Device for handling hoses of a working well for a drilling rig
AssigneeFrigstad Engineering Ltd
InventorGunnar Sigurd Faye
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Abstract
A manipulator device (4) arranged to move a hose manifold (13) as one or more hoses (12) is/are being connected to and disconnected from pipelines (11) arranged on a marine riser (1), the manipulator (4) being fixed to an undercarriage (3) which is movable relative to a working well (21).
Claims3
A manipulator device arranged to move a hose manifold as one or more hoses is/are being connected to and disconnected from pipelines arranged on a marine riser, the manipulator being fixed to an undercarriage which is movable relative to a working well, wherein the undercarriage is a carriage arranged on a deck bordering on the working well, and wherein the manipulator has three translatory degrees of freedom, first and second degrees of freedom being assigned to a manipulator arm and a third degree of freedom being assigned to the undercarriage by horizontal displacement of the undercarriage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.