661 results about "Glass manufacturing" patented technology

The invention belongs to the technical field of glass manufacturing, and particularly relates to anti-falling and anti-scratching lithium aluminum silicate glass and a preparation method thereof.The anti-falling and anti-scratching lithium aluminum silicate glass is prepared from, by mass, 250.0%-65.0% of SiO2, 10.0%-20.0% of Al2O3, 2.0%-8.0% of Na2O, 1.0%-5.0% of K2O, 1.0%-5.0% of MgO, 1.0%-5.0% of ZrO2, 2.0%-8.0% of Li2O, 0.1%-2.0% of CaO, 1.0%-5.0% of Y2O3, 0.1%-5.0% of BaO and 0.05%-0.5% of additives; the additive is one or more of Fe2O3, Co2O3, CuO and Cr2O3; the mass ratio of BaO to Y2O3 is 1: (2-4). The problems of long founding time, low ion exchange process efficiency, low hardness, low bending strength and poor high-temperature stability of the existing lithium aluminosilicate glass preparation process are solved.

The invention discloses a composite clarifying agent for alkali-free glass and a manufacturing method of an alkali-free glass substrate, and relates to the technical field of glass manufacturing, the composite clarifying agent for alkali-free glass comprises the following components by mass: 12-30% of ammonium chloride, 48-73% of sulfate, and 11-25% of calcium fluoride; the preparation method comprises the following steps: adding a composite clarifying agent accounting for 0.2-1.2% of the total weight of the glass raw material into the glass raw material, uniformly mixing to form a batch, and carrying out melting, molding, spraying, annealing, cutting, alkali cleaning and other processes on the batch to finally prepare the glass substrate. The prepared composite clarifying agent does not contain toxic substances such as arsenic oxide and antimony oxide, the glass substrate produced by using the clarifying agent not only has an excellent clarifying effect, but also can recycle SO2 and NH3 gas generated in the melting process, can effectively solve the quality problems such as micro-flaws on the surface of the glass substrate in the production process, and has a good application prospect. And the production cost can be reduced and the product quality can be improved.

The invention discloses high-toughness ultrathin flexible glass and a preparation method thereof, and relates to the technical field of glass manufacturing. The ultrathin flexible glass is prepared from the following raw materials: silicon dioxide, aluminum oxide, lithium oxide, sodium oxide, magnesium oxide, a modified nano reinforced phase, a high-temperature melting regulator and cerium dioxide. The modified nano reinforced phase is prepared by the following steps: pre-treating silicon carbide and silicon nitride with hydrochloric acid, and mixing with nano zirconium oxide to obtain a mixture; and modifying the mixture with a silane coupling agent to obtain the modified nano reinforced phase. The high-temperature melting regulator is a mixture of lithium borate, sodium sulfate and lithium fluoride. The preparation method of the ultra-thin flexible glass comprises the following steps: preparing the modified nano reinforced phase, melting and homogenizing the glass, forming the glass substrate, and preparing the ultra-thin flexible glass. The ultra-thin flexible glass prepared by the invention has relatively high fracture toughness and structural rigidity, excellent flexibility and bending fatigue durability, and excellent thermal shock resistance.

An ultra-thin flexible glass and its preparation method belong to the technical field of glass manufacturing. The raw materials of the ultra-thin flexible glass are composed of silicon dioxide, aluminum oxide, sodium oxide, boron trioxide, calcium oxide, lithium oxide, a composite toughening agent, a composite flux, and a composite fining agent. The ultra-thin flexible glass prepared by the present invention has an ultimate bending radius of 2-3 mm, a maximum number of bending times of 350,000-360,000 times, a surface compressive stress of 916-937 MPa, a Vickers hardness of 610-623 MPa, and an elastic modulus of 79-82 GPa.

The utility model discloses a shaft head welding device of a glass conveying roller, which relates to the field of glass manufacturing and comprises a welding robot and a workbench. The welding robot is arranged on one side of the workbench, and a welding machine is installed at the moving end of the welding robot. The working table comprises a table plate and a rotating mechanism, and the rotating mechanism is used for driving the table plate to rotate; a plurality of first positioning holes are distributed in the table plate around the rotating center, and the first positioning holes penetrate through the table plate; a positioning step for dividing the first positioning hole into an upper part and a lower part is arranged in the first positioning hole; sealing plates and positioning rings are arranged below the first positioning holes at intervals in a staggered mode, the sealing plates seal the lower ends of the first positioning holes, and second positioning holes communicated with the first positioning holes are formed in the positioning rings in a penetrating mode. The shaft head welding device has the advantage that the production efficiency of shaft head welding is improved.

