Stationary cutting machine and methods of cutting and drawing the pipe preservation system

Abstract

The present invention refers to a machine for cutting the external coating and methods for removing the Coated Pipe Preservation System for Onshore and Subsea Pipelines, called, for short, PPS System or PPS, represented in FIGS. 1 (1.1), (1.2), (1.3), and (1.4). This Machine, called the PPS Stationary Cutting Machine, represented in FIGS. 7 and 8, in addition to performing the cut at the correct angle (β), represented in FIG. 2 (2.4), makes the FBE Exposure Band (FBE Tail), represented in FIG. 2 (2.3), in order to ensure that the Collar (Cutback), represented in FIG. 2 (2.2), meets the specifications regarding dimensions (C) and (T), represented in FIGS. 2 (2.6) and (2.7), and the finishing at the interface with the Pipe External Coating, being applicable to straight pipes that rotate during the cutting of the external coating. The PPS Automated Drawing Device, represented in FIGS. 9 and 10, used together with the PPS Stationary Cutting Machine, is intended to draw and/or reposition the PPS System in an automated manner through the Cover (1.3, 8.3, and 9.5), increasing productivity and operational safety. Together with the PPS Automated Drawing Device, the assembly is installed in the PPS Cutting and Drawing Stations, represented in FIGS. 11 to 14, to be implanted in Onshore Bases (Spoolbases) (11), Type J (J Lay) (12) Launch Vessels, and Type S (S Lay) Launch Vessels (13), for the Construction and Installation of Subsea Pipelines (Subsea or Submerged Pipelines), and at the Pipe Sites (14), for Onshore Pipelines (Buried Pipelines).

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