CA2510137A1 - Oilfield pipe-handling apparatus - Google Patents
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- E21B19/14—Racks, ramps, troughs or bins, for holding the lengths of rod singly or connected; Handling between storage place and borehole
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Abstract
A trailer-mounted pipe-handling apparatus has an elongate cradle swivelable about a longitudinal swivel axis for loading or offloading pipe at a well site. With the cradle horizontal, and swiveled into a loading position, loading arms receive a pipe from a loading rack, whereupon kicker members move the pipe from the loading arms into the cradle.
With the cradle swiveled into a neutral position supporting the pipe, a swing arm raises one end of the cradle while simultaneously drawing its other end horizontally along a base track, thus placing the cradle in a tilted configuration. The raised end of the pipe can thus be positioned above the floor of a drilling rig or service rig for connection to the rig hoist, which can then lift the pipe out of the cradle. Pipe may be removed from the well using a similar, reverse procedure. The rig hoist positions a removed pipe in the tiltingly elevated cradle, which is then lowered to the horizontal position. The cradle is then swiveled to an offloading position, allowing the pipe to roll out of the cradle onto an offload rack.
With the cradle swiveled into a neutral position supporting the pipe, a swing arm raises one end of the cradle while simultaneously drawing its other end horizontally along a base track, thus placing the cradle in a tilted configuration. The raised end of the pipe can thus be positioned above the floor of a drilling rig or service rig for connection to the rig hoist, which can then lift the pipe out of the cradle. Pipe may be removed from the well using a similar, reverse procedure. The rig hoist positions a removed pipe in the tiltingly elevated cradle, which is then lowered to the horizontal position. The cradle is then swiveled to an offloading position, allowing the pipe to roll out of the cradle onto an offload rack.
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1. A pipe-handling apparatus, for transporting pipe sections to or from a rig floor, said apparatus comprising:
(a) a base having an elongate base track, said base having an inward end and an outward end;
(b) a track carriage, said track carnage being longitudinally movable along the base track;
(c) an elongate pipe cradle having an inward end and an outward end,; and c.l defining a trough for receiving a pipe section; and c.2 being connected near its outward end to the track carnage so as to be swivelable about a swivel axis substantially parallel to the cradle, and pivotable relative to the track carnage about a substantially horizontal axis transverse to the base track;
(d) lift means, for moving the inward end of the pipe cradle between a lowered position and an elevated position, thereby causing inward displacement of the inward end of the cradle along the base track; and (e) swivel means, for swiveling the pipe cradle about the swivel axis, said swivel means being operable to move the pipe cradle between a neutral position and a loading position.
(a) a base having an elongate base track, said base having an inward end and an outward end;
(b) a track carriage, said track carnage being longitudinally movable along the base track;
(c) an elongate pipe cradle having an inward end and an outward end,; and c.l defining a trough for receiving a pipe section; and c.2 being connected near its outward end to the track carnage so as to be swivelable about a swivel axis substantially parallel to the cradle, and pivotable relative to the track carnage about a substantially horizontal axis transverse to the base track;
(d) lift means, for moving the inward end of the pipe cradle between a lowered position and an elevated position, thereby causing inward displacement of the inward end of the cradle along the base track; and (e) swivel means, for swiveling the pipe cradle about the swivel axis, said swivel means being operable to move the pipe cradle between a neutral position and a loading position.
2. The apparatus of Claim 1 wherein the track carriage is slidingly movable along the base track.
3. The apparatus of Claim 1 wherein the track carriage comprises rolling means rollingly movable along the base track.
4. The apparatus of Claim 1 wherein the trough is V-shaped in cross-section.
5. The apparatus of Claim 1 wherein the trough is curvilinear in cross-section.
6. The apparatus of Claim 1 wherein the lift means comprises a swing arm having an upper end and a lower end, said lower end being pivotably connected to the base structure about a first transverse axis transverse to the base track, and said upper end being connected to the pipe cradle so as to be pivotable about a second transverse axis transverse to the base track while also being swivelable about the swivel axis, said swing arm having swing arm actuating means.
7. The apparatus of Claim 6 wherein the swing arm actuating means comprises a hydraulic cylinder connected between the base structure and a point along the length of the swing arm.
8. The apparatus of Claim 6 wherein the swing arm is variable in length.
9. The apparatus of Claim 8, further comprising a hydraulic cylinder for varying the length of the swing arm.
10. The apparatus of Claim 1 wherein the swivel means comprises:
(a) a cradle sprocket mounted to and below the pipe cradle, said cradle sprocket having a circular gear section concentric with the swivel axis;
(b) a drive unit mounted below the pipe cradle, said drive unit having a rotatable drive shaft with an axis substantially parallel to the cradle;
(c) a drive sprocket mounted to the drive shaft; and (d) a discontinuous drive chain disposed around the drive sprocket and connected at each end to the cradle sprocket such that rotation of the drive shaft will cause the pipe cradle to swivel about the swivel axis.
(a) a cradle sprocket mounted to and below the pipe cradle, said cradle sprocket having a circular gear section concentric with the swivel axis;
(b) a drive unit mounted below the pipe cradle, said drive unit having a rotatable drive shaft with an axis substantially parallel to the cradle;
(c) a drive sprocket mounted to the drive shaft; and (d) a discontinuous drive chain disposed around the drive sprocket and connected at each end to the cradle sprocket such that rotation of the drive shaft will cause the pipe cradle to swivel about the swivel axis.
