MOBILE PIPE CUTTING STATION

• Main Authors: ULMER Erik Haakon, ULMER Donald Martin
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 11.05.2017
• Subjects: CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; CONTROLLING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS ORELEMENTS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; REGULATING; SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; TRANSPORTING; WELDING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM

A mobile-unit station dedicated to pipe cutting is provided. The station comprises an intermodal container including: a pipe cutting room comprising a first exterior door for egress to an ambient environment at a first end and an interior door at a second end, respectively, of the pipe cutting room and an at least one portal door for egress to the ambient environment on the first end; a temperature controlled clean room separated from the pipe cutting room with a fireproof wall with the interior door therethrough, the pipe cutting room housing a plurality of components therein including: a monorail extending substantially a length of the pipe cutting room, a powered hoist and a powered trolley moveably mounted on the monorail, a pipe conveyor mounted on a floor and aligned with the monorail to provide a hallway between the first door and the second door, a Computer Numerical Control (CNC) pipe cutter and an at least one dust extraction duct of a dust extraction system proximate the pipe supports, the clean room housing a plurality of components therein including: a CNC pipe cutter control box, a computer for the CNC pipe cutter, a heating and air conditioning unit, and a data management system.