded by a flange, such as flanged pipe sections, flanged pipelines, flanged hose assemblies, as well as other flanged equipment requiring periodic pressure testing.

Abstract: A system (100) for testing is disclosed. The system (100) comprises a pipe joint having a male pipe section (102) and a female pipe section (104), a test port (106) disposed in a test space provided on the male pipe section (102) and a testing apparatus. The testing apparatus comprises a needle (112), a tubing (114) attached to the needle (112), a pressure supply assembly (116) attached to the tubing (114) in order to provide a predetermined air pressure while testing of the pipe joint and a ballast (118) adapted to support and hold the tubing (114) in order to provide necessary length of the tubing (114) to insert the needle (112) inside the test port (106). Further, the test port (106) is fixed into the interior diameter of the male pipe section (102) and is secured into the test space of the male pipe section (102) using a fastening means.

Abstract: A pneumatic test plug for clean-out tees and a method of testing a pipeline are disclosed. The pneumatic test plug includes a cap and a bladder. The cap has an inflation inlet and a testing fluid inlet. The testing fluid inlet provides a conduit for a testing fluid. The testing fluid may be a liquid or a gas. The bladder is in fluid connection with the inflation inlet. The bladder has an open end and a closed end. The open end receives air from the inflation inlet. The closed end is opposite the open end. The testing fluid inlet provides testing fluid through the cap and outside of the bladder. The inflation inlet provides a passageway to the bladder.

Abstract: A system (100) for testing a pipe joint comprises a pipe joint having a male pipe section (102) and a female pipe section (104), a test port (106) disposed in a test space provided on the male pipe section (102) and a testing apparatus comprising a needle (112), a tubing (114) and a pressure supply assembly (116). Further, the test space is a cavity provided in the male pipe section (102). Further, test port (106) connects an annular space (110) created at a junction of the male pipe section (102) and female pipe section (104) by providing gaskets (108). Further, the tubing (114) comprises a puck (805) adapted to extract the needle (112) from the test port (106).

Abstract: A wireless oxygen monitor for monitoring oxygen in a weld zone. The oxygen monitor receives weld zone gas samples and an oxygen sensor detects oxygen levels. A controller generates gas sample oxygen level data and wirelessly transmits gas sample data via an oxygen monitor wireless communication interface to a remote device that displays the gas sample data and logs it in a remote device storage.

Abstract: The present invention belongs to the field of display technology, in particular to inclining test equipment. The inclining test equipment comprises a workbench, and further comprises an abutment and an adjusting unit provided under the workbench, the adjusting unit being arranged between the abutment and the workbench, and being connected to the workbench and the abutment respectively, and the adjusting unit being configured to adjust the angle of inclination of the workbench relative to a plane of the abutment. The inclining test equipment has high test efficiency, high accuracy, and higher safety.

Abstract: A pipeline plug having a seal assembly and a slip assembly coupled to the seal assembly. The slip assembly moves from a retracted position to an expanded position when the seal assembly moves from a disengaged position to an engaged position. The slip assembly frictionally engages the internal wall of a pipe when in the expanded position. The force exerted on the pipeline plug by fluid within the pipe increases the force by which the slip assembly engages the internal wall of the pipe. The plug is removable from the pipe without damaging the plug by moving the seal assembly back to the disengaged position. A method of sealing a pipeline using the pipeline plug.

Abstract: A welding system using a purge plug for data acquisition. In one example, a purge plug includes purge plug component having a sealing structure. The sealing structure is configured to abut a surface of a hollow device and to form a seal between the sealing structure and the hollow device. The purge plug also includes a sensor at least partly disposed in the purge plug component, the sealing structure, or some combination thereof. The purge plug component is configured to be disposed on a workpiece having the hollow device to purge an undesired gas from the workpiece.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for detecting breakage of piping, the method including the steps of: closing an outlet of heat exchanger tubes with an outlet-side shutoff valve; supplying high-temperature water into the heat exchanger tubes with a desalinated water pump; closing an inlet of the heat exchanger tubes with an inlet-side main shutoff valve and an inlet-side auxiliary shutoff valve with the heat exchanger tubes filled with the high-temperature water; and determining breakage of the heat exchanger tubes based on a change in the pressure of the high-temperature water in the heat exchanger tubes with the inlet and the outlet closed.

