A system for laying pipe includes a conveyor configured to receive one or more pipes, and one or more friction stir welding (FSW) machines configured to connect the one or more pipes to a pipeline deployed toward a sea floor.
OFFSHORE PIPELAYING SYSTEM USING FRICTION STIR WELDING
SYSTEME DE POSE DE TUYAUX EN HAUTE MER A L'AIDE DU SOUDAGE PAR FRICTION-MALAXAGE
2022-10-07
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
Radial friction welding machine developed for offshore pipelaying
Tema Archive | 1984
ORBITAL LASER WELDING: A MAJOR ADVANCE IN OFFSHORE PIPELAYING
British Library Conference Proceedings | 1998
|