EP0156682B1 - Dispositif de verrouillage pour plate-forme pétrolière - Google Patents

Dispositif de verrouillage pour plate-forme pétrolière Download PDF

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EP0156682B1
EP0156682B1 EP85400321A EP85400321A EP0156682B1 EP 0156682 B1 EP0156682 B1 EP 0156682B1 EP 85400321 A EP85400321 A EP 85400321A EP 85400321 A EP85400321 A EP 85400321A EP 0156682 B1 EP0156682 B1 EP 0156682B1
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Pierre-Armand Thomas
Jean-Claude Naudin
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Technip Geoproduction SA
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02B—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING
    • E02B17/00—Artificial islands mounted on piles or like supports, e.g. platforms on raisable legs or offshore constructions; Construction methods therefor
    • E02B17/04—Equipment specially adapted for raising, lowering, or immobilising the working platform relative to the supporting construction
    • E02B17/06—Equipment specially adapted for raising, lowering, or immobilising the working platform relative to the supporting construction for immobilising, e.g. using wedges or clamping rings

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  • the present invention relates to offshore oil drilling platforms and relates more particularly to jack-up platforms.
  • the self-elevating platforms are generally arranged on legs plugged into the bottom of the drilling site and along which a shell is movably mounted by means of drive mechanisms provided with pinions cooperating with racks mounted along said legs.
  • the static reaction load is amplified by the tendency of the members to move relative to each other. to each other in a differential manner.
  • Locking devices for existing oil platforms require significant mechanical stalls in order to make up for the play due, for example, to non-uniform depressions of the various legs of the platform in the ground.
  • GB-A-2 077 843 discloses a locking device for oil platforms comprising a toothed part forming a rack mounted on the shell of the platform and means for moving said toothed part transversely to the direction of the rack with which the device is associated to engage the teeth of said toothed part in those of the rack or to release them therefrom.
  • the object of the invention is to produce a locking device for a self-elevating oil platform which, while being of a relatively simple construction, allows rapid locking after displacement of the platform as well. that a quick release is for a later movement, or for a leveling up.
  • a locking device for a self-elevating oil platform comprising a hull mounted movable on legs by means of lifting mechanisms comprising output pinions cooperating with racks mounted on at least part of the length of the legs, a toothed piece forming a rack mounted on the shell of the platform, means for moving said toothed piece transversely to the direction of the rack with which the device is associated to engage the teeth of said toothed piece in those of the rack or release them, characterized in that it comprises clamping plates integral with said toothed part and clamping counter plates integral with said platform as well as means for clamping said plates and plates to ensure the locking of said toothed part in position in said rack.
  • Fig. 1 there is shown in plan a part of a self-elevating oil platform comprising a hull element 1 movably mounted on vertical legs 2 here made up of four chords stuck in the ground of the site on which the platform is placed.
  • the legs 2 of the platform are provided with diametrically opposite racks 3 (Fig. 4) disposed over a part of the length of the legs 2 and with which are intended to cooperate drive mechanism output gears (not shown) mounted on the hull 1.
  • Six output gears can be provided per platform leg.
  • the shell 1 of roughly square shape has at its four corners housings 4 each intended to receive a locking device according to the invention.
  • This device comprises a toothed part 6 provided with a counter-rack 6a intended to cooperate with a corresponding rack 3 mounted in the leg 2.
  • the toothed part 6 forming a rack is mounted movable perpendicular to the rack by means of jacks 7 whose rods 8 are articulated on lateral yokes 9 of the part 6 in order to allow the engagement of the teeth of the rack 6a in those of the rack 3 when the hull is locked in position and the teeth of the counter rack 6a are removed from the rack 3 in order to unlock the hull.
  • the rods 8 of the jacks 7 also have an intermediate articulation 8a to compensate for the effects of displacement of the toothed part 6 on the spacing of the jacks 7.
  • the cylinders 10 of the cylinders 7 are articulated at fixed points of the shell, not shown.
  • the toothed part 6 has side walls 11 perpendicular to the counter-rack 6a and defining between them a housing 12 for clamping plates 13 of rectangular shape mounted fibers between the side walls 11 and held between these walls by flanges 14.
  • the plates 13 are interposed other plates 15 disposed in a mount 16 secured to the shell of the platform. They are arranged in their mounting so as to be able to move freely in a direction transverse to the direction of movement of the toothed part 6.
  • the braking plates 13 or plates as well as the braking counter-plates 15 are four in number.
  • the locking device further comprises two clamping cylinders 20 intended to apply the plates 13 and the counter-plates 15 against each other.
  • the jacks 20 are made integral with the hull of the platform. In the present embodiment, these are hydraulic cylinders.
  • reaction cushions 22 made of an elastomer or also of Teflon (registered trademark).
  • the rod 23 of the actuator forming a pusher for the counterplates is lockable by means of a nut secured to a toothed wheel 24 meshing with an output pinion 25 of an electric motor 26 (Fig. 4).
  • each frame 2a of the platform being equipped with two racks 3 diametrically opposite, there is provided a locking device according to the invention associated with each of these racks.
  • the device comprises a fixed stop plate 27 constituting the equivalent of a disc brake shoe.
  • the braking plates 13 and the braking backing plates 15 are made of steel.
  • Their friction coefficients can also be increased by providing linings of friction material on the faces of said plates.
  • the part 6 drives with it the clamping plates 13 which are adjusted inside this part. These plates slide between the counter plates 15 interposed between them with a slight clearance of a few millimeters.
  • the part 6 provided with its plates slides along a bearing face 26 of the stop 27 (Fig. 2) which acts as a brake shoe.
  • the number of plates of the locking device can be adapted to the dynamic moment to be balanced.
  • Unlocking the device occurs in the same way by reversing the procedure.
  • the actuators 20 are actuated by applying a fluid pressure slightly higher than the setting pressure which ensures the release of the motorized safety nuts 20. These can then be unscrewed.
  • the rods 23 of the cylinders can then be retracted causing the decompression of the elastomer cushions 22 and the plates 13 of the counter plates 15 are released.
  • the double-acting cylinders 7 can then bring the toothed part 6 backwards to release the teeth of the counter-rack 6a relative to the teeth of the rack 3.
  • the device which has just been described presents the operating sequences which can be automated.
  • the locking device shown in FIG. 5 constitutes a variant of the device described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 4.
  • the device of FIG. 2 it comprises a toothed part 30, the toothed part of which forms a counter-rack intended to cooperate with a rack of a leg or member of the platform is not shown.
  • the part 30 are mounted with clearance clamping plates 31 which cooperate with clamping counter-plates 32 disposed in a fixed mount secured to the platform.
  • the clamping counter-plates 32 bear on a stop 33 forming the brake shoe.
  • the counter plate 32 opposite to that bearing on the stop 33, comprises bias wedges 34 intended to cooperate with the wedges 35 of complementary inclination connected together by a spacer 36 and actuated by a double-acting cylinder 37.
  • the wedges skewers 35 bear against the shell by means of cushions 38 made of elastomer or Teflon.
  • the jack 37 In order to ensure positive security of such an arrangement, the jack 37 must be provided with a motorized nut similar to that used in the clamping jacks 20 of the embodiment of FIG. 2.
  • a hydraulic cylinder 37 is used to actuate the bias wedges

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EP85400321A 1984-02-28 1985-02-21 Dispositif de verrouillage pour plate-forme pétrolière Expired EP0156682B1 (fr)

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FR8403066 1984-02-28
FR8403066A FR2560246B1 (fr) 1984-02-28 1984-02-28 Dispositif de verrouillage pour plate-forme petroliere

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EP (1) EP0156682B1 (da)
JP (1) JPS6168918A (da)
BR (1) BR8500847A (da)
CA (1) CA1228236A (da)
DK (1) DK157498C (da)
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FR2560246A1 (fr) 1985-08-30
JPH0311325B2 (da) 1991-02-15
DK157498C (da) 1990-06-05
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