Monitoring crack tensioner pressure
A tensioner and crawler technology, which is applied in the field of monitoring the extrusion pressure exerted by the crawler tensioner on the submarine pipeline, can solve the problems of increasing complexity, reducing reliability, and difficult installation of strain gauges
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[0063] Now refer to the attached Figure 4 to Figure 6 , the tensioner includes a track body 32 supporting an array of rollers 30 . The array of rollers 30 in turn supports the track 10 comprising a chain of articulating links 24 each having a back plate 28 supporting a corresponding pad 26 .
[0064] The invention can be used with various tensioner track designs, depending on the diameter of the elongated product being laid and its stiffness, construction and composition, particularly whether the pipe is rigid or flexible. For example, V-shaped pad assemblies are common and may be an alternative to discrete or unique pads on each backplane, where each backplane carries two pads on intersecting planes.
[0065] The array of rollers 30 rotate on parallel and coplanar axes about respective pins, axles or shafts 34 that serve as mandrels. The rollers 30 are tubular, each defining a central cavity coaxially receiving one of the shafts 34 . Figure 6 Alternate ones of the roller...
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