ASSEMBLY AND INSTALLATION OF PIPES

摘要

Improvements in or relating to the Assembly and Installation of Pipes The invention provides a method of assembling and installing pipes comprising disposing at least one cable between a first station and a second station; attaching and clamping a first pipe to the cable at or adjacent one of said stations; moving the pipe away from said one station with the cable; connecting a second pipe to the first pipe and attaching and clamping the second pipe to the cable at or adjacent said one station; repeating the connecting, attaching and clamping operation to provide an elongate connected sequence of pipes attached to and clamped to the cable; and drawing the cable away from said one station towards the second station to move the sequence of pipes into its desired position between the first and second stations.