EP0380474A1 - Procede et appareil pour enrober des canalisations. - Google Patents

Procede et appareil pour enrober des canalisations.

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EP0380474A1
EP0380474A1 EP87906753A EP87906753A EP0380474A1 EP 0380474 A1 EP0380474 A1 EP 0380474A1 EP 87906753 A EP87906753 A EP 87906753A EP 87906753 A EP87906753 A EP 87906753A EP 0380474 A1 EP0380474 A1 EP 0380474A1
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wire
pipe
rollers
concrete
line
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Wayne Keith Buttimore
Douglas Thomas Mullen
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British Pipe Coaters Ltd
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B28—WORKING CEMENT, CLAY, OR STONE
    • B28B—SHAPING CLAY OR OTHER CERAMIC COMPOSITIONS; SHAPING SLAG; SHAPING MIXTURES CONTAINING CEMENTITIOUS MATERIAL, e.g. PLASTER
    • B28B21/00—Methods or machines specially adapted for the production of tubular articles
    • B28B21/42—Methods or machines specially adapted for the production of tubular articles by shaping on or against mandrels or like moulding surfaces
    • B28B21/44—Methods or machines specially adapted for the production of tubular articles by shaping on or against mandrels or like moulding surfaces by projecting, e.g. spraying
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B28—WORKING CEMENT, CLAY, OR STONE
    • B28B—SHAPING CLAY OR OTHER CERAMIC COMPOSITIONS; SHAPING SLAG; SHAPING MIXTURES CONTAINING CEMENTITIOUS MATERIAL, e.g. PLASTER
    • B28B21/00—Methods or machines specially adapted for the production of tubular articles
    • B28B21/56—Methods or machines specially adapted for the production of tubular articles incorporating reinforcements or inserts
    • B28B21/60—Methods or machines specially adapted for the production of tubular articles incorporating reinforcements or inserts prestressed reinforcements
    • B28B21/62—Methods or machines specially adapted for the production of tubular articles incorporating reinforcements or inserts prestressed reinforcements circumferential laterally tensioned
    • B28B21/64—Winding arrangements
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H81/00—Methods, apparatus, or devices for covering or wrapping cores by winding webs, tapes, or filamentary material, not otherwise provided for
    • B65H81/06—Covering or wrapping elongated cores
    • B65H81/08—Covering or wrapping elongated cores by feeding material obliquely to the axis of the core

