Robotic pipe handler systems
AssigneeCanrig Robotic Technologies AS
InventorsKjetil Naesgaard, Kenneth Mikalsen, Travis Burke
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Abstract
A pipe handling system can include first and second bridges disposed within a horizontal storage area and coupled to a guide rail, and configured to move along the guide rail, a pipe handler coupled to the first bridge, and a shuttle coupled to the second bridge, wherein the pipe handler selectively couples to the shuttle and drives the shuttle. A tubular handling system can include a bridge with first and second bridge rails with a space between, an arm coupled to the rails to manipulate a tubular through the space, and to move back and forth along the bridge; and a tubular lift system that raises or lowers the tubular in a horizontal orientation between a horizontal storage and an intermediate storage location.
Claims12
A tubular handling system for conducting a subterranean operation, the system comprising:
- a bridge disposed in a horizontal position proximate a drill floor, the bridge comprising first and second bridge rails with a space between;
- an arm coupled to the first and second bridge rails, the arm configured to manipulate a tubular through the space between the first and second bridge rails, and to move along the bridge;
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- a tubular lift system that raises or lowers the tubular in a horizontal orientation between a horizontal storage area and an intermediate storage location, the arm being configured to collect the tubular from the intermediate storage location and present the tubular to a well center on the drill floor or to a pipe handler, or to collect the tubular from the well center or the pipe handler and deposit the tubular in the intermediate storage location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.