APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COATING PIPES

摘要

Apparatus for spraying a coating onto the outside of a pipe (4). The apparat us includes a body for mounting on a pipe to be coated. A spray gun (34) is mounted on the body such that it can move relative to the body to spray coating completely around the periphery of the pipe (4). The apparatus may include only a single spray gun. The spray gun may be able to travel at 360 degrees around the periphery of a pipe to be coated. The apparatus is particularly suited to coating girth welds of a pipeline.