Method and system for forming a foundation pile section with a desired diameter and circumference, wherein the section has a circular cross section perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of said section, wherein a plate having a width direction and a length direction perpendicular to the width direction, is rolled in said length direction into a cylindrical or frusto-conical shape, such that opposite ends of said plate are brought in an adjacent position, wherein during and/or directly after rolling a circumference and/or diameter cq radius of the rolled plate are assessed, whereby an edge portion of the plate at at least one of said adjacent opposite ends is removed, where after said then adjacent opposite ends are brought together and welded together
B21C 37/08 - Fabrication de tubes à joints soudés ou brasés
B21C 51/00 - Dispositifs de mesure, de calibrage, d'indication, de comptage ou de marquage, spécialement conçus pour être utilisés dans la production ou la manipulation des matériaux concernés par les sous-classes
B21D 5/14 - Cintrage des tôles le long de lignes droites, p. ex. pour former un pli simple par passage entre des rouleaux ou cylindres
B21D 5/00 - Cintrage des tôles le long de lignes droites, p. ex. pour former un pli simple
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METHOD AND STRUCTURES FOR USE IN MOUNTING A SUPER STRUCTURE ON A FOUNDATION PILE
Method for mounting a super structure over a top end of a foundation pile, wherein the top end has a truncated conical shape and the super structure has an opening fitting over said top end, which opening preferably has a truncated conical peripheral surface fitting over said top end, wherein a guide structure is placed at said top end, comprising at least one sloping guide surface, where after said super structure is lowered over the guide structure onto the top end of the foundation pile.
E02B 17/00 - Iles artificielles montées sur pilotis ou supports similaires, p. ex. plates-formes sur pieds extensiblesProcédés de construction de celles-ci
E04B 1/35 - Méthodes de construction particulières, p. ex. levage de planchers coulés au sol, vérins
4.
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FORMING A SECTION FOR A FLOATING BODY FOR AN OFFSHORE FLOATING FOUNDATION
Method for forming a section for a floating body for an offshore floating foundation, comprising providing a metal sheet having a sheet length direction and a sheet width direction, and bending said sheet, such that the sheet is curved in the sheet length direction, forming a concave side. Furthermore a stiffener is formed, having a stiffener length direction, wherein the stiffener is curved in said stiffener length direction, forming a convex side. Said curved stiffener is placed with the convex side against the concave side of the sheet and is pushed against the concave side of the sheet, such that a curvature of the concave side of the sheet matches a curvature of the convex side of the stiffener at least at the position where the stiffener is placed. Then the stiffener is welded against the sheet.
B23K 37/02 - Chariots pour supporter l'outillage pour souder ou découper
B23K 37/053 - Alignement des pièces cylindriquesDispositifs de serrage à cet effet
B63B 75/00 - Construction ou assemblage de structures flottantes en pleine mer, p. ex. plateformes semi-submersibles, plateformes SPAR ou plateformes d’éoliennes
F03D 13/25 - Dispositions pour monter ou supporter des mécanismes moteurs à ventPylônes ou tours pour des mécanismes moteurs à vent spécialement adaptés à l’installation offshore
B21C 37/08 - Fabrication de tubes à joints soudés ou brasés
B23P 23/06 - Installation de travail des métaux comportant un certain nombre de machines ou d'appareils associés
B23P 15/00 - Fabrication d'objets déterminés par des opérations non couvertes par une seule autre sous-classe ou un groupe de la présente sous-classe
B21D 51/04 - Fabrication d'objets creux caractérisés par la structure des objets d'objets à pièces rapportées, p. ex. objets à fond ou à couvercle fixés rigidement
B23K 9/028 - Soudage de joints continusSupportsPièces rapportées pour des joints curvilignes situés dans un plan
B23K 26/06 - Mise en forme du faisceau laser, p. ex. à l’aide de masques ou de foyers multiples
B23K 26/242 - Soudure en angle, c.-à-d. soudure de section essentiellement triangulaire joignant deux parties
B23K 26/282 - Soudage de joints continus curvilignes de sections de tubes
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METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REMOVING AN OFF-SHORE FOUNDATION PILE FROM A LOCATION
The invention relates to a method for removing an off-shore foundation pile from a use position in which a lower part of the off-shore foundation pile has been driven into a ground, such that a longitudinal axis of the off-shore foundation pile extends upward, wherein the off-shore foundation pile is rotated around said longitudinal axis, prior to and/or during lifting of the off-shore foundation pile from the ground.
