US3817466A - Device for positioning the turns formed by a coiled flexible elongated member stored in a rotatable annular basket of vertical axis - Google Patents

Device for positioning the turns formed by a coiled flexible elongated member stored in a rotatable annular basket of vertical axis Download PDF

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US3817466A
US3817466A US00283670A US28367072A US3817466A US 3817466 A US3817466 A US 3817466A US 00283670 A US00283670 A US 00283670A US 28367072 A US28367072 A US 28367072A US 3817466 A US3817466 A US 3817466A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H75/00—Storing webs, tapes, or filamentary material, e.g. on reels
    • B65H75/02—Cores, formers, supports, or holders for coiled, wound, or folded material, e.g. reels, spindles, bobbins, cop tubes, cans, mandrels or chucks
    • B65H75/34—Cores, formers, supports, or holders for coiled, wound, or folded material, e.g. reels, spindles, bobbins, cop tubes, cans, mandrels or chucks specially adapted or mounted for storing and repeatedly paying-out and re-storing lengths of material provided for particular purposes, e.g. anchored hoses, power cables
    • B65H75/36—Cores, formers, supports, or holders for coiled, wound, or folded material, e.g. reels, spindles, bobbins, cop tubes, cans, mandrels or chucks specially adapted or mounted for storing and repeatedly paying-out and re-storing lengths of material provided for particular purposes, e.g. anchored hoses, power cables without essentially involving the use of a core or former internal to a stored package of material, e.g. with stored material housed within casing or container, or intermittently engaging a plurality of supports as in sinuous or serpentine fashion
    • B65H75/362—Cores, formers, supports, or holders for coiled, wound, or folded material, e.g. reels, spindles, bobbins, cop tubes, cans, mandrels or chucks specially adapted or mounted for storing and repeatedly paying-out and re-storing lengths of material provided for particular purposes, e.g. anchored hoses, power cables without essentially involving the use of a core or former internal to a stored package of material, e.g. with stored material housed within casing or container, or intermittently engaging a plurality of supports as in sinuous or serpentine fashion with stored material housed within a casing or container
    • B65H75/364—Cores, formers, supports, or holders for coiled, wound, or folded material, e.g. reels, spindles, bobbins, cop tubes, cans, mandrels or chucks specially adapted or mounted for storing and repeatedly paying-out and re-storing lengths of material provided for particular purposes, e.g. anchored hoses, power cables without essentially involving the use of a core or former internal to a stored package of material, e.g. with stored material housed within casing or container, or intermittently engaging a plurality of supports as in sinuous or serpentine fashion with stored material housed within a casing or container the stored material being coiled
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B19/00—Handling rods, casings, tubes or the like outside the borehole, e.g. in the derrick; Apparatus for feeding the rods or cables
    • E21B19/22—Handling reeled pipe or rod units, e.g. flexible drilling pipes

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  • the present invention relates to a device for automatically positioning the turns formed by a coiled elongated flexible member stored in a rotatable annular basket with a vertical axis.
  • the flexible drill pipe must be stored in devices which are specially designed, for example in order to facilitate the transportation of the pipe, but which are also used in the course of the drilling operations, particularly when raising the drill pipe.
  • a basket of annular shape rotatably mounted about its vertical axis, which is more easily operated.
  • the problem to be solved is. however that of accurately positioning in the storage basket the turns formed by the coiled flexible pipe so as to prevent that these turns overlap each other or slide on each other, which would lead to a rapid wear of the flexible pipe, and to obtain a maximum capacity of the storage basket.
  • the main object of the present invention is accordingly to provide a device for automatically positioning the turns formed by a coiled flexible elongated member stored in an annular basket rotatably mounted about a vertical axis, this basket being constituted by vertically arranged inner frame, an outer frame coaxial to the inner frame, said inner and outer frames defining between each other an annular space closed by a base plate at its lower part and open at its upper part so as to allow introduction of the elongated member threinto, the radial distance between said two frames being greater than the greatest size of the cross section of the elongated member.
  • This device includes at least one cylindrical wall coaxially mounted between said inner and outer frames and defining at least two concentrical annular spaces each having a radial width slightly greater than the greatest size of the cross section of the elongated member, each of said frames and wall being constituted by a stationary sector and by a moveable sector complementary to said stationary sector and articulated at one end of the latter, each of the so-constituted moveable sectors having a first position wherein the moveable sector connects said stationary sector, at the end of which it is articulated to the stationary sector of the wall or frame of greater diameter which is the closest thereto, a second position wherein said moveable sector ensures the continuity of said stationary sector at the end of which it is articulated and a third position, wherein said moveable sector provides for the connection of said stationary sector at the end of which it is articulated to the stationary sector of the wall or frame of smaller diameter which is the closest thereto.
