Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Trenching assembly for laying in a trench a continuous pipeline and trenching method
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Application No.: US15748114Application Date: 2016-07-26
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Publication No.: US10435865B2Publication Date: 2019-10-08
- Inventor: Paolo Bonel , Diego Lazzarin , Alberto Serena
- Applicant: SAIPEM S.P.A.
- Applicant Address: IT San Donato Milanese, Milan
- Assignee: SAIPEM S.P.A.
- Current Assignee: SAIPEM S.P.A.
- Current Assignee Address: IT San Donato Milanese, Milan
- Agency: Merchant & Gould P.C.
- Priority: IT102015000039007 20150728
- International Application: PCT/IB2016/054437 WO 20160726
- International Announcement: WO2017/017599 WO 20170202
- Main IPC: E02F5/10
- IPC: E02F5/10 ; F16L1/16 ; E02F5/14

Abstract:
A trenching assembly lays a continuous pipeline in a trench dug in a bed with uneven bathymetry, the trenching assembly including a trench digging device having a main body; at least four ground contact units, each unit having a height adjustment device, to position each ground contact unit with respect to the main body independently. A trench cutting tool digs in the bed includes a cutting depth adjustment device, for positioning the cutting tool with respect to the main body. A detection device detects bed bathymetry. A control device simultaneously allows cooperation between the detection device, the height adjustment device of each ground contact unit, and the cutting depth adjustment device. A command device cooperates with the control device to adjustment each ground contact unit and the cutting depth adjustment device, to obtain a trench having a height difference lower than a predefined tolerance and a predetermined burial depth.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180216314A1 TRENCHING ASSEMBLY FOR LAYING IN A TRENCH A CONTINUOUS PIPELINE AND TRENCHING METHOD Public/Granted day:2018-08-02
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