The invention discloses high-strength high-temperature-resistant fireproof industrial glass and a preparation method thereof, and relates to the technical field of glass manufacturing. The industrial glass is prepared from the following raw materials: silicon dioxide, boric oxide, aluminum oxide, sodium oxide, potassium oxide, niobium phosphate, a composite reinforcing component and a clarifying agent, the composite reinforcing component is prepared from hafnium oxide, gadolinium oxide and zinc oxide; the clarifying agent is obtained by mixing cerium dioxide and tin oxide. The preparation method of the industrial glass comprises the following steps: preparing functional components, melting glass, forming a glass substrate, and preparing the industrial glass. The prepared industrial glass is high in strength, good in high-temperature stability and excellent in fireproof performance.

The invention relates to high-strength and heat-resistant glass and a preparation method thereof, and belongs to the technical field of glass manufacturing, and the high-strength and heat-resistant glass comprises the following chemical components: SiO2, B2O3, Na2O, K2O, Al2O3, MgO, CaO, ZnO, Li2O, P2O5, Nb2O5, Re2O7, Gd2O3 and SrO. The average linear thermal expansion coefficient of the high-strength and heat-resistant glass prepared by the invention is (2.94 to 3.23) * 10 <-7 > / DEG C, the softening temperature is 710.1 to 720.4 DEG C, the breaking strength is 206.4 to 214.5 MPa, the impact strength is 49 to 54 cm, and the microhardness is 570 to 608 MPa.

The present invention belongs to the technical field of glass manufacturing. Provided are a recipe of glass capable of carbon emission and a preparation method for the glass capable of carbon emission. The recipe comprises the following raw material components in percentage by mass: 53-60% of quartz sand, 12-18% of wollastonite, 5-12% of albite, 0.5-2% of spodumene, and 15-20% of NaOH; on this basis, 2-5% of water and 5-10% of a silica sol binder are additionally added to ensure the humidity and good adhesive effect of a compounded material. The raw materials are fully mixed and then fed to an extrusion molding machine, the pressure in the extrusion molding machine is controlled to be 50-150 MPa, and extrusion is performed to form spherical or flake-shaped pellets having a diameter of 5-15 mm; and the granulated and molded pellets of the compounded material are then preheated to 500°C and put into a kiln for melting to obtain glass capable of carbon emission. The preparation method can improve the utilization rate of the compounded material, shorten the melting time, reduce the melting temperature, improve the quality of glass melting, reduce the unit energy consumption, and reduce the carbon emission.

The utility model discloses a hot charging device for a glass conveying roller, which relates to the field of glass manufacturing and comprises a feeding frame, a feeding mechanism, a heating mechanism, a discharging mechanism, a discharging frame and an operation table. The feeding frame is used for containing rollers, the feeding mechanism is used for transferring the rollers from the feeding frame to the heating mechanism, the heating mechanism is used for heating the rollers, and the discharging mechanism is used for transferring the glass conveying rollers subjected to hot charging from the heating mechanism to the discharging frame. The operation table is used for operating the feeding mechanism, the heating mechanism and the discharging mechanism to work. The conveying roller has the advantages that the hot charging technology is adopted, deformation caused by local high temperature in the welding process is reduced, and the assembly precision between the roller and the shaft heads and the using effect of the conveying roller are improved.

The invention is applicable to the technical field of cover plate glass manufacturing, and provides a preparation method of cover plate glass with anti-dazzle, anti-reflection, antifouling and scratch-proof functions, which comprises the following steps: pretreatment of a base material: cleaning and drying the surface of the glass base material to remove oil stains and impurities; preparing an anti-dazzle film: forming the anti-dazzle film on the surface of the pretreated glass substrate; an antireflection film is deposited, specifically, the antireflection film is deposited on the side, away from the base material, of the anti-dazzle film through coating equipment, the antireflection film is composed of a SiO2 layer and an H14La2O7Ti layer, and the H14La2O7Ti layer is located between the SiO2 layer and the subsequent anti-fingerprint film; preparing an anti-fingerprint film: depositing the anti-fingerprint film on one side, far away from the anti-glare film, of the antireflection film, and curing to obtain the cover plate glass with anti-glare, anti-reflection, antifouling and anti-scratch functions. According to the invention, the wear resistance is obviously improved; the light transmittance and the optical performance are stable and controllable; the anti-dazzle function and the anti-smudginess function are coordinated and stable; production adaptability and cost control advantages are realized; the prepared cover plate glass has excellent environmental adaptability.

