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    03 Technical Superiority of Bell Spigot Joint Over Coupler Joint

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    The document discusses the technical advantages of bell and spigot pipe joints over coupler joints. Bell and spigot joints have better structural integrity since the bell is integrally made with the pipe. They also have fewer sealing surfaces so less chances of leakage. The document also describes the author's innovative bell and spigot joint design using double O-rings which increases reliability compared to coupler joints.

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    The document discusses the technical advantages of bell and spigot pipe joints over coupler joints. Bell and spigot joints have better structural integrity since the bell is integrally made with the pipe. They also have fewer sealing surfaces so less chances of leakage. The document also describes the author's innovative bell and spigot joint design using double O-rings which increases reliability compared to coupler joints.

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    Dr.M.

    Ramakrishnan, Chief Technical Officer, 01 January 2011


    GRP PIPE JOINTS: TECHNICAL SUPERIORITY OF BELL & SPIGOT JOINT
    OVER COUPLER JOINT

    In a typical Bell & Spigot joint, the bell is integrally made with the pipe and the joint is
    obtained by inserting rubber sealing rings between the bell and spigot which are finished
    to the required level of tolerances.

    In a typical coupler joint, a coupler is separately made and the jointing is achieved by
    inserting two pipe ends into the coupler and compressing the rubber sealing rings for
    pressure tightness.


    GRP Pipe Bell and Spigot Joint




    GRP Pipe Coupler Joint


    Dr.M.Ramakrishnan, Chief Technical Officer, 01 January 2011




    Compared with a coupler joint, the bell and spigot joint has the following technical
    advantages.

    1. The bell is integrally made with the pipe and this ensures the structural integrity of
    the bell along with the pipe.
    2. In a Bell & Spigot joint there is a single sealing surface per joint, but in a coupler
    joint there are two sealing surfaces per joint. This means that when coupler joint is
    adopted, it has two open ends to be sealed per joint. However, in bell & spigot
    joining method, only one open end to be sealed per joint. Hence, the selection of bell
    & spigot joint straightaway reduces the chances of leakage from two sections as
    applicable for coupler to single section.
    3. During installation, the Bell & Spigot jointing is done by inserting the spigot end
    into the bell portion by the usual axial pulling method normally being employed for
    Steel or any other pipes. In a double bell coupler, the positioning of coupler in
    relation to pipe ends is critical and the possibility of coupler getting shifted is very
    high during the field jointing.

    4. In our design of Bell & Spigot joint, we use double sealing ring as against the
    normal single O-Ring Gasket. The salient features of our innovative design is two-
    fold:
    a. First is to get enhanced reliability against leak-tightness
    b. Second is achieving a reliable and faster field hydrotesting of joints by
    injecting water between two O-Rings(refer the sketch given below) upon
    joint assembly in the field and thereby ensuring the reliability of every joint
    during the pipe installation.

    Therefore, our bell & spigot joint design with two O Rings increases the joint
    reliability by four times (400%) over the coupler joint.
    Reliability due to the reduction of sealing surface per joint from two to one = 2
    Reliability due to the increase of number of sealing rings per sealing surface from one to two = 2
    Overall Reliability of our bell& spigot joint compared to coupler Joint = 2x2 =4


    Note: The coupler joint is usually adopted for pipes made by advancing mandrel process, since
    the manufacture of integral bell in the pipe is not possible in the advancing mandrel process.

    Dr.M.Ramakrishnan, Chief Technical Officer, 01 January 2011


    The field joint testing procedure on the constructed pipeline is as shown in the sketch.
    Water is filled between the rubber rings through the nipple and subjected to the required
    pressure. On completion of testing, the nipple is closed with the male adaptor and
    laminated.

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