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News Release from: Robson Handling Technology | Subject: Pipe conveyors
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 13 April 2007
Roller conveyors handle heavy oil
transfer pipes
A contract recently completed by mechanical handling specialist Geo Robson demonstrated the company's ability to meet exceptional specifications
A contract recently completed by mechanical handling specialist Geo Robson demonstrated the company's ability to meet exceptional specifications, and deliver pipe handling conveyors using specially designed rollers The order, from construction-to-utilities group Saudi Oger, called for two powered roller conveyors - familiar pieces of handling equipment, except that they had to withstand loads of up to 350kg
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 16 May 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Plus the rollers were specified as being to the straight-sided diabolo pattern.
The special rollers and high loading were necessary because the conveyors were for handling oil transfer pipes brought ashore for maintenance, from oil rigs.
The cross-section of the diabolo rollers makes sure that the cylindrical pipes sit securely on the conveyors as they are transported.
Because diabolo rollers to this pattern are not standard items, Robson had to have them manufactured - 26 in total, each a metre wide and 400mm in diameter at the widest point.
Metal spinning, the first option considered, was found to be unsuitable because it could not ensure the necessary strength, so instead they had to be pressed and rolled.
The two 10 metre-long conveyors have now been installed in the workshop of the Al Khafji oil refinery, on the coast of the Persian Gulf, in the neutral zone between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.
The project is a further diversification of the Robson activities in the Middle East, which have already included systems for handling gold ore, sugar and baggage handling.
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