Abstract: A fluid-transferring expander, wherein a tube is disposed through a bladder structure, an expansion space is formed between the tube and the bladder structure, the tube is continuously extrudedly formed, the tube is formed with a first passage connected with a first fluid source and a second passage connected with a second fluid source and outside therein, and the tube is further formed with a through hole communicating with the expansion space and the first passage.

Abstract: The invention relates to an odor trap (31) for a transport conduit (10) with a division into a main branch (11) and a side branch (12). The odor trap comprises a mounting part (32) for releasable mounting in the side branch, and a membrane (33) of elastic material which comprises a first membrane part (33) to be received in the side branch (12) and a second membrane part (34) to be received in the main branch (11). The second membrane part (34) lies at an angle relative to the first membrane part (33). The membrane is at least partially movable under pressure of a fluid from a closing position, in which the membrane closes the passage of the main branch to the fluid, to a position allowing passage in which the membrane leaves clear the passage of the main branch for the fluid. The invention also relates to a system of a transport conduit (10) with a division into a main branch (11) and a side branch (12) and an odor trap (1) according to the invention.

Abstract: A blocked sewer unit includes a substantially impermeable barrier having a first side exposed to the interior of a sewage network and a second side, the barrier movable in the direction of the second side in response to fluid pressure on the first side. The blocked sewer alert unit includes a transducer separated by the barrier from the sewage network, the transducer configured to generate an electrical signal when the barrier moves into the dry section. The blocked sewer alert unit includes an alarm circuit configured to convert the electrical signal into a user alert.

Abstract: The cap for suspension of submersible pump with a pressure pipe and a cable with a cover with central axial hole and circular collar, with conical inner surface narrowing towards central hole, and clamping flange with central hole, sealing rubber ring of rubber cross-section installed between conical surface of collar of cover and flat side of flange. Bolts with nuts are installed in coaxial holes of cover for fixation of ring on the outer side of casing pipe of the well. Central hole of clamping flange has diameter smaller than mean diameter of rubber ring, while smaller diameter of conical surface of collar of cover is made with diameter exceeding mean diameter of rubber ring. Increased reliability and durability is provided by elimination of possibility of edge of the flange hole to cut into the rubber ring.

Abstract: A septic line cleaning assistance device that positions into alignment with a lower opening in a T-pipe to plug the lower opening in the T-pipe. The blocked lower opening enables a suction apparatus to suck waste from a pipe connected to a waste opening in the T-pipe through an upper opening in the T-pipe. A rod is configured to be inserted along the T-pipe and positioned into place along the T-pipe. The rod comprises a plug end holding the plug that is configured to frictionally engage the lower opening in the T-pipe to effectively seal the lower opening. A handle end having a grip enables the positioning of the plug over the lower opening, and pulling the plug into a mating position with the lower opening. An adjustable peripheral fastener is slidably positioned over the upper end of the T pipe to hold the device and plug in place.

Abstract: A test plug for insertion into and plugging of an open end of an elbow pipe is provided. The test plug includes a resilient sealing element and set of gripper segments carried on a shaft. The set of gripper segments are movable relative to the shaft between pipe-gripping and pipe-non-gripping positions such that, when the test plug is placed in sealing and gripping engagement relative to an inner diameter wall of an elbow pipe, the set of gripper segments are positioned in eccentric relation to at least one of the sealing element and the shaft.

Abstract: These fixtures aid in installing, sealing and securing pipe. Specifically, the invention aids in mating bell & spigot joints and securely capping open pipe ends of standard polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polyethylene (PE), and acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) pipe products as well as non-plastic piping by enabling equalized full circumference pressure on pipe ends to nudge, seal and/or secure pipe ends during installation or decommissioning.

