Patent ID: 8658071

Claim:
A method for enabling a lining to be applied to a pipe elbow or bend, the method comprising the steps of: providing a pipe elbow or bend having an interior surface for lining, and having opposed ends; providing a flexible elongate mandrel having opposing ends, the flexible elongate mandrel being adaptively sized or shaped to the size or shape of the pipe elbow or bend; connecting a tie member to an end of the flexible elongate mandrel; drawing the tie member through the elbow or bend so as to draw the mandrel therethrough and locating opposing ends of the mandrel adjacent to opposing respective ends of the elbow or bend; and securing the mandrel ends in relation to the respective ends of the elbow or bend leaving a space between the mandrel and the interior surface of the pipe elbow or bend into which a lining may be formed to the interior surface of the pipe elbow or bend.