Fixing device (1) for fixing a
pipe welding device to a dimensionally stable, in particular circular cylindrical,
pipe section (32, 33) to be welded, wherein the fixing device (1) comprises: a rotating device (22) for rotating, in particular in a circular arc shape, a
welding head of the
pipe welding device about an axis of rotation; a gripping device comprising a first gripping arm (2) with a first clamping jaw (6) attached thereto with exactly one first concave clamping surface and a second gripping arm (3) with a second clamping jaw (7) attached thereto with exactly one second concave clamping surface, where: the first clamping jaw (6) is rotatably mounted on the first gripping arm about an axis (4) running parallel to the axis of the pipe section (32, 33) over a predetermined
angular range, such that it can be selectively brought into different orientations (8, 10, 12) relative to the first gripping arm (2) by means of a rotational movement about the axis (4) running parallel to the axis of the pipe section (32, 33) and can be fixed in these orientations (8, 10, 12), each of which corresponds to an associated pipe
diameter; wherein for each such
diameter of the pipe section (32, 33) a respective first bore is provided on the first clamping jaw (6) and the first clamping jaw (6) can be fixed by means of an inserted fixing pin (9) through the respective first bore into a second bore of the first gripping arm (2); wherein the second clamping jaw (7) is attached to the second gripping arm in such a way that it is freely rotatable relative to the latter over a predetermined
angular range about an axis of rotation (5) running parallel to the axis of rotation of the pipe section (32, 33); and The gripping device is configured to fix the
pipe welding device to the pipe section (32, 33) by means of a clamping action exerted by the clamping jaws via their concave clamping surfaces on the pipe section (32, 33) from an open position to a closed
position dependent on the currently selected and fixed orientation (8, 10, 12) of the first clamping jaw, with a reduced distance between the concave clamping surfaces compared to the open position, in which a symmetry axis of a dimensionally stable, in particular circular cylindrical, pipe section (32, 33) clamped between the concave clamping surfaces of the clamping jaws (6, 7) running parallel to the axis of rotation of the rotating device (22) is spaced from the axis of rotation by a maximum specified amount of a maximum of 2% of the
diameter of the pipe section (32, 33).