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    US us United States c2) Patent Application Publica oy 06) (6) Gt Rivero et al. POSITION MAKE-UP INDICATOR SYSTEM Inventors: German Jose Rivero, Cypress, TX (US): Thon Magnolia, TX (US); Claudle Wayne Parker, Coneoe, TX (U Appl.Nos —130868,004 Filed Feb. 7, 2012 Related US. Application Data Provisional application No. 61/444,912, filed on Feb 21, 2011 Publication Classification Incl. 23g 1700 (2006.01) ion 0120210852, 1 (10) Pub, No.: US 2012/0210552 Al (43) Pub. Date Aug, 23, 2012 29i407.02 on ABSTRACT A method is shown by which threaded pipe sections are connected to forma tubular joint having proper sealing posi- tioning at proper make-up torque. A make-up stencil plate is ‘manufactured foreach specifi size of pipe tobe coupled at the specific taper and make-up loss of givenconnection with very tight tolerance. The plates placed on the pin pipe end of the connection. dial indicators placed onthe oster surface ‘ofthe pipe pin end with the indicator Mush withthe end ofthe stencil plate. Once the indicators sotto zero, the stencil plate is removed, Then a bucking unit or poser tong is applied the coupling. When the face ofthe coupling hits the ip ofthe indicator andthe indicator is within the given tolerance, the ‘operator stops the make-up process. US 2012/0210552 Al Aug. 23,2012 Sheet 1 of 4 Patent Application Publication Aug. 23, 2012 Sheet 2 of 4 US 2012/0210552 Al 38 Patent Application Publication Aug. 23, 2012 Sheet 3 of 4 US 2012/0210552 Al FIG. 4 US 2012/0210552 Al Aug. 23,2012 Sheet 4 of 4 Patent Application Publication § Old S01 DWN | : 5 NRA SJ é f—— soo sn penta —— |, ona anneto9 ——— US 2012/0210552 Al POSITION MAKE-UP INDICATOR SYSTEM (CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED "APPLICATIONS, [0001] The present application claims priority from a US. provisional application Ser. No. 61/444912, filed Feb. 21, 2011, entitled "Position Make-Up Indicator System’, by the ‘ame inventors, BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 0002] 1. Field ofthe Invention 10003], Thepreseat invention wiates generally to pipejoints fn a pipe string and more specifically, to plate-indicator Position make-up method to accurately determine the posi tion make-up of connections on pipe, such as the couplings used on oil feld tubular goods [0003] 2. Description of the Prior Art [0005] A wide variety of drill pipe, tubing and casing (tubu- Jar goods) for oil and gas drilling, completion, production and simulation activities are available at the present time. In the ‘cate of sections of sch tubular goods usin the ol eld (for ‘example long sections of wel easing ortubing), such sections ‘of pipe usually have a tapered, exteriorly-threaded male end called a pin member. Such pin members are threaded into ‘couplings, collars or integral female pipe sections, having threaded ends referred to a8 the bax: member. These box ‘members have an intriorly-thraded tapered thread surfaces corresponding to their respective pin members for mating, ‘withthe pin members to form threaded connections [0006] One typeof connection for these joints isthe Ameri- ‘can Petroleum Institute (API) threaded and coupled con- nection that achieves is assembly without torque shoulders. ‘These tapered connections provide increasing bearing stresses to provide the seal between the pin member and box member with inreasing engagement produced by rotational torgue. Its well known in the petroleum industry tht the performance ofan API connection is highly dependent on the ‘make-up assembly (engagement) condition ofthe joint, and therefore itis important to detemnine ithe joint is made-up properly: A numberof fitors can alfet the integrity of the assembly process, including fction-elated factors such as thread dope, plating type and thickness, surfoce finishes ‘ecenticity, ovaity, impurities (dirt or rust) and exteral {actors such os stab ligament and wind loading that occ at the wel site [0007] A numberof methods have been used in the priorart Jn order to monitor and contro! make-up of oilfield tubule ‘connections, One type of method isthe “torque-only” method based upon the read-out of load cell attached to the joint oF power make-up tongs and calibrated for torguc, This method has limitations because it does not provide enough informa- tion to distinguish quality conto problems such as out-of tolerance threads, cros-reaing, or galling in every situa- 10008], second method, “torque-tur”, reiressophisti- ‘cated electronics including computerandl sensors to monitor both the torque and tums which td to operational costs and

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