Method and device for positioning ends of pipe sections relative to one another

• Main Authors: Verkuijl, Alexander Lambertus Johannes, de Goede, Pieter, Adriaansen, Johannes Hendrik, van Zandwijk, Cornelis
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 11.05.2010

a, b, ca, b, ca, b, c, da, b, ca, b, c, dThe invention relates to a method for positioning an end of a first pipe section relative to an end of a second pipe section, the method comprising: (a) prepositioning the end of the first pipe section near the end of the second pipe section, defining a connection area comprising the respective ends of the first and second pipe sections; (b) performing a measuring process comprising a plurality of measuring steps, each measuring step comprising: (b1) moving a sensing device to a location near the connection area; (b2) automatically measuring the location of the sensing device relative to a reference location; (b3) automatically measuring point positions of points on the ends of the first and second pipe sections relative to the sensing device location; (c) determining a target position of the end of the first pipe section relative to the end ) of the second pipe section on the basis of the measured point positions; and (d) moving at least one of the first and second pipe sections in order to obtain the target position.