Abstract:
An assembly is provided that includes first and second end plates adapted to be coaxially aligned when in use. One or more members extend from the end plates or an annular ring, the annular ring provided between the end plates, the other of the end plates or annular ring comprising one or more first slots at one end thereof to be aligned with and for receiving the one or more members of the first end plate, and one or more second slots at the other end thereof to be aligned with and for receiving the one or more members. Resilient sealing members are provided around the one or more members between the end plates and annular ring, and an urging mechanism urges the first and second end plates towards the annular ring to deform the first and second resilient sealing members to engage the inner wall of the pipe.
Abstract:
A system for welding two pipes includes a first pipe clamp, a second pipe clamp, a weld torch, an inspection detector, a motor, one or more processors, and a grinder. The weld torch is configured to create a weld joint between the pipes at an interface region between the pipes. The inspection detector is configured to emit an inspection beam of radiation. The motor is operatively associated with the inspection detector to direct the inspection beam of radiation along the weld joint between the pipes. The one or more processors are operatively associated with the inspection detector to determine a profile of the weld joint between the pipes. The grinder is configured to grind at least a portion of the weld joint between the pipes based on the profile of the weld joint between the pipes.
Abstract:
A welding system for filling a welding groove of a branch connection between a first pipe section and a second pipe section, said system comprising a support device configured to support the first pipe section and the second pipe section in a horizontal manner, a first robot arm, a second robot arm, a scanner, and a control unit.
Abstract:
Die Erfindung bezieht sich auf eine Schweißvorrichtung (1). Die Schweißvorrichtung umfasst ein Rahmenteil (2) zum Anordnen einer oder mehrerer Funktionseinrichtungen, einen Kopplungsbereich (4) zum Ankoppeln an ein Führungsband (6), wobei in einem Betriebszustand das Führungsband (6) bevorzugt an einem Rohr (8) befestigt ist, das Führungsband (6) das Rohr (10) in Umfangsrichtung (U) umschließt und sich das Führungsband (6) in axialer Richtung (A) erstreckt, wobei es dabei das Rohr (10) abschnittsweise überlagert, eine Anschlusseinrichtung (11) zum Anschließen von mindestens einer Zuführleitung (12), eine mit der Anschlusseinrichtung (11) über eine Zuführleitung (12) verbundener Schweißkopf (14), und mindestens eine Antriebseinrichtung (16), wobei die Antriebseinrichtung (16) zum Bewegen der Schweißvorrichtung (1) gegenüber dem Führungsband (6) mit dem Führungsband (6) zusammenwirkt, wobei die Antriebseinrichtung (16) gegenüber dem Rahmenteil (2) in unterschiedlichen Stellungen anordenbar ist.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a device for connecting the ends of pipes, which are already aligned and tack-welded and which are made of steel in particular, by means of an orbital welding process using a welding joint which is formed by the pipe ends and using tools which can be moved about the welding joint in an orbital manner for welding and checking the welding seam. The device consists of guide base plates which can be placed on both sides at each pipe end in the region of the welding point and which can be rigidly clamped to said pipe ends. The guide base plates centrally have a circular recess with a radial opening for the feed-through of the pipes to be welded and for centrally receiving said pipes in the recess. The guide base plates comprise clamping elements for clamping the guide base plates to the pipe ends, said clamping elements being rigidly connected to each guide base plate face facing away from the welding joint, and a frame for receiving the welding and checking tools, said frame being rotatably mounted between the guide base plates on the inner faces facing the welding joint and being centrally pivotal about the pipe ends by at least 360°.
Abstract:
Welding apparatus is provided in which welding rods are fed individually in a longitudinal direction along a welding feed path towards a welding site. A feed mechanism includes at least one, and generally two feed carriages (22) having an electrically conductive clamp (36) for transferring electrical energy to a welding rod (32), in use. A reversible drive mechanism (24) moves the feed carriage (22) towards and away from the welding site (31 ). At least two electrically conductive clamps (36) are movable by feed carriages (22) towards and away from a welding site (31) in use to feed a welding rod (32) engaged by that clamp (36) longitudinally towards the weld site (31). A preloaded replacement welding rod gripped by an electrically conductive clamp (36) in its inoperative position can be moved to its operative position in the welding feed path (28) at the time that another clamp carrying any welding rod stub is moved out of the welding feed path (28).
Abstract:
In pipe welding apparatus (1) for welding pipe sections together to form a pipeline,upper and lower pipe sections (2, 3) are abutted, end-to-end, and welded together by two or more welding heads (5) that travel around a circumferential guide (4) extending around one of the pipe sections (2). Welding supplies, such as electric power, cooling water and shielding gas are supplied from supply equipment (9, 10, 11) through a distribution manifold (18). The supply equipment (9, 10, 11) thus distributes welding supplies to each of the welding heads.
Abstract:
A welding system having a traveling base carriage, a carriage positioning mechanism engaging the base carriage; and a ring gear assembly mounted on the base carriage. The ring gear assembly will include: (i) two half ring sections, each having at least one gear track; (ii) a ring gear mount attaching each of the half ring sections to the base carriage, where the ring gear mounts allow the half ring sections to separate and guide the half ring sections into mating engagement. The system further includes at least one weld head assembly mounted on the ring gear assembly. The weld head assembly includes: i) a welding torch; ii) a torch positioner, and iii) a position sensor. A system controller is programmed to control at least the carriage positioning mechanism and the weld head assembly in order to perform the steps of: (i) setting a velocity of the base carriage to approximate the pipe joint's lateral movement in order to maintain the position of the weld head assembly approximately at the pipe joint; and (ii) adjusting a path of the welding torch to accommodate a geometry of the pipe joint as detected by the position sensor.