Abstract: The isolation tool works at depth in the bore of a pipe whose upper end is to be severed and replaced. The tool isolates the lower pipe bore from the upper bore so that flammable downhole fluid is prevented from reaching a welding site along the pipe wall. The tool incorporates: means for establishing a pair of axially spaced apart annular seals engaging the pipe inner surface; means for venting downhole fluid to ground surface; and means for monitoring for seal leakage. The tool is primarily mechanical in nature. It finds use in connection with off-shore platform riser renewal operations.

Abstract: An end closure device (2) adapted to be used in connection with internal hydrostatic pressure testing of polymer tubes and comprising a mainly dome-shaped end cap (4) provided with sealing means for establishing a pressure-proof connection with opposite end parts of a sample (6) of the tube to be tested, an exterior ring-shaped part (14) of said dome-shaped end cap (4) being adapted to be connected with at least one or more squeezing parts (10) adapted to be assembled around said opposite end parts of said sample (6) of said tube to be tested, where said one or more squeezing parts (10) each being built-up of a number of piled up and interconnected plate elements (16) the configuration of each of which being provided by a cutting operation such as laser cutting or water cutting. By the concept of the present invention it becomes possible to vary both the internal configuration and the thickness of the piled-up plate members forming at least the squeezing parts of the end closure device.

Abstract: Two opening through which a refrigerant runs are connected by a first connecting pipe and a second connecting pipe. One end of the first connecting pipe is connected to a first opening by a planar seal. Another end of the first connecting pipe is connected to one end of a second connecting pipe by a shaft seal. Another end of the second connecting pipe is connected to a second opening by a planar seal. An axial direction of a shaft seal is perpendicular to a plane that includes the first opening.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a hydraulic communication device that is used in a wellbore for fluid communication during a wellbore operation. In one aspect, a hydraulic communication device is provided. The hydraulic communication device includes a body having a central passageway and a bore formed in a wall of the body. The bore is in fluid communication with the central passageway, and the bore is configured to receive an end of a control line. The hydraulic communication device further includes a plug assembly disposed in the bore formed in the wall of the body. The plug assembly is movable from a first position in which fluid communication through the bore is blocked and a second position in which fluid communication through the bore is unblocked.

Abstract: A plug for sealing the end of a tube including a cylindrical housing member having longitudinal bore that communicates with a threaded portion. An insert post having a threaded body is received within the threaded portion of the bore and supports a frustroconical member that deflects at least a portion of the wall of the housing member that is highly ductile when a rear nut is threaded onto the body of the insert post. The frustroconical member has a correspondingly large angle of taper to deflect the wall of the housing member outwardly as much as possible without causing fracturing of the wall.

Abstract: A foreign material exclusion device adapted for use in an opening or cavity of a system or construction, for example a tube, pipe or the like that can be utilized in one embodiment to prevent entry of debris into a particular area of the construction, the device having a body that is adapted to seal a first side of the cavity from a second side of the cavity, the device further including a body comprising a resilient material that can be compressed to fit into the desired opening or cavity and then can be re-expanded to provide a snug fit about the opening such that the device supports itself, the device further including an inflatable apparatus operatively connected to the body, wherein upon inflation, the apparatus contacts desired surfaces of the construction and aids in maintaining the device at a desired location within the system or construction and also aids in forming a desired seal.

Abstract: The invention relates to a plug for closing and isolating a pipe (9) having an inner wall forming a substantially cylindrical cavity with a so-called first diameter, the plug comprising: a main body (110) having substantially a shape of a cylinder with a so-called second diameter, the second diameter being smaller than the first diameter to allow the plug to be inserted into the cavity; and sealing joint elements (120) that project around the side wall of the cylinder (110) defining the shape of the main body, so as to seal a free space formed between the main body (110) and the inner wall of the pipe (9), in which the main body (110) comprises several assembly elements forming the cylinder (110), each assembly element having a shape inscribed within a parallelepiped volume defined by three orthogonal dimensions, where at least two of the three dimensions have a length smaller than the second diameter, and the plug further comprising a position holding system comprising several non-slip pads (140; 340) de