The invention relates to the field of manufacturing of multi-color sheath glass, in particular to glass and a preparation method of a multi-color sheath of the glass. The glass base layer comprises glass, a multicolor sheath layer and a surface self-cleaning layer. The surface self-cleaning layer of the glass has a novel composite structure of a nanocrystalline multicolor sheath layer and a quantum dot sensitized self-cleaning layer. The structure effectively solves the problem of color covering of a traditional thick coating. In addition, through cooperative modification of the carbon quantum dots and the graphene quantum dots, the photoresponse range of titanium dioxide is expanded from ultraviolet light to visible light, so that the photocatalytic efficiency of the titanium dioxide is remarkably improved.

The invention belongs to the technical field of optical glass, and discloses an impact test device for manufacturing optical glass, which comprises a bearing platform, a guide assembly mounted on the bearing platform, a support assembly arranged on the guide assembly, and an impact test assembly arranged on the support assembly, the protection assembly is mounted on the supporting assembly; a steel ball vertically falls to impact optical glass, two supporting assemblies are pushed to move oppositely in the falling process, a movable frame moves to the vertical end along a guide groove through a connecting piece, and at the moment, the movable frame and a supporting roller rod move oppositely along the lower end of the guide groove under the action of a second tension spring; the distance between the two supporting roller rods is shortened by rotating the two supporting roller rods, the two supporting roller rods move downwards and the distance between the two supporting roller rods is shortened in the rebounding process of the steel ball, the steel ball is supported through the two supporting roller rods, the situation that the steel ball rebounds and secondarily impacts optical glass is avoided, and therefore the accuracy of the optical glass impact test is guaranteed.

The invention relates to the technical field of automatic control of glass manufacturing, discloses an optical cooperative monitoring and processing system and method for glass cold end plate explosion, and aims to solve the problems that an existing plate explosion detection range is narrow, the precision is low, and emergency response depends on manual intervention. The system adopts a dual optical detection framework of'dynamic photoelectric scanning + static CCD image recognition 'and is combined with a servo-driven photoelectric plate explosion detection module and a high-resolution defect detection module to realize accurate detection of full-breadth and full-type plate explosion phenomena (transverse / longitudinal fracture, microcracks and unbroken small cracks); a secondary intelligent response mechanism is constructed through an EtherCAT real-time communication protocol, emergency cutting, discharging or precise cutting (including block cutting and stripping / sleeving cutting) is automatically triggered, and manual intervention is not needed. The detection precision reaches 99% or above, the response delay is smaller than or equal to 50 ms, production interruption and equipment damage can be remarkably reduced, and stable and efficient operation of a glass cold end production line is guaranteed.

A bulk material handling system includes a majors material handling system including bulk material storage modules and bulk material dispensing modules. The dispensing modules include bulk material dosing assemblies and docking assemblies. A bulk material handling method includes conveying bulk material from a mobile bulk material container into a stationary bulk material container at a glass manufacturing facility via dense phase pneumatic conveying.

The invention discloses microcrystalline glass, a microcrystalline glass manufacturing method and a household appliance, and relates to the technical field of microcrystalline glass manufacturing, the surface roughness of the microcrystalline glass is greater than or equal to 0.8 [mu] m and less than or equal to 2.0 [mu] m, and the Mohs hardness of the microcrystalline glass is greater than or equal to 6.5 and less than or equal to 8.0. The microcrystalline glass provided by the invention can have better usability.

The invention discloses a low-carbon glass melting furnace adopting a pre-melting pool, which relates to the technical field of glass manufacturing, solves the technical problem of reducing energy consumption, and comprises a pre-melting pool adopting electric melting or submerged combustion and a clarification pool communicated with the pre-melting pool and adopting flame combustion, a cold top structure is arranged in the upper space of the pre-melting tank, and the upper structure of the clarification tank adopts an arch structure and is hermetically connected with the upper space of the pre-melting tank through an L-shaped hanging wall; in the glass melting process, the silicate forming stage and the glass forming stage are completed in a pre-melting pool, and the molten glass clarifying stage is completed in a clarifying pool. A pre-melting pool is communicated with a clarification pool, electric melting or submerged combustion heating is adopted in the pre-melting pool, combustion space flame heating is adopted in the clarification pool, and a novel function partition structure is developed and designed in a targeted manner according to the fact that all stages of the glass melting process have different required effects on all areas of an energy supply area of the glass melting furnace. And the carbon emission and the energy consumption are obviously reduced.

