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US 2022/0186571 A1Published application
Methods and systems for earth drilling
AssigneeMhwirth AS
InventorsGEIR LIEN, PETTER MYDLAND
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Abstract
A machine for a drilling plant includes a base, an arm, and a tool which is carried by the arm. The tool has a receiver for a protective cap. The machine is operable to engage the protective cap and to remove or to install the protective cap from or on an end of a drilling tubular.
Claims21
1-20. (canceled)
A machine for a drilling plant, the machine comprising:
- a base;
- an arm;
- and
- a tool which is carried by the arm, the tool comprising a receiver for a protective cap,
- wherein,
- the machine is operable to engage the protective cap and to remove or to install the protective cap from or on an end of a drilling tubular.
3 more elements
A method for operating a drilling plant, the method comprising:
- bringing a tubular into an operating area of a drill floor, the tubular comprising a protective cap at an end thereof;
- bringing a tool into engagement with the protective cap, the tool being arranged on a machine comprising an arm which is movable into the operating area;
- removing the protective cap from the tubular with the tool;
- and
- operating the machine so as to bring the protective cap out of the operating area with the tool.
2 more elements
A method for operating a drilling plant, the method comprising:
- bringing a tubular out of a well and into an operating area of a drill floor;
- bringing a tool holding a protective cap into the operating area, the tool being arranged on a machine comprising an arm which is movable into the drill floor area;
- placing the protective cap on an end of the tubular with the tool;
- and
- operating a pipe handling machine so as to bring the tubular out of the operating area.
2 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.