Slip-joint between a platform (3) and a pile (2), wherein the pile has a first surface area at or near a top end of the pile and the platform has an opening defined at least partly by a second surface area, wherein in the slip joint between the first surface area and the second surface area at least one pad (9) is provided, made at least partly of a flexible material, wherein the at least one pad has a primary surface (33) facing one of the first surface area (6) and the second surface area (7) and an opposite secondary surface (34) facing the other of the first surface area (6) and the second surface area (7), wherein at least the primary surface has a surface profiling (100) allowing compression of part of said profiling
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E02B 17/02 - Iles artificielles montées sur pilotis ou supports similaires, p. ex. plates-formes sur pieds extensiblesProcédés de construction de celles-ci mises en place par abaissement de la structure de support jusqu'à toucher le fond, p. ex. en la fixant ensuite sur celui-ci
E02B 17/04 - Équipement spécialement conçu pour élever, abaisser ou immobiliser la plate-forme de travail par rapport à la structure de support
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Monopile coating process, monopile and monopile coating system
A monopile coating process, comprising: placing a monopile on roller supports, wherein the roller supports are provided with rotating means for rotating the monopile when the monopile is placed on the roller supports, and wherein the rollers are supporting the monopile and are located at one or more positions along the axis of the monopile when the monopile is placed on the roller supports, applying a thermally sprayed metallic coating, such as an aluminium or zinc-aluminium coating, to parts of the circumferential external surface of the monopile corresponding to the one or more positions, and, compressing at least part of the thermally sprayed metallic coating by rotating the monopile using the roller supports is disclosed. A monopile and a monopile coating system are also disclosed.
C23C 4/08 - Matériaux métalliques ne contenant que des éléments métalliques
C23C 4/02 - Pré-traitement du matériau à revêtir, p. ex. pour revêtement de parties déterminées de la surface
C23C 4/12 - Revêtement par pulvérisation du matériau de revêtement à l'état fondu, p. ex. par pulvérisation à l'aide d'une flamme, d'un plasma ou d'une décharge électrique caractérisé par le procédé de pulvérisation
Method for forming tubular segments, wherein a metal strip is or a series of metal strips is pressed into a tubular or truncated conical shape, such that opposite longitudinal ends of the strip or strips meet, forming at least one seam, where after the seam is welded, joining the meeting ends together, wherein at least after welding the cross sectional profile of at least part of the segment is measured, at least at and/or near said welded seam or seams, and data of said measurement is fed into a control unit, where after a press is operated by the control unit based on said data, adjusting the cross sectional profile of the segment, at least at the or each seam.
Method for fitting a platform on an upper end of a foundation pile, wherein said upper end has a truncated conical outer surface, and wherein the platform has an opening fitting over said upper end of the pile. The opening is provided with a peripheral wall defining a truncated conical shape. Between the outer surface of the pile and the wall of the opening a series of filling elements is provided. Filling elements are positioned spaced apart from each other, such that between adjacent filling elements channels are formed. The disclosure further relates to an assembly of a foundation pile and a platform, wherein spaced apart filling elements are provided between facing surface portions of the pile and the platform, defining channels there between.
E02B 17/00 - Iles artificielles montées sur pilotis ou supports similaires, p. ex. plates-formes sur pieds extensiblesProcédés de construction de celles-ci
E02B 17/02 - Iles artificielles montées sur pilotis ou supports similaires, p. ex. plates-formes sur pieds extensiblesProcédés de construction de celles-ci mises en place par abaissement de la structure de support jusqu'à toucher le fond, p. ex. en la fixant ensuite sur celui-ci
E02B 17/04 - Équipement spécialement conçu pour élever, abaisser ou immobiliser la plate-forme de travail par rapport à la structure de support
Method for mounting a super structure over a top end of a foundation pile, wherein the top end has a truncated conical shape and the super structure has an opening fitting over said top end, which opening preferably has a truncated conical peripheral surface fitting over said top end, wherein a guide structure is placed at said top end, comprising at least one sloping guide surface, where after said super structure is lowered over the guide structure onto the top end of the foundation pile.
E02B 17/00 - Iles artificielles montées sur pilotis ou supports similaires, p. ex. plates-formes sur pieds extensiblesProcédés de construction de celles-ci
E02D 27/42 - Fondations pour poteaux, mâts ou cheminées
Method for fitting a platform on an upper end of a foundation pile, wherein said upper end has a truncated conical outer surface, and wherein the platform has an opening fitting over said upper end of the pile, said opening provided with a peripheral wall defining a truncated conical shape, wherein between the truncated conical outer surface of the pile and the peripheral wall of the opening at least one filling element is positioned, wherein prior to fitting the platform over the pile a first scan is made of at least a portion of the truncated outer surface of the pile and a second scan is made of at least a portion of the peripheral wall of the opening, wherein the shape of the at least one filling element is formed and/or amended based on said first scan and second scan.