A glass manufacturing apparatus includes a delivery apparatus defining an upstream portion of a ribbon travel path extending in a first travel direction. The glass manufacturing apparatus includes a forming roll extending along an axis parallel to the travel path and perpendicular to the first travel direction. The forming roll includes a recess that imparts a protrusion to a ribbon traveling along the ribbon travel path in the first travel direction. The forming roll includes a first surface defining the recess and a first surface characteristic. The forming roll includes a second surface defining an area surrounding the recess and including a second surface characteristic. The first surface characteristic is different than the second surface characteristic. During a cooling period of time, the first surface cools at a faster rate than the second surface. Methods of manufacturing a ribbon are provided.

The invention discloses a glass reinforced plastic pipe and a production device thereof, and relates to the technical field of glass manufacturing. To solve the problem of uniformity. The device specifically comprises a rack, a motor, a guide rod and a bidirectional reciprocating lead screw, the motor is fixed to the outer wall of one side of the rack through a bolt, and a core mold is fixed to an output shaft of the motor through a flange. On one hand, through the mode that yarn is wound and then glue is sprayed, the uniformity of glass fiber reinforced plastic pipe manufacturing can be achieved through the uniformity of glue spraying, on the other hand, the linear movement speed of the first sliding block is related to the rotating speed of the bidirectional reciprocating lead screw, the glue spraying speed is related to the rotating speed of the pump head, and the pump head is connected with the bidirectional reciprocating lead screw; and the bidirectional reciprocating screw rod is driven to the core mold through the transmission mechanism, so that the rotating speed of the core mold, the linear moving speed of the sliding block I and the glue supply speed of the pump head are all related to the speed of the motor, the glue spraying speed, the moving speed and the rotating speed of the core mold are ensured to be matched, and the winding preparation uniformity of the glass reinforced plastic pipe is completely ensured.

The invention discloses a method for measuring the thickness of glass by using a spectral confocal principle, which comprises the following steps of: constructing a spectral confocal thickness measurement model, and acquiring reflection wavelength data values corresponding to focal positions respectively formed on the upper surface and the lower surface of the glass; according to the one-to-one correspondence linear relation between the incident wavelength or the reflection wavelength and the focus positions, the reflection wavelength data values corresponding to the focus positions of the upper surface and the lower surface of the glass are converted into focus values respectively, the difference value between the two focus values is calculated, and the thickness value of the measured glass is determined; and transmitting the determined thickness value of the glass to a data output feedback system. According to the invention, the interference of manual measurement can be reduced, so that the precision of measuring the thickness of the glass can be improved, and the method has wide application prospect and value in the glass manufacturing and processing process.

The invention relates to an advantageous composition for its use in a glass manufacturing process, comprising (i) at least a calcium raw material and (ii) at least a calcium-magnesium raw material, with when CaO is ≥ 4*MgO in said composition, said calcium-magnesium raw material is hydrated dolime; and when CaO is < 4*MgO in said composition, said calcium raw material is hydrated lime.

The invention discloses a hollow glass spacing bar framing method, and relates to the technical field of hollow production, and the hollow glass spacing bar framing method comprises the following steps: conveying a spacing bar to a spacing bar bending station, and bending the two ends of the spacing bar towards the inner side; the two bent spacing bars are conveyed to a first spacing bar framing station through a conveying mechanism and clamped by a first spacing bar framing mechanism, the two bent spacing bars are clamped by a second spacing bar framing station and clamped by a second spacing bar framing mechanism, and the connecting positions of the two bent spacing bars are oppositely arranged. The two bent spacing bars are respectively a first spacing bar and a second spacing bar; a first middle straight section spacing bar is clamped through a first straight section clamping mechanism and moved to a first inserting position, and a second middle straight section spacing bar is conveyed to a second straight section assembling mechanism to be clamped and then reaches a second inserting position; and the like. The problem that framing is inconvenient for large-size spacing bars can be solved.

