HYBRID GIMBAL SUPPORT STRUCTURE

摘要

A floating structure includes a hull and a work structure for supporting, lifting or lowering elongate objects. The work structure includes an elevating platform having an opening for receiving an object to be supported, lifted or lowered. The elevating platform is supported on the hull and is connected to a movable force element. The work structure includes a compensator platform pivotably supported on the hull around a pivot axis via a bracket or curved track. The compensator platform has an opening for receiving the object to be handled while the elevating platform is supported on the compensator platform via at least one elastomeric support. The force element is on one side attached to the hull and on the other side to the compensator platform for transmitting a driving force or a damping force to the platform when the platform is pivoted about a pin or displaced over the curved track.

主权项

1. Floating structure (1) comprising hull (3) and a work structure (4) for supporting, lifting or lowering elongate objects (5, 16, 17), the work structure comprising an elevating platform (25) having an opening (24) for receiving an object to be supported, lifted or lowered, the elevating platform being supported on the hull (3) and connected to a movable force element (35, 36), wherein, the work structure comprises a compensator platform (26) pivotally supported on the hull around at least one pivot axis (60,64), the compensator platform comprising an opening (45) for receiving the object to be handled, the elevating platform being supported on the compensator platform via at least one elastomeric support (28, 29), the force element (35, 36) being on one side (37) attached to the hull and on the other side (38) to the compensator platform (26) for transmitting a driving force or a damping force to the platform (26) when the platform is pivoted around the pivot axis (60,64).