Pipe Handling Device

Abstract

A pipe handling device ( 1 ) on a drilling floor, the pipe handling device ( 1 ) including:—a first pipe handling machine ( 2 ) placed between a first pipe magazine ( 14 ) and the drilling centre ( 6 ); and—a second pipe handling machine ( 4 ) placed between a second pipe magazine ( 16 ) and the drilling centre ( 6 ), the first pipe handling machine ( 2 ) and the second pipe handling machine ( 4 ) both being arranged to carry pipes ( 12 ) between the drilling centre ( 6 ) and their respective first pipe magazine ( 14 ) and second pipe magazine ( 16 ), characterized by the first pipe handling machine ( 2 ) being rotatable around an axis substantially centrally in the first pipe magazine ( 14 ), and by the second pipe handling machine ( 4 ) being rotatable around an axis substantially centrally in the second pipe magazine ( 16 ).

1 . A pipe handling device ( 1 ) on a drilling floor, the pipe handling device ( 1 ) including:
 a first pipe handling machine ( 2 ) placed between a first pipe magazine ( 14 ) and the drilling centre ( 6 ); and   a second pipe handling machine ( 4 ) placed between a second pipe magazine ( 16 ) and the drilling centre ( 6 ), the first pipe handling machine ( 2 ) and the second pipe handling machine ( 4 ) both being arranged to carry pipes ( 12 ) between the drilling centre ( 6 ) and their respective first pipe magazine ( 14 ) and second pipe magazine ( 16 ), characterized in that the first pipe handling machine ( 2 ) is rotatable around an axis substantially centrally in the first pipe magazine ( 14 ), and that the second pipe handling machine ( 4 ) is rotatable around an axis substantially centrally in the second pipe magazine ( 16 ).   
     
     
         2 . The pipe handling device ( 1 ) in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein the first pipe handling machine ( 2 ) and the second pipe handling machine ( 4 ) are arranged on respective sides of the drilling centre ( 6 ). 
     
     
         3 . The pipe handling device ( 1 ) in accordance with  claim 1  or  2 , wherein the first pipe magazine ( 14 ) and the second pipe magazine ( 16 ) are formed in a substantially semicircular shape. 
     
     
         4 . The pipe handling device ( 1 ) in accordance with  claim 1 ,  2 , or  3 , wherein the first pipe handling machine ( 2 ) and the second pipe handling machine ( 4 ) include vertical, rotatable columns ( 18 ), on which one or more dollies ( 20 ) are arranged, individually movable in a vertical direction. 
     
     
         5 . The pipe handling device ( 1 ) in accordance with  claim 4 , wherein, on the rotatable columns ( 18 ), two dollies ( 20 ) are arranged, individually movable in a vertical direction.