Allseas Group S.a.

Maarten Willem Kastelein

Gerardus Maria Kramer

Guide device for use in the processing, in particular welding, of curved surfaces, in particular pipe surfaces, comprising a flexible elongate body provided with a guide for processing means; tensioning means for tensioning the flexible body around the curved surface; wherein the flexible body is provided along its length with indicators arranged according to a determined pattern, this pattern being such that a determined position along the flexible body can be inferred on the basis of the detection of the indicators.

Guide device for welding curvilinear pipe surfaces

Guide device for use in the processing, in particular welding, of curved surfaces, in particular pipe surfaces. A guide device includes a flexible elongate body provided with a guide for processing means and a tensioning means for tensioning the flexible body around the curved surface. The flexible body is provided along its length with indicators arranged according to a determined pattern, this pattern being such that a determined position of the guide device along the flexible body can be inferred on the basis of the detection of the indicators.

A method and apparatus for welding together two pipes or plates. The bodies to be welded are placed mutually in line against each other while leaving clear a weld groove. The weld groove is filled with more than one welding layer by a welding torch moved in a longitudinal direction of the weld groove, and wherein two welding layers are laid in one welding pass by two welding torches placed successively at a predetermined fixed distance in the longitudinal direction of the weld groove, so that a time-saving is achieved in the welding process.

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Heemstede, Netherlands

Maarten Willem Kastelein