E02B 17/00 - Iles artificielles montées sur pilotis ou supports similaires, p. ex. plates-formes sur pieds extensiblesProcédés de construction de celles-ci
E02B 17/02 - Iles artificielles montées sur pilotis ou supports similaires, p. ex. plates-formes sur pieds extensiblesProcédés de construction de celles-ci mises en place par abaissement de la structure de support jusqu'à toucher le fond, p. ex. en la fixant ensuite sur celui-ci
E04H 12/08 - Structures faites en matériaux spécifiés en métal
E04H 12/34 - Dispositions pour élever ou abaisser des tours, mâts, poteaux, corps de cheminée ou analogues
G01S 17/89 - Systèmes lidar, spécialement adaptés pour des applications spécifiques pour la cartographie ou l'imagerie
E02B 17/04 - Équipement spécialement conçu pour élever, abaisser ou immobiliser la plate-forme de travail par rapport à la structure de support
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METHOD AND CONNECTING RING FOR MOUNTING A TOWER TO A FOUNDATION PILE, AND A WIND TURBINE GENERATOR
Method for mounting a tower for a wind turbine generator to a foundation pile, wherein the tower is provided with a metal connecting ring at a lower end and is positioned on an upper end of the foundation pile, where after: - the metal connecting ring is welded to the upper end of the foundation pile from one of an outer side of the foundation pile or an inner side of the foundation pile, forming a first peripheral weld at a first level; - a groove is formed at the level of the weld from the other one of the inner side of the foundation pile or the outer side of the foundation pile; and - a second peripheral weld is formed in said groove. or wherein the foundation pile is provided with a metal connecting ring at an upper end and the tower is positioned on an upper end of the foundation pile, where after: - the metal connecting ring is welded to the lower end of the tower from one of an outer side of the tower or an inner side of the tower, forming a first peripheral weld at a first level; - a groove is formed at the level of the weld from the other one of the inner side of the tower or the outer side of the tower; and - a second peripheral weld is formed in said groove.
F03D 13/20 - Dispositions pour monter ou supporter des mécanismes moteurs à ventPylônes ou tours pour des mécanismes moteurs à vent
F03D 13/25 - Dispositions pour monter ou supporter des mécanismes moteurs à ventPylônes ou tours pour des mécanismes moteurs à vent spécialement adaptés à l’installation offshore
A monopile coating process, comprising: placing a monopile on roller supports, wherein the roller supports are provided with rotating means for rotating the monopile when the monopile is placed on the roller supports, and wherein the rollers are supporting the monopile and are located at one or more positions along the axis of the monopile when the monopile is placed on the roller supports, applying a thermally sprayed metallic coating, such as an aluminium or zinc-aluminium coating, to parts of the circumferential external surface of the monopile corresponding to the one or more positions, and, compressing at least part of the thermally sprayed metallic coating by rotating the monopile using the roller supports is disclosed. A monopile and a monopile coating system are also disclosed.
B05B 7/00 - Appareillages de pulvérisation pour débiter des liquides ou d'autres matériaux fluides provenant de plusieurs sources, p. ex. un liquide et de l'air, une poudre et un gaz
B05B 7/20 - Appareillages de pulvérisation pour débiter des liquides ou d'autres matériaux fluides provenant de plusieurs sources, p. ex. un liquide et de l'air, une poudre et un gaz comportant des moyens pour chauffer la matière à projeter sous l'action d'une flamme ou par combustion
B05B 7/22 - Appareillages de pulvérisation pour débiter des liquides ou d'autres matériaux fluides provenant de plusieurs sources, p. ex. un liquide et de l'air, une poudre et un gaz comportant des moyens pour chauffer la matière à projeter par voie électrique, p. ex. par un arc
F03D 13/00 - Assemblage, montage ou mise en route de mécanismes moteurs à ventDispositions spécialement adaptées au transport de composants de mécanismes moteurs à vent
Method for forming tubular segments, wherein a metal strip is or a series of metal strips is pressed into a tubular or truncated conical shape, such that opposite longitudinal ends of the strip or strips meet, forming at least one seam, where after the seam is welded, joining the meeting ends together, wherein at least after welding the cross sectional profile of at least part of the segment is measured, at least at and/or near said welded seam or seams, and data of said measurement is fed into a control unit, where after a press is operated by the control unit based on said data, adjusting the cross sectional profile of the segment, at least at the or each seam.
B21D 3/10 - Redressage ou remise en forme des barres, tubes ou profilés métalliques, ou des objets déterminés faits à partir de ces matériaux, qu'ils comportent ou non des parties en tôle entre des marteaux et des enclumes ou butées
An offshore structure that includes a pile of a foundation and at least one offshore element mounted on the pile and forming a slip joint, wherein disposed between an inner surface of the offshore element and an outer surface of the pile is a coating, especially an anti-fouling coating, for increasing friction between the two surfaces and/or preventing corrosion of one or both of the surfaces and/or at least two spaced apart areas are provided with a substance, forming a seal between the outer surface and the inner surface, near an upper end of the pile and the off shore element and between a lower end of the off shore element and the pile.
F03D 13/25 - Dispositions pour monter ou supporter des mécanismes moteurs à ventPylônes ou tours pour des mécanismes moteurs à vent spécialement adaptés à l’installation offshore
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Offshore structure comprising a pile of a foundation and at least one offshore element, mounted on the pile, forming a slip joint, wherein between an inner surface of the offshore element and an outer surface of the pile: - a coating, especially an anti-fouling coating is provided, increasing friction between the said two surfaces and/or preventing corrosion of one or both of said surfaces and/or -at least two spaced apart areas are provided with a substance, forming a seal between the said outer surface and the said inner surface, near an upper end of the pile and the off shore element and between a lower end of the off shore element and the pile.
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