Additive manufacture system
AssigneeKongsberg Ferrotech AS
InventorsLuis De La Torre Ugarte Del Castillo, Torgeir Bræin
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Abstract
A system (10) is provided for performing an operation on a subsea body (100), the system (10) comprises: a housing (20) configured to establish a sealed chamber around a section of the body (100); an environmental system configured to monitor and/or control an environment within the sealed chamber; and an operational tool (40) mounted to a positioning system (30) within the housing (20), wherein the operational tool (40) is configured to perform an additive manufacture operation on the body (100) within the sealed chamber. Also provided is a system (201) for performing an operation on an interior surface of a tubular body (200).
Claims9
A system for repairing a subsea pipe using additive manufacturing, the system comprising:
- a housing configured to establish a sealed chamber around a section of the subsea pipe such that the sealed chamber has a controllable environment, the housing defining an inlet and an outlet to the sealed chamber;
- an environmental system including a controllable valve on the inlet such that the sealed chamber is filled with a fluid from a source of fluid through the controllable valve and the inlet, wherein the environmental system monitors and controls a fluid within the sealed chamber;
- a directed energy deposition applicator mounted within the housing such that the directed energy deposition applicator performs a directed energy deposition operation on the subsea pipe within the sealed chamber after filling the sealed chamber with the fluid;
- a guide rail configured to permit linear translation of the directed energy deposition applicator with respect to the subsea pipe;
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- a vehicle configured to translate along the subsea pipe to position the housing at a desired location on the subsea pipe.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.