Abstract: A Device for transferring a vibrating movement to a rigid pipe for letting it penetrate into or removing it from a bed in upright or inclined position, comprises a clamping member for clampingly holding the upper end of the pipe for transfer of the vibrating movements thereto. The clamping members can be biased away from each other for clampingly engaging—exclusively—the inner surfaces of the pipe. The device further comprises a body to be attached to a vibrator block. The clamping members form a rigid unity with the body, considered in the axial direction of the pipe.
Abstract: Pipe shears for cutting tubes of a subaqueous structure, in which the pipe shears are suspended from a vessel to a location at which a tube of the subaqueous structure is to be cut and removed. The pipe shears is formed by two clamping jaws, hingedly connected about a first hinge axis, and a hydraulic cylinder for moving the clamping jaws towards and away from each other. The jaws have opposed flat faces which flatten the tube when the jaws are moved together. A cutting device is located adjacent to the jaws for shearing the tube adjacent to the flattened portion thereof clamped between the clamping jaws. When the tube has been sheared by the cutting device, a