Team+3+Final+Design

For our final design, we created a plan very similar to our preliminary designs which is designed to fix the leak. The part that connects to the leaking pipe is another pipe that is large enough to fit over the leak. On top of the larger pipe is a reducer which is meant to narrow the width of the pipe so that it will be the width of the original pipe. On top of the reducer is a another pipe where the gate valve will be located in. A hole in the side of the pipe will allow a handle to attach to the gate valve so that the valve can be controlled. All of the pipes and will be attached to each other using flanges which will be fastened using nuts and bolts. All of pieces will be put together before we use it to cover the leak. When we place it over the leak, the gate valve will be open so that there is a minimal amount of pressure to move the pipes. The larger pipe will be welded to the flange that the leak is originating from. Then, the gate valve will be closed which will seal the leak. From here, a pipe can be attached to a different oil rig to the top of the pipe where the gate valve is located. Now the oil can be used and the leak is fixed.



Parts Tyler made

This part is a pipe that is meant to hold the gate valve pipe. The hole on the top of the pipe will allow a handle to go to the valve that is inside the pipe. This will allow the gate valve to be controlled.



This is the gate valve which will be used to limit or stop the flow of oil running through the pipe above. The whole in the side will allow the handle to be inserted into the valve. The valve will control the flow by rotating so that it either blocks the pipe or allows oil through.



This is the handle for the gate valve. It will be inserted into the pipe which is at the top of this page and then screwed into the gate valve. It will control whether or not the gate valve will be open, closed, or partially closed by turning the handle which will rotate the pipe and either block the pipe or allow oil to pass through.



This is a bolt which is used to hold the flanges together. This is a very important piece because it prevents the assembly from falling apart. Also, it prevents oil from getting out the pipes through the places where the pipes connect by holding the pieces close enough to each other so that oil can not squeeze through. It will be screwed into the flanges to hold them in place.

This is a nut which will make sure the bolts do not unscrew themselves form the flanges. It does this by screwing onto the bolt after the bolts have been screwed into the flanges. This will hold the flanges closer together by making less space for movement in between the flanges.



The reducer is made to narrow the width of the pipe. It does this by attaching to a wide pipe and a narrower pipe. The width of the reducer narrows so that it can do this.

Kevin Gilbert  Flange plus Cylinder : This is the part of our design that is going to be put over the leak. It will then be attached to the other designs by bolting together the flanges.The opposite side of the flange is going to be put over the leak. It will have to be welded to the existing pipe so no oil leaks out.