A SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR HANDLING, STORING AND TRANSPORTATION

• US 20190322479A1
• Filed: 12/19/2017
• Published: 10/24/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Passer AS
• Original Assignee: Passer AS
• Inventors: Thoresen, Oyvind
• Granted Patent: US 10,961,077 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 49/28 Turntables , i.e. package resting on a table having also means for clamping the package B65H49/30
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 49/34 Arrangements for effecting positive rotation of packages
• CPC Class Codes: E21B 19/22 Handling reeled pipe or rod units, e.g. flexible drilling pipes lifting or hauling appliances using two or more cooperating endless chains B66D3/003
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 1/203 the pipes being wound spirally prior to laying

Abstract

A system for handling, storing and transportation of an elongated element, the system includes a basket suitable for rotation about a central vertical axis. The basket includes an interior upright wall surrounding the central vertical axis, an exterior upright wall spaced from and exterior to the interior upright wall. The interior and exterior upright walls are connected to a floor, thereby defining an open-topped chamber for receiving the elongated element. The system further includes a plurality of pedestals and a transportable drive unit. The basket, on a surface of the floor facing the plurality of pedestals and the transportable drive unit, is provided with interfaces which cooperate with corresponding interfaces provided in the plurality of pedestals and the transportable drive unit.

Claims

1. A system for handling, storing and transportation of an elongated element, the system comprising:

a basket suitable for rotation about a central vertical axis, the basket comprising;

an interior upright wall surrounding the central vertical axis, and

an exterior upright wall spaced from and exterior to the interior upright wall,

the interior and exterior upright walls being connected to a floor, thereby defining an open-topped chamber for receiving the elongated element,

wherein the system further comprises a plurality of pedestals and a transportable drive unit,

wherein the basket, on a surface of the floor facing the plurality of pedestals and the transportable drive unit, is provided with interfaces which cooperate with corresponding interfaces provided in the plurality of pedestals and the transportable drive unit.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of pedestals is provided with at least one guide bracket.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the transportable drive unit comprises one or more drive motors.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the transportable drive unit comprises a plurality of wheel packages.

5. The system according to claim 4, wherein the plurality of wheel packages are releasable connected to the transportable drive unit.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein the transportable drive unit further comprises a plurality of jacking cylinders.

7. The system according to claim 1, wherein the transportable drive unit further comprises a plurality of kingpins.

8. The system according to claim 1, wherein the transportable drive unit further comprises a plurality of deflectors.

9. The system according to claim 3, wherein each of the drive motors cooperate with a sleeve bearing connected to an upper surface of the transportable drive unit.

10. The system according to claim 4, wherein that each of the wheel packages comprises a spring device.

12. The system according to claim 3, wherein the transportable drive unit comprises a plurality of wheel packages.

13. The system according to claim 3, wherein the transportable drive unit further comprises a plurality of jacking cylinders.

14. The system according to claim 4, wherein the transportable drive unit further comprises a plurality of jacking cylinders.

15. The system according to claim 5, wherein the transportable drive unit further comprises a plurality of jacking cylinders.

16. The system according to claim 15, wherein the transportable drive unit further comprises a plurality of kingpins.

17. The system according to claim 16, wherein the transportable drive unit further comprises a plurality of deflectors.

11. A method for handling, storing and transportation of an elongated element, the method comprising:

arranging a basket to be supported by a plurality of pedestals,

inserting a transportable drive unit under the basket,

jacking up the basket through use of a plurality of jacking cylinders arranged around a periphery of the transportable drive unit, such that the pedestals can be removed or retracted,

jacking down the jacking cylinders to bring the basket into contact with the transportable drive unit, and

when the basket is into abutment with the transportable drive unit, starting one or more drive motors of the transportable drive unit to spool the elongated element on or off the basket.