Turning device for pipes and pipe elements

A turning device for turning pipes with a large diameter about their longitudinal axis, comprising:

• a base body,
• two supporting devices that are arranged on the base body,
• wherein each supporting device comprises a pedestal and at least one rocker element that is pivotably mounted in a receptacle of the pedestal and
• the pedestal is connected to the base body,
• wherein
• each supporting device comprises a first rocker element and a second rocker element,
• the first rocker element comprises a first axle and is pivotably mounted on the first axle in the receptacle of the pedestal, wherein a main pivot axis runs through the first axle,
• the first rocker element comprises two main pivot arms that extend out from the first axle and are arranged at a fixed angle to one another,
• a first main pivot arm of the first rocker element comprises a side arm and, at the outer end of the side arm, a roller axle is arranged on which a roller is rotatably mounted on the side arm,
• a second main pivot arm of the first rocker element comprises at an end a receptacle for a second axle,
• a second rocker element is pivotably mounted on the second axle, wherein a secondary pivot axis runs through the second axle,
• the second rocker element comprises two pivot arms which extend out from the second axle and are arranged at a fixed angle to one another,
• on each pivot arm of the second rocker element, one roller axle each is arranged and a roller is rotatably mounted on the pivot arm on each roller axle,
• the main pivot axis and the secondary pivot axis run parallel to one another,
• each roller has a roller axle and a rotation axis running through the roller axle, and the rotation axes of the rollers run parallel to one another and parallel to the longitudinal axis of a pipe supported on the turning device, and
• the rollers form contact points for a pipe, so that when a pipe is being positioned on the turning device, only the rollers bear against the pipe surface.