The utility model belongs to the technical field of photovoltaic glass manufacturing, and discloses a roller way self-cleaning device and vacuum coating equipment. The roller way self-cleaning device comprises a brush plate, the brush plate is adjacent to a conveying roller, at least two O-shaped rings are arranged on the conveying roller in the axis direction of the conveying roller, a bristle area is correspondingly arranged on the side, facing the conveying roller, of the brush plate, bristles are arranged in the bristle area and can abut against the O-shaped rings for cleaning, and the brush plate can move in the axis direction of the conveying roller. Therefore, the O-shaped ring abuts against the bristles located at different positions of the bristle area. By means of the roller way self-cleaning device, sputtering objects on the O-shaped ring can be automatically removed, the surface of glass is prevented from being scratched, the brush plate can be moved, the O-shaped ring makes contact with bristles located at different positions of the bristle area, the defect that the cleaning effect is reduced after local bristles are abraded is overcome, the continuous cleaning capacity is guaranteed, and the service life of the roller way is prolonged. And the overhauling frequency and the overhauling cost of the roller way self-cleaning device and the whole vacuum coating equipment are reduced.

This invention discloses a method and system for monitoring the liquid glass level in a furnace during substrate glass preparation, belonging to the field of substrate glass manufacturing technology. It solves the technical problem that existing technologies cannot achieve real-time monitoring and adjustment of the liquid glass level in a substrate glass furnace to ensure its stability. The method involves collecting weighing data of glass powder and substrate glass, and calculating the theoretical height of the liquid glass level in the furnace. Subsequently, a glass volume conversion coefficient is set, and the actual liquid glass level is manually measured. The theoretical and actual liquid glass levels are compared to correct the volume conversion coefficients for melting glass powder and substrate glass. By comparing the difference between the theoretical and target liquid glass levels, the feeding frequency of the feeding system is adjusted, thereby achieving adjustment and stability of the liquid glass level in the substrate glass furnace.

The utility model discloses a gas circuit conveying mechanism for photovoltaic glass wide-line sheet discharging roller bed interchange equipment, which belongs to the technical field of glass manufacturing and comprises a cylinder mounted on the roller bed interchange equipment and a five-way electromagnetic valve connected with ventilation equipment, first connectors are mounted at symmetrical positions of the top of the five-way electromagnetic valve, and a second connector is mounted at a symmetrical position of the top of the five-way electromagnetic valve. An air inlet of the first connector communicates with an air inlet pipe, a first fixing piece is arranged at the joint of the air inlet pipe and the first connector, and the center of the bottom of the five-way electromagnetic valve communicates with an air guide pipe; the inner diameters of the first connector and the second connector on the five-way electromagnetic valve and the air cylinder used by the wide-line lower sheet roller bed interchange are 16 mm, and the corresponding air inlet pipe and the corresponding air guide pipe are changed at the same time, so that the flow of air is increased in the air outlet process of the five-way electromagnetic valve, the stretching force of the air cylinder is increased, and the air outlet efficiency is improved. Therefore, the speed of lifting in place of the interchange is increased, and the problem that the unloading rhythm is not enough due to the full lifting speed of the interchange is solved.

The utility model discloses a light detection device for glass stripes, which belongs to the technical field of glass manufacturing and comprises a conveying bed frame, a lofting mechanism is mounted on the conveying bed frame and comprises a positioning part and a lofting frame which are connected with each other, and the lofting frame is used for lapping glass stripe standard sheets; the glass stripe detection light source is located above the conveying bed frame and provides lamplight irradiation for the glass to be detected and the glass stripe standard sheet; the positioning piece can lift the lofting frame through the lifting mechanism and is used for accurately lifting the glass stripe standard sheet to a detection position; according to the utility model, the glass stripe detection light source irradiates the glass under the glass stripe detection light source and is matched with the glass stripe standard sheet overlapped at the upper end of the supporting plate, so that a worker can conveniently refer to the glass stripe detection light source, and errors caused by manual judgment are reduced, thereby improving the qualified rate of glass detection; and the lofting mechanism lifts to adjust the distance between the supporting plate and the glass, so that a worker can conveniently pull out the supporting plate outwards by holding a handle component to replace a new glass stripe standard sheet.