  • FIG. 1 diagrammatically illustrates a drilling rig making use of a flexible drill pipe
  • FIG. 2 diagrammatically illustrates a storing basket for a flexible drill pipe, including a device for positioning the turns formed by the coiled flexible pipe,
  • FIGS. 3, 4 and 5 illustrate the operation of the device according to the invention
  • FIG. 6 shows the position of a rigid pipe coupling in the storage basket during the operation of winding the flexible pipe
  • FIG. 7 Illustrates an embodiment of the moveable sector of guiding members
  • FIGS. 8 and 9 show ways of operating the moveable sectors.
  • FIG. 1 diagrammatically illustrates a drill rig for carrying out the drilling technique using a flexible pipe as a drill string.
  • the drill rig comprises a derrick 1, located above the drilled well and one or more traction device(s) 3 for handling the pipe 4.
  • traction devices forming no part of the invention need not to be described in detail. They may be constituted for example, by endless chain traction devices.
  • the flexible pipe 4 passes over a pulley 5 or over any other direction reversing means.
  • annular basket 6 for storing the flexible pipe, this basket being rotatably mounted about its vertical axis.
  • the flexible pipe 4 which may be guided and pulled by any suitable device 7, enters the storage basket, in which it is reeled at the upper part thereof.
  • the rotation of the storage basket is synchronized with the operation of the traction device or devices 3 and of the pulling device 7 by any suitable known means (not illustrated).
  • FIG. 2 diagrammatically illustrates a storage basket equipped with a device for positioning the turns of the pipe.
  • FIG. 3 is a view from above of the basket of FIG. 2, diagrammatically illustrating the way of operation of the device.
  • the storage basket designated as a whole by reference 6, includes a vertically mounted inner cylindrical frame 7 and an outer cylindrical frame 8 coaxial to the frame 7.
  • the radial distance between the frames is greater than the diameter of the flexible pipe and the radius of the inner frame is at least equal to the minimum radius of curvature of the stored flexible pipe.
  • the two frames define between each other a space which is closed at its lower end by an annular platform 9 and open at its upper part so as to provide a passage for the flexible pipe.
  • the above described storage basket is rotated about its vertical axis through any known means which is not illustrated in the drawing.
  • the storage basket 6 is also provided with a not illustrated rotary hydraulic coupling, for the supply of the flexible pipe with hydraulic drilling fluid during the rotation of the storage basket.
  • Each wall defines with the frame or wall which is the closest an annular space which is closed at its lower part by the base plate 9 and open at its upper part so as to allow the introduction of the flexible pipe into this space which has a width slightly greater than the maximum outer diameter of the flexible pipe, so as to allow the storage of the rigid coupling elements between the portions of the flexible pipe 4.
  • the frames and walls are preferably constituted by regularly spaced vertical rods.
  • each guiding member is constituted by a stationary sector and by a moveable sector (7b, 8b and 10b to 16b) which is complementary to the stationary sector.
  • the moveable sectors are extensions of the corresponding stationary sectors and are articulated at one end about vertical axes l7, l8, 19 to 25 respectively, carried by the base plate 9 and located substantially along a radius of said base plate.
  • each moveable sector, such as 7b provides for the connection of the guiding member, such as 70, at the end of which it is articulated, with the guiding member, such as 1011, of greater diameter which is immediately adjacent, so as to provide for a communication between adjacent passageways for the flexible pipe.
  • each moveable sector In a second position, illustrated in FIG. 3, each moveable sector provides for the continuity of the guiding member at the end of which it is articulated, so as to well separate the different passageways for the pipe.
  • each moveable sector, such as 10b provides for the connection of the guiding member 100 at the end of which it is articulated, to the guiding member of smaller diameter, such as 7a, which is immediately adjacent, so as to bring in communication. the adjacent passageways for the pipe.
  • the operations for winding the flexible pipe in the storage basket are as follows:
  • the moveable sectors 7b, 8b, 10b to 16b are in their first position illustrated by FIG. 4.
  • One end B of the pipe 4 is fixed in the basket, for example in the passageway of smallest diameter, at the level of the moveable ends of the sectors 7b and 10b.
  • the basket is driven in rotation in the direction indicated by the arrow R in FIG. 3.
  • the flexible pipe 4 is guided by the guiding members 7a and on which the pipe bears and is laid down into the bottom of the first passageway.
  • the moveable walls are then positioned in their second position illustrated in FIG. 3.
  • the n" turn of the pipe is laid into the passageway of greatest diameter, thus terminating the first pipe layer wound in the annular basket.