11. The apparatus of Claim 10 wherein the drive unit is hydraulically actuated.
12. The apparatus of Claim 10 wherein the drive unit is electrically actuated.
13. The apparatus of Claim 1, further comprising cradle-loading means, for receiving a pipe section from a loading rack and loading the pipe section into the pipe cradle.
14. The apparatus of Claim 13 wherein the cradle-loading means comprises:
(a) a plurality of pipe-loading arms oriented transversely and adjacent to the pipe cradle, each pipe-loading arm having an upwardly-disposed notch adapted to receive a pipe section, said pipe-loading arms being operable between a lower position in which a pipe section may be readily rolled from the loading rack into the notches of the pipe-loading arms, and a raised position in which the pipe-loading arms prevent additional pipes from rolling off the loading rack; and (b) a plurality of kicker members, said kicker members being operable between a stowed position below the notches in the pipe-loading arms, and a deployed position whereby the kicker members can move a pipe section from the pipe-loading arms into the pipe cradle when the pipe cradle is in the loading position.
(a) a plurality of pipe-loading arms oriented transversely and adjacent to the pipe cradle, each pipe-loading arm having an upwardly-disposed notch adapted to receive a pipe section, said pipe-loading arms being operable between a lower position in which a pipe section may be readily rolled from the loading rack into the notches of the pipe-loading arms, and a raised position in which the pipe-loading arms prevent additional pipes from rolling off the loading rack; and (b) a plurality of kicker members, said kicker members being operable between a stowed position below the notches in the pipe-loading arms, and a deployed position whereby the kicker members can move a pipe section from the pipe-loading arms into the pipe cradle when the pipe cradle is in the loading position.
15. The apparatus of Claim 14 wherein each pipe-loading arm is pivotable about an axis substantially parallel to the base track.
16. The apparatus of Claim 1 wherein the swivel means is also operable to orient the pipe cradle in an offloading position a pipe section can roll out of the cradle to an offload rack.
17. The apparatus of Claim 1, further comprising a loading rack and an offload rack hingeingly connected to either side of the base structure, said loading rack and offload rack being individually movable between a stowed position folded against the base structure, and a deployed position.
18. The apparatus of Claim 17, further comprising jacking means for adjusting the slope of the loading rack and the offload rack when in the deployed position.
19. A pipe-handling apparatus, for transporting pipe sections to or from a rig floor, said apparatus comprising:
(a) a base having an elongate base track, said base having an inward end and an outward end;
(b) a track carriage, said track carriage being longitudinally movable along the base track;
(c) an elongate pipe cradle having an inward end and an outward end, said cradle:
c.1 defining a trough for receiving a pipe section; and c.2 being connected near its outward end to the track carriage so as to be swivelable about a swivel axis substantially parallel to the cradle, and pivotable relative to the track carriage about a substantially horizontal axis transverse to the base track;
(d) lift means, for moving the inward end of the pipe cradle between a lowered position and an elevated position, thereby causing inward displacement of the inward end of the cradle along the base track;
(e) swivel means, for swiveling the pipe cradle about the swivel axis, said swivel means being operable to move the pipe cradle between a neutral position and a loading position; and (f) cradle-loading means, for loading a pipe from a loading rack into the cradle.
(a) a base having an elongate base track, said base having an inward end and an outward end;
(b) a track carriage, said track carriage being longitudinally movable along the base track;
(c) an elongate pipe cradle having an inward end and an outward end, said cradle:
c.1 defining a trough for receiving a pipe section; and c.2 being connected near its outward end to the track carriage so as to be swivelable about a swivel axis substantially parallel to the cradle, and pivotable relative to the track carriage about a substantially horizontal axis transverse to the base track;
(d) lift means, for moving the inward end of the pipe cradle between a lowered position and an elevated position, thereby causing inward displacement of the inward end of the cradle along the base track;
(e) swivel means, for swiveling the pipe cradle about the swivel axis, said swivel means being operable to move the pipe cradle between a neutral position and a loading position; and (f) cradle-loading means, for loading a pipe from a loading rack into the cradle.
20 20. The apparatus of Claim 19 wherein the cradle-loading means comprises:
(a) a plurality of pipe-loading arms oriented transversely and adjacent to the pipe cradle, each pipe-loading arm having an upwardly-disposed notch adapted to receive a pipe section, said pipe-loading arms being operable between a lower position in which a pipe section may be readily rolled from the loading rack into the notches of the pipe-loading arms, and a raised position in which the pipe-loading arms prevent additional pipes from rolling off the loading rack; and (b) a plurality of kicker members, said kicker members being operable between a stowed position below the notches in the pipe-loading arms, and a deployed position whereby the kicker members can move a pipe section from the pipe-loading arms into the pipe cradle when the pipe cradle is in the loading position.
(a) a plurality of pipe-loading arms oriented transversely and adjacent to the pipe cradle, each pipe-loading arm having an upwardly-disposed notch adapted to receive a pipe section, said pipe-loading arms being operable between a lower position in which a pipe section may be readily rolled from the loading rack into the notches of the pipe-loading arms, and a raised position in which the pipe-loading arms prevent additional pipes from rolling off the loading rack; and (b) a plurality of kicker members, said kicker members being operable between a stowed position below the notches in the pipe-loading arms, and a deployed position whereby the kicker members can move a pipe section from the pipe-loading arms into the pipe cradle when the pipe cradle is in the loading position.
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