Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Gas lift valve remanufacturing process and apparatus produced thereby
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Application No.: US18107603Application Date: 2023-02-09
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Publication No.: US12110771B2Publication Date: 2024-10-08
- Inventor: Russell L. Ritchie , Stanley Wayne Sweet , Dustin Wayne Lott , Gustavo Pertuz
- Applicant: TRC Services, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX The Woodlands
- Assignee: TRC SERVICES, INC.
- Current Assignee: TRC SERVICES, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX The Woodlands
- Agency: Cabello Hall Zinda, PLLC
- Main IPC: E21B43/12
- IPC: E21B43/12 ; B23K9/235 ; B23K101/10

Abstract:
Used gas lift valves having a used bellows assembly are remanufactured. Separable components are disassembled, and the used bellows assembly is removed from a dome housing by de-brazing the used bellows at a brazed joint from a mating surface of the dome housing. A replacement bellows is then affixed (e.g., arc welded) to the dome housing's mating surface, and a bellows adapter is affixed (e.g., arc welded) to the replacement bellows. The separable components of the used valve are then reassembled to produce a remanufactured gas lift valve. The remanufactured valve has a replacement bellows composed of a nickel-chromium alloy as opposed to a nickel-copper alloy, has the replacement bellows arc-welded to the dome housing as opposed to being brazed thereto, and has the adapter arc-welded to the bellows as opposed to being brazed thereto.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230258061A1 Gas Lift Valve Remanufacturing Process and Apparatus Produced Thereby Public/Granted day:2023-08-17
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