Abstract: The present invention relates to an assembly for blocking a cooling water channel in a mold, which includes a bolt with a threaded-shank and a head, a base with a threaded-hole for thread-fastening the thread-shank, and an elastic ring, an elastic ring-fixing member, a pressing ring, an expansion ring, and a seat member which are disposed between the bolt and the base from the base to the bolt. The elastic ring-fixing member has an elastic ring seat holding the inner side of the elastic ring, the inner side of the elastic ring is fitted in the elastic ring seat, a body is made by insert-molding nylon to protect the base with the threaded-hole and composed of an upper cylindrical portion, a lower cylindrical portion larger in outer diameter than the upper cylindrical portion, and a step formed at the joint of the upper and lower cylindrical portions.

Abstract: The system for sealing subsea equipment includes a port tube, having a test port hole and a curved slot, a test port plug mounted in the test port hole, an insert body having an insertion tip portion, a middle sealing portion, and a base portion, an insert stem engaged to the base portion, a top cap engaged to the insert body, and a sealing device mounted around the insert body and in sealing engagement with the port tube. A locked configuration corresponds to a locking arm of the top cap at a terminal end of the curved slot. A set configuration corresponds to compression of the sealing device by actuation of the insert body by the plug stem. The sealing device aligns with the test port plug in the set configuration so as to allow verification of sealing engagement of each seal ring and the port tube.

Abstract: An inflatable, balloon-type catheter apparatus which is conformable to fit most all intake and exhaust systems to delivery pressure (with or without smoke) to test the fluid integrity of the fluid system. The device is configured to be inserted into the canal of the intake or exhaust system and inflated to seal off the fluid system. The pressurized smoke is passed through the inflated inlet adapter to test for leaks.

Abstract: The invention provides an all electrical autonomous pipeline isolation tool for use in offshore and onshore pipeline isolation; the electrical autonomous pipeline isolation tool comprising a first part and a second part, the first and second parts being moveable relative to each other, the electrical autonomous pipeline isolation tool also comprising at least one sealing member which is moveable between an unset condition in which the sealing member is disengaged and the isolation tool is able to travel along inside a pipeline to a predetermined location; and a set condition in which the sealing member is engaged against an internal wall of a pipline such that a seal is formed between the sealing member of the isolation tool and the internal wall of the pipeline; the isolation tool being moveable between the unset condition and the set condition under action of the first part and the second part moving relative to each other.

Abstract: Improvements to electrofusion fittings that enable the integrity of a weld between an electrofusion fitting and a pipe lining (or stand-alone pipe) to be tested in the field, and corresponding methods of installation and testing. An electrofusion fitting for joining sections of lined pipe has heating elements configured to create at least one weld between the electrofusion fitting and a pipe lining, and a channel provides fluid access to a test region between the electrofusion fitting and the pipe lining to allow leak testing to be performed. The channel may be provided through the fitting itself, or alternatively through the pipe lining. Methods of fabricating or laying pipeline may incorporate use of the improved fitting whether using length-by-length construction methods or joining subsequent reel-laid or towed-in pipe lengths.

Abstract: A pipe end-sealing tool includes a body. A seal is mounted on the body and is adapted to apply a sealing pressure to an inner wall of a pipe end to be sealed. A lock is also mounted on the body and is adapted to engage an outer wall of the pipe end. Thus, a load applied to the pipe wall by the lock opposes the sealing pressure.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods related to umbilical buckling testing are described. For example, some embodiments may contain two damps, a plurality of test fittings, one or more pressure gages, a hydraulic cylinder, and a testing platform, and may be used for testing the umbilical buckling behavior and capacity of an umbilical testing sample.

