Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pipe laying apparatus and method
- Patent Title (中): 管铺设法及方法
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Application No.: US12746856Application Date: 2008-11-10
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Publication No.: US08714878B2Publication Date: 2014-05-06
- Inventor: Kim Lyngberg , Jenny McEwans
- Applicant: Kim Lyngberg , Jenny McEwans
- Applicant Address: GB Surrey
- Assignee: Saipem UK Limited
- Current Assignee: Saipem UK Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Surrey
- Agency: Buchanan Ingersoll Rooney PC
- Priority: GB0724476.7 20071214
- International Application: PCT/GB2008/003779 WO 20081110
- International Announcement: WO2009/077711 WO 20090625
- Main IPC: F16L1/12
- IPC: F16L1/12

Abstract:
Apparatus for laying conduit from a vessel comprises reel carrier arranged to receive a reel (202) wound with conduit (204) and capable of being reciprocated along the direction of the axis (214) of the reel as the conduit is unwound. The apparatus further comprises a straightener (208), and a control unit arranged to control the reel carrier such that the fleet angle created between the conduit and the straightener is reduced. Such an arrangement ensures that the conduit is not bent past its limit of elastic deformability while allowing the straightener to be situated relatively close to the reel.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120020739A1 PIPE LAYING APPARATUS AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2012-01-26
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