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  • This invention is concerned with coating of pipes of the type used in subterranean or submerged pipelines for recovery of oil, gas, slurries or the like pipeable materials from a subterranean well.
  • Such pipes normally include a mechanical shear transfer device in the form of wire windings or caging applied around the anti- corrosion coating prior to application of the concrete coating. This opposes the tendency of the concrete coating to slip or jump off the anti-corrosion coated pipe during laying operations which can impose considerable bending stresses upon the pipe.
  • each pipe section is caused to rotate about its longitudinal ax s and passed longitudinally past a concrete coating station wherein concrete/aggregate is caused to impinge upon the rotating pipe thereby building up a thickness of concrete on the pipe to form a coating.
  • wire a wire mesh
  • the wire is fed in a continuous manner at an appropriate angle to allow the rotation of the pipe to cause winding of wire throughout its length. Once that section has passed by that station, the wire must be cut and lashed at the tail end of the pipe section.
  • this invention provides in its broadest aspect a method of coating pipe sections which comprises conveying a series of pipe sections past a concrete coating station having means for advancing and rotating the sections longitudinally, characterised by providing at that station means for continuously feeding a line to the rotating sections, means for continually feeding a wire to the rotating sections in a manner such that the line fed to the sections brings the wire into position for winding around the section and overlies the wound wire throughout its length, and cutter means, cooperating with the wire-feed means, for automatically cutting the wire at predetermined time intervals whereby in carrying out the method, the line is first fed to the leading end of the rotating pipe and wound around same for sufficient turns to secure same, then wire is drawn in to begin the winding around the pipe during the application of concrete coating in the station, and the wire is subsequently cut as it is fed to prevent the winding extending beyond the concrete coated length of the pipe section whilst the line continues to be wound around the tail end of the pipe.
  • the line acts to secure the front and tail ends of the wire winding to avoid the need to manually lash the wire to the pipe
  • wire cutting is achieved automatically without the need to stop the advance of the pipe sections and the method readily lends itself to automation whereby the feed rate of wire together with the cutting intervals may be calculated and the station set to repeatedly wind wire within the concrete coating step.
  • the method includes the provision of wire shaping means to allow pre-shaping of the wire to introduce curvature enabling the wire to readily conform to the circumference of the pipe section.
  • wire shaping means to allow pre-shaping of the wire to introduce curvature enabling the wire to readily conform to the circumference of the pipe section.
  • each pipe section is conveyed away from the coating station at an accelerated rate in comparison with the throughput rate at the coating station whereby the line is snapped between sections.
  • the apparatus to be included in a station for coating rotating pipe sections with concrete comprises a first feed mechanism for delivering a line from an appropriate renewable supply of same sufficient to obtain a substantially continuous feed of wire to the pipes to be coated at that station; a second feed mechanism located in close proximity to the first and arranged to feed wire from an appropriate renewable supply of same sufficient to secure a continual feed of wire in a manner such that it comes into contact with the line whereby it is subsequently caused to contact and form a winding around the rotating pipe section as concrete is applied thereto; and a cutter assembly for limiting the length of wire to be wound around the pipe section.
  • the cutter assembly may be a guillotine arrangement.
  • the wire feed mechanism cooperates with wire shaping means which preforms the wire in a curved configuration sympathetic to the circumference of the pipe.
  • the first feed mechanism comprises a plurality of rollers mounted in series through which the line is passed in a serpentine manner and at least one of said rollers is movable relative to the others to increase or decrease tension applied to the line.
  • the second feed mechanism preferably comprises a pair of counter-rotating rollers mounted in parallel and mutually spaced apart so as to allow contiguous passage of wire therebetween, at least one of which is driven by a motor tc provide a means of advancing wire through the feed mechanism; a further pair of cooperating counter-rotating rollers having cutting elements on the surfaces thereof enabling wire passing between the rollers to be cut between the cutting elements at predetermined intervals; and a plurality of rollers located such that there is provided at least one reaction surface below the advancing wire against which the wire may be formed into a curved shape by controlled pressure exerted from at least one further roller located on the other side of the wire.
  • At least one roller in each pair may be provided with means for adjusting mutual spacing of the paired rollers to accomodate different thicknesses of wire and alter the pressure applied by the rollers.
  • rollers are driven through chain and sprocket transmission by electric motors.
  • the cutter roller drive it is necessary to include a clutch to disengage these rollers during winding of wire over the length of the pipe section and limit cutting operations to shortly before complete winding of wire over the pipe section.
  • the drive to one roller is transmitted to the other through engagement of gears at the ends of the rollers in order to synchronise the operation of the cutting elements thereon.
  • the cutting elements are preferably formed and arranged on the roller surfaces so as to provide a guillotine cutting action.
  • Fig. 1 is a schematic side elevational view of the apparatus for winding wire on a pipe at a concrete coating station omitting drive transmission and support structure for ease of identification of major components of the feed mechanisms;
  • Fig. 2 is a plan view of the apparatus showing detail of drive mechanisms for the apparatus;
  • Fig. 3 is a schematic view of one end of a pipe coated in accordance with the method of the invention.
  • Fig. 4 is a plan view of a section of the wire mesh which may be applied by the method of the invention.
  • a wire winding apparatus will now be described for use at a station for coating pipe sections (1) which have already received an anti-corrosion coating (such as an epoxy resin) with concrete, in which said sections are fed ⁇ in series past a concrete throwing device (not shown) on a driven roller conveyor device illustrated schematically only by the rollers (2). Above the said throwing device there is located a wire mesh spool and a nylon line spool neither of which is illustrated since their precise location is not important.
  • an anti-corrosion coating such as an epoxy resin
  • a line feed mechanism including a plurality of rollers (4) at least some of which are movable relative to each other to enable control of tension in a line (3) is situated above the intended path of the pipes and feeds line (3) to the side of the pipes opposite to the concrete throwing device.
  • Adjacent to the line feed mechanism is a wire feed mechanism comprising a pair of rubber coated rollers (6) mounted in parallel and driven in a counter rotary fashion by an electric motor (26) through a transmission including drive chain (27) and gears (28).
  • the rollers are provided with adjuster screw means (29) for moving the rollers together or apart to adjust the pressure exerted upon wire passing between them and to accomodate differing thicknesses of wire.
  • the wire feed mechanism is intended to provide a continual delivery of sections of wire of a length appropriate to provide a winding around a pipe section which is wholly confined within the concrete coating applied to the pipe.
  • This cutter assembly comprises a pair of rollers (7) each having a cutter blade (8) extending longitudinally across the roller surface. These rollers are mounted in parallel and driven by an electric motor (46) through a coupling (47) and gears (48) providing for counter-rotation of the rollers (7).
  • the cutter drive incorporates a clutch (49) enabling the cutter assembly to be disengaged to allow free passage of a length of wire between the rollers (7).
  • This embodiment also includes in the wire feed mechanism a wire forming assembly comprising a plurality of rollers (9, 10, 11, 12), two of which (11, 12) are mounted as a pair in parallel and driven by electric motor (36) through chain (37) and gears (39) counter to each other to cause advancement of wire between them.
  • the other two rollers (9, 12) are free running on bearings (54) so mounted as to provide independently adjustable means of bringing pressure onto the wire as it is fed through the rollers (10, 11) whereby it may be shaped into a curve which facilitates winding thereof around the pipe (1).
  • the line (3) is drawn in a serpentine path through the rollers (4) and passed around the leading end of the first pipe (1) in the series which, because it is revolving, causes the line (3) to be wound around that end for a number of turns which has been found sufficient to secure it to that end. Thereafter, the line (3) need not be touched and it will continue to be drawn through the feed mechanism in an uninterrupted continuous manner for as long as there remains line on the spool and will thus be continuously wound round all pipes conveyed in series past the coating station.
  • the wire mesh feed is started, whereupon the wire advances into contact with the line and becomes directed thus onto the pipe section.
  • the concrete throwing device is operated causing a concrete layer to begin to build up on the revolving pipe before the wire comes into contact with it. Thereafter, the line and wire are fed together so that the line overlies the wound wire until the concrete coating has been applied.
  • the cutter assembly is operated to cut the wire and the drive rollers (6) are momentarily stopped to provide a gap between the end of one wire winding and the start of the next. In this way the wire is wound wholly within the length of the concrete coating, and is embedded therein without coming into direct contact with the anti-corrosion coating on the pipe.

