Attachment for pipe laying

摘要

A guide arm (30) for a pipe laying assembly that includes a boom mountable vacuum plate operable between a suction pipe engaging mode and a pipe release mode, the guide arm comprising; a mount end (31) for mounting to the vacuum plate; and a guide end (38); wherein when in use and a pipe is engaged by the vacuum plate is brought into proximity to an end of a pipe installed in a pipeline, the guide end (38) guides the end of the engaged pipe into alignment with the end of the installed pipe.