Abstract: Disclosed is a testing apparatus for an outer housing of a pump, wherein the testing apparatus includes a separation element; a first and a second closure element, wherein the first and second closure element respectively close an axial end of the outer housing in a sealing manner; a middle pressure line which is arranged in the first or the second closure element; and a bounding element, wherein the bounding element closes the outlet outside of the outer housing, and wherein a high pressure line is arranged in the bounding element. The separation element is configured and arranged in the outer housing such that the separation element bounds the outlet of the outer housing and the outer housing is divided into a first pressure region and a second pressure region, wherein the first pressure region and the second pressure region are configured as pressure regions independent from one another.

Abstract: A first sealing body and a second sealing body made of a resiliently expandable material, such as Kevlar-reinforced rubber, are connected by an intermediate piece that, having a larger wall thickness, is made of the same material, and is flexible, thereby providing the device excellent ability to pass through pipe bends. Together they surround a contiguous cavity into which pressurised air can be introduced via a pressurised air connection disposed on an end plate at a rear end of the device, to expand the diameters of the sealing bodies whereupon the latter tightly close off a test space in a pipe connection. A material feeding connection is connected to a discharge opening in a threaded bushing connecting the intermediate piece to the second sealing body, and a cable connection is connected to a camera facing to the outside that is attached to the bushing.

Abstract: The isolation tool works at depth in the bore of a pipe whose upper end is to be severed and replaced. The tool isolates the lower pipe bore from the upper bore so that flammable downhole fluid is prevented from reaching a welding site along the pipe wall. The tool incorporates: means for establishing a pair of axially spaced apart annular seals engaging the pipe inner surface; means for venting downhole fluid to ground surface; and means for monitoring for seal leakage. The tool is primarily mechanical in nature. It finds use in connection with off-shore platform riser renewal operations.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for sealing a conduit. The apparatus includes a housing, a tube for reciprocably extending through the housing bore, a rod reciprocably extending through the tube, a seal assembly associated with the tube and the rod, wherein the seal assembly includes at least one seal element which expands radially in response to an axial setting force, a proximal collar associated with the tube for engaging with a proximal end of the seal assembly, and a distal collar associated with the rod for engaging with a distal end of the seal assembly, wherein moving the rod axially relative to the tube in a proximal direction results in the axial setting force being applied to the seal assembly. The method includes using the apparatus to perform maintenance or repair on the conduit or its associated fittings.

Abstract: A hydraulically installed tube plug with or without O.D surface enhancements and plug installation tooling, high pressure fluid system and method. The invention stops leaks in tubes with a plug that utilizes controlled high pressure fluid within the plug itself to radially expand the plug in place. Other plugs and plugging systems rely on mechanical methods for setting the plugs in the tubes with little or no control on the radial pressure applied to the tube. This lack of radial pressure control can result in a tubesheet ligament being over stressed (plastically deformed) or not enough pressure applied to stop the leak. The plug high pressure expansion tooling is designed with built in safety components that allow high pressure hydraulic expansion methods to be used safely in blind holes. The high pressure fluid system's design allows it to be used in hazardous environments.

Abstract: Foreign material exclusion devices especially adapted to be positioned in a construction, for example a tube or pipe to temporarily seal off a potentially sensitive area of the construction from foreign materials or debris. In one embodiment the device includes a specifically defined, fixed-size eyelet to assist with insertion and/or removal of the device from a construction. Still other embodiments of the device include cavities that retain a trackable coating applied to the device. Further embodiments include identification elements embedded and thus protected within the frame of the device.

Abstract: A device for plugging an axially-aligned bore in a shaft of a gas turbine engine comprises a plug. A sealing body of the plug is sealingly received in a bore of the shaft. Legs project from the sealing body and are displaceable between a normally contracted position in which the legs are radially inward relative to a periphery of the bore, and a deployed position in which the legs project radially outward and engage with shaft projections within the bore of the shaft. A wedge is operatively engaged to the plug for movement of the wedge relative to the plug. The wedge comprises a portion in operative contact with the legs of the plug unit to displace the legs between positions as a response to movement of the wedge. A gas turbine engine and a method for plugging a shaft are provided.