The invention relates to the technical field of float glass manufacturing, and particularly discloses a brick replacing device and a brick replacing method.The brick replacing device is used for replacing stacked bricks at the bottom of a float glass melting furnace, the brick replacing device comprises a base, a lifting mechanism and a horizontal pushing mechanism, the base is fixed between two adjacent secondary beams at the bottom of the melting furnace in a limited mode, and a bearing table is arranged on the base; the bearing table is used for placing replacement bricks, and a push plate is movably arranged on the bearing table; the lifting mechanism is arranged on the base and used for driving the bearing table to ascend and descend. The horizontal pushing mechanism is arranged on the bearing table and used for driving the pushing plate to move in the horizontal direction so as to push the pushing plate to move after the replacement bricks are jacked to abut against the large bricks at the bottom of the pool, and the stacked bricks on the secondary beams are extruded out and replaced. During operation of the float glass melting furnace pool, large bricks at the bottom of the pool are supported, and meanwhile, stack bricks are pushed to move outwards and replaced, so that continuous replacement is formed, and the problem that a pool bottom bearing structure cannot be maintained during operation is solved.

The utility model discloses a continuous blanking assembly for glass manufacturing, which comprises a fixed frame, a blanking device is arranged on the inner side of the fixed frame, the blanking device comprises a suction cup, a movable frame, an air pipe and an air pump, one end of the air pump is connected with the air pipe, the suction cup is arranged below the movable frame, and the top end of the suction cup is connected with an adjusting device. The adjusting device comprises a hard pipe, driven wheels, a rotating plate, a control sleeve, a fixing pipe, a rotating pipe and a driving wheel, the rotating pipe is connected to the inner side of the control sleeve, the driven wheels are engaged with the driving wheel, a positioning mechanism is arranged on the outer side of the hard pipe, and the positioning mechanism comprises a connecting block, a positioning sleeve, a reset spring, an arc-shaped groove, a round hole, a reset block, a reset sleeve, a limiting rod and a limiting plate. The two ends of the reset spring are connected with the connecting block and the reset block, the arc-shaped groove is formed in the reset sleeve, the round hole is formed in one end of the arc-shaped groove, the limiting rod is connected to one side of the positioning sleeve, and the limiting plate is fixedly arranged on the limiting rod. The blanking efficiency is improved, the use flexibility of equipment is improved, and stable operation of the equipment is guaranteed.

This application relates to the field of glass manufacturing technology, and in particular to a coating method and system. Current glass coating systems typically use separate equipment for pre- and post-coating inspections, connected by a conveyor belt. Such systems require a high level of cleanliness in the factory environment. This application provides a coating method that includes performing a first defect inspection on the material to be inspected, coating the qualified material, performing a second defect inspection on the coated material to obtain a second inspection result, and classifying the coated material based on the second inspection result. This significantly reduces the cleanliness requirements of the production environment and lowers factory investment while ensuring accuracy and efficiency.

This invention discloses a method for manufacturing 3D display glass and its curved display glass, relating to the field of glass manufacturing technology. A conveying preheating box is attached to one side of the top of a multi-stage temperature control frame. Several pressure-equalizing hydraulic cylinders are equidistantly installed on the top of the conveying preheating box. Pressure-limiting fixing frames are attached to the bottom of the pressure-limiting fixing frames. Inlet and outlet electric slide rails are symmetrically installed at the bottom of the pressure-limiting fixing frames. Inlet and outlet sliding frames are installed at the bottom of the inlet and outlet electric slide rails via slide rail seats. A positioning electric slide rail is embedded at one end of the inlet and outlet sliding frame. A shaping top mold is fitted between two clamping fixing frames. This invention utilizes a combination of pneumatic hot bending, gravity hot bending, shaping hot pressing, and edge correction hot pressing. Furthermore, by using slow heating and slow cooling, along with mold control, the shape of the curved glass can be effectively controlled. Simultaneous operation of pretreatment and forming processes reduces the waiting time required during production.

A glass manufacturing apparatus is disclosed. The glass manufacturing apparatus includes a conduit defining a length. The conduit includes an interior passageway defining a conduit cross-sectional footprint having a first cross-sectional area at a point along the length. The apparatus further includes an expansion drum positioned along the length of the conduit or adjacent and collinear with the conduit. The expansion drum defines an expansion drum cross-sectional footprint and a length. The expansion drum cross-sectional footprint extends outwardly of the conduit cross-sectional footprint. The expansion drum includes a second cross-sectional area at a second point along the length of the conduit. The second cross-sectional area is greater than the first cross-sectional area. The apparatus may further include one or more reinforcing members attached to and extending along a portion of the length of the conduit.