Patent ID: 8096589

Claim:
An arrangement comprising: a flexible tubular pipe comprising at least one sheet of tensile armor layers wound with a long pitch; an end fitting comprising a ring and a sleeve, the sleeve having one end and a connection portion at the one end for connection to the pipe, the sleeve having an opposite end and an attachment portion at the opposite end, the connection portion having a portion for housing the armor layers, the connection portion being engaged in the ring to form an annular chamber; the armor layers of the sheet of tensile armor layers having free ends which extend into the annular chamber when the sleeve is mounted onto the pipe, the annular chamber being configured and operable to receive a pouring of a material which solidifies inside the annular chamber; the free ends of the armor layers have respective anchors thereon configured and operable for being trapped in the solidified material in the annular chamber, wherein the anchors are operable to prevent the free ends of the armor layers from moving in translation in the annular chamber; each of the anchors comprising a widener element attached by welding to the free end of the armor layer.