AT525558A4 - Grounding of pipeline systems using the wire brush method to discharge electrostatic charges - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to an earthing system for pipelines (2) with flange connections, the flanges (6) to be connected each having an additional hole on the screw hole circle (5). If the flange spacing is small, a round wire brush (3) is pushed through both holes in the flanges to be connected. If the flange distance is larger, a round wire brush (3) is inserted through the hole in the flange to be connected and the two round wire brushes (3) are connected using a grounding wire.

Description

Current situation:

In order to ground pipe parts made of steel/PTFE or pipe parts made of steel/enamel, these are screwed together with screw connections and grounding wires in order to ensure the controlled flow of current and thus a discharge of the built-up potential. This work is also repeatedly associated with injuries {(cuts} to complain about and very time consuming,

My invention/idea is supposed to be a grounding system using round wire brushes in a plug-in process, on the one hand to ensure that electrostatic charges are discharged correctly (charging potential

through liquid transfer in the pipes} and on the other hand to minimize injuries during assembly,

This new grounding system should look like this:

Instead of tedious earthing by screwing the earthing wires to the pipe parts on the earthing bolts, a round wire bust should be pushed through an additional hole for the through-bust/s on the screw hole circle on the flanges of these components to be connected, which currently fulfills the same purpose as the screw connection earthing.

The flow of current from flange to flange is given via the round wire brush.

If the flange spacing is small, this can easily be done with a push-through round wire brush

take place. Of course, these round brushes should have a ring for pulling or inserting the brush when dismantling the pipework parts,

Such connections are 90% of the flange connections in current pipeline construction made of PTFE components or enamel components and lines.

Should the flange distances be larger to be connected and a through brush too long

two own plug-in brush ends should be connected via a grounding wire in order to use these as grounding.

So you only need to insert one end of the brush into the hole provided on the flange to establish the grounding.

I imagine this to be like cleaning pistol barrels. A wire brush is also pushed into the barrel with resistance, which is then pulled out again and cleans the barrel.

This is exactly what these round plug brushes are supposed to do via the additional holes on the flanges. A fixed/detachable plug connection metal/metal to ensure the current flow.

The plug and pull. the wire brush can be very oR until you have to replace the brush due to wear.

In my opinion, this would bring an enormous competitive advantage over the competition, especially for manufacturers of steel/PTFE components or enamel components.

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Especially multi-product systems with these pipe systems have to constantly re-screw many groundings due to constant system conversions, which represents a very high cost. If they work with the wire brush connector systems, it would save them a lot of working time costs and thus massively increase their competitiveness.

Sketch of wire brush through terminals on flanges

Push-through brush pull/plug ring

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Sketch of two-ended plug-in wire harness system for larger grounding distances

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The invention of grounding steel, steel/PTFE, steel/enamel lines is intended to make grounding with my wire brush push-through or wire brush plug-in system much easier and safer. Furthermore, the invention should bring the users enormous assembly costs through the use of the new grounding system, especially the pipeline construction in chemical plants would save a lot of costs, from my experience in chemical plants (so-called multi-product plants} about 50000 flange pairs are separated and reassembled annually and grounded, And this in only one chemical plant with about 1000 employees than only in one company. That's why the retrofitting of existing piping systems to my new system should be patented if possible. Because I also see great potential here. Not only for piping points that are newly equipped with my system,

claims to the patent,

My claims to the patent are intended to secure the manufacture of the necessary new grounding parts, the round wire brush plug-in system, the round wire push-through brush system with grounding wire, and the sale of my idea in pipeline construction. Furthermore, the conversion in existing systems that want to use my system should also be secured. This means that every newly produced pipe part and every existing pipe part that wants to use my grounding may only be carried out through me and my consent to use the new grounding system. This should protect these patents or possibly several patents,

And if possible internationally: EU and worldwide if something like that is possible.

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Claims (1)

1. Grounding system for pipelines (2) with flange connections, characterized in that the flanges to be connected (6) on the screw hole circle {5) each have an additional hole, where - If the distance between the flanges is small, a round wire bust (3) is pushed through both holes, or - If the flange distance is larger, a round wire brush (3} is inserted through a hole in each case, with the two round wire brushes (3} being connected by means of a grounding wire, 2, earthing system for pipelines (2) with flange connections according to claim 1, characterized in that the round wire brush (3) has a pull/plug ring (4} at one end, Page 4 of. 6 l RECENTLY FILED CLAIMS