A system to suspend, move, place, align and clamp upper and lower pipe fitting portions of a pipe fitting to each other around an existing pipe. The system includes an upper lift assembly configured to attach to an upper pipe fitting portion and a lower lift assembly configured to attach to a lower pipe fitting portion. The upper lift assembly is connectable to the lower lift assembly by a suspension arrangement such that when the suspension is attached to both the lower lift assembly and the upper lift assembly the upper and lower pipe fitting sections of a pipe fitting become aligned and pressed together.
SYSTEM TO ALIGN AND INSTALL LARGE PIPE FITTINGS
2023-12-21
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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