Patent ID: 9645072
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: F16L,G01M,G01N

Claim:
1. A method for testing the integrity of a sealing arrangement of a flexible pipe, comprising: locating a first annular sealing element and a second annular sealing element in a joint between two elements of a flexible pipe, with a region of the joint therebetween; and pressurising the region between the first sealing element and the second sealing element through a port extending towards the region to a predetermined pressure of about 0.2 MPa or greater, and wherein the first and second sealing elements are sealing rings each having a cross-section comprising a wedge-like portion, and wherein the first and second sealing elements are oriented in the same axial direction such that the wedge-like portion of each sealing element faces an open mouth of an end fitting assembly into which an end of a flexible pipe body of the flexible pipe is located.