  • the moveable sectors being, as above-indicated, in their second position, the pipe is wound, so as to form a second layer, on the first convolution formed in the passageway of greatest diameter.
  • the moveable sectors 7b, 8b, l0b to 1612 are placed into their third position illustrated in FIG. 5.
  • the rotation of the annular basket is continued and the pipe 4 is laid down, forminga second layer of turns, diagrammatically indicated by the arrows in FIG. 5 which shows the passage of the pipe from one passageway to an adjacent passageway of smaller diameter.
  • the pipe 4 is wound according to a spiral, forming layers which are regularly laid on one another.
  • the moveable sectors have been chosen of sufficient length so that, during the passage of the pipe from a passageway to an adjacent passageway, the deformations of the pipe occur along paths whose radius of curvature is at every instant at least equal to, and preferably greater than, the minimum radius of curvature of the flexible pipe.
  • each passageway (distance between consecutive walls) must be sufficient to permit the passage of a rigid coupling element connecting the successive parts of the flexible pipe 4.
  • FIG. 6 illustrates a rigid coupling 26 of outer diameter (1 and of a length 2 L located in a passageway whose external wall 27 has a radius R.
  • the distance a between the wall 27 and the internal wall 28 which limits a passageway is so selected that:
  • FIG. 7 is a developed view diagrammatically showing a guiding member including a stationary sector 29 and a moveable sector 30.
  • the stationary sector is supported by vertical rods such as 31, integral with the annular plate 9.
  • the moveable sector 30 is at one end integral with a vertical shaft 32, rotatably mounted on diagrammatically illustrated bearings 33.
  • the shaft 32 passes through the base plate 9 and is provided, at its lower end, located under the base plate 9, with a control handle 34 to which is secured a guiding element such as a roller 35.
  • roller 35 By acting, through any suitable means, on the roller 35 it is possible to rotate the shaft 32 and displace the moveable sector 30.
  • the control may be achieved either automatically or manually.
  • FIG. 8 shows diagrammatically a perspective view of a device for automatically controlling the different moveable sectors 7b, b, etc carried by the spindles 36, 37, 38
  • the control handles 39, 40, 41 integral with the spindles 36, 37, 38 are interconnected through a rod 42 whereon they are articulated.
  • the rod 42 has a feeler 43 which cooperates with a groove 44 constituting a cam provided on a plate 45 which is carried by the annular basket and is driven in rotation through any known means, such as a motor.
  • the rotational speed of the plate 45 is controlled as a function of that of the storage basket, with a certain ratio between the respective speeds depending on the numbers of passageways in the basket.
  • the feeler 43 controls the actuation of the moveable sectors, placing these sectors in their above-defined second position when the feeler is on the part CD or on the part GH and in their third position when the feeler is on the part EF of the groove 44.
  • FIG. 9 diagrammatically illustrates another device permitting to achieve automatically or manually the actuation of the moveable sectors.
  • the rod 42 carries a roller 46 which cooperates with a slideway 47 having a fixed position with respect to the storage basket.
  • This slideway may rotate about a fixed axis 48 under the action of a jack 49 which is controlled automatically or manually as a function of the rotation of the storage basket.
  • this device including at least one cylindrical wall coaxially mounted between said inner and outer frames and defining at least two concentrical annular spaces each having a radial width slightly greater than the greatest size of the cross section of the elongated member, each of said frames and wall being constituted by a stationary sector and by a moveable sector which is complementary to said stationary sector and articulated at one end of the later, each of the soconstituted moveable sectors having a first position wherein the moveable sector connects said stationary sector at the end of which it is articulated and the stationary sector of the wall or frame of greater diameter which is the closest thereto, a second position wherein said moveable sector provides for the continuity of said stationary sector at the end of which it is articulated and a third position, wherein said moveable sector provides for the connection between said stationary sector at the end of which it is articulated and the stationary sector of the wall or frame of smaller diameter which is the closest thereto.
  • said frames and wall comprise vertical rods integral with said base plate carrying substantially at the same level a guiding member constituted by one of a stationary sector and a moveable sector which are complementary.
  • a device comprising means for actuating said moveable sectors so as to place them successively in one of the said positions.
  • saidactuating means comprise first means for moving said movable sectors and second means for controlling the operation of said first means in response to the rotation of said storage basket.
  • a device wherein said first means are constituted by handles fast in rotation with said moveable sectors and by an actuation rod whereon are articulated said handles wherein said second means is constituted by a cam cooperating with said actuation rod for placing said moveable sectors in one of said positions thereof, in response to the rotation of said storage basket.

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