FBE coatings have stringent rules and regulations to protect them. Any dent, scratch, gouge, or groove can cause a safety hazard. Therefore, a secure approach is needed to eliminate any chance of damage. Rejection of a pipe severely impacts plant operations. On top of that, handling pipes manually is a significant safety hazard in itself. Hence the familiar expression in the pipe coating industry: “Hands off the pipes!”
Pipes are normally transported, loaded, stacked and stored with so-called spacers, barriers or bumpers to prevent damage. This is especially important with FBE-coated pipes. A typical spacer used for a (steel) pipe is rope. The rope is usually applied by hand, which is a time consuming method, but most of all, creates a risk of damaging the pipe.
Ultimate protection for pipe stacking
To protect your operations and conform to increasingly standardized rules and regulations, Selmers invented the ultimate safe way to apply this kind of pipe protection for stacking and storage in an automated manner. The automated ‘roping machine’ applies the rope spacers at exactly the right points along the pipes—without hands.
The automated ‘Cowboy’
We nicknamed our newly developed machine ‘The Cowboy.’ The pipe-spacing Cowboy guarantees pipe protection while saving you from the risky business of handling pipes by hand. A welcome side effect is faster handling, higher productivity, and, last but not least, increased safety! Check out the simulation.
Find out!
As costs always precede benefits, we are now looking for a partner interested in joint cooperation to launch a prototype. The design is partially validated, tested in-house, and found feasible. Do you dare to transform your pipe transportation and storage to a faster, safer, and more measurable method? Contact sales@selmers.com or call us at +31(0)251211999.