Abstract

Un procédé pour enrober de béton des canalisations consiste à acheminer une série de tronçons de canalisation jusqu'à un poste d'enrobage de béton, à faire tourner un tronçon de canalisation autour de son axe longitudinal au niveau du poste et à appliquer du béton sur l'extérieur de la canalisation (1) lors de sa rotation, tout en amenant en continu à la canalisation en rotation un câble de nylon (3) afin de former un enroulement de câble autour de l'extrémité avant de la canalisation, à amener ensuite à la canalisation en rotation un fil métallique conjointement avec le câble en vue de former un enroulement de fil métallique recouvert de câble autour de la canalisation pendant l'application du béton, et à couper le fil métallique à un moment prédéterminé avant l'achèvement de l'enrobage de béton tandis que la canalisation est toujours en rotation, le fil étant ainsi enroulé à l'intérieur de l'enrobage de béton, et à continuer à amener à ladite canalisation en rotation le câble-guide après la coupe du fil, afin d'enrouler le câble autour de l'extrémité arrière de la canalisation. L'appareil comporte une pluralité de cylindres (6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12), avec des éléments de coupe (8) sur certains cylindres (7), ainsi que des moyens d'entraînement pour amener le fil métallique et une autre série de cylindres (4) pour amener le câble de manière régulée.
EP87906753A 1987-10-14 1987-10-14 Procede et appareil pour enrober des canalisations Expired - Lifetime EP0380474B1 (fr)

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CA1318819C (fr) 1993-06-08
DK82790D0 (da) 1990-04-02
NO901668D0 (no) 1990-04-11
EP0380474B1 (fr) 1992-09-02
NO174458B (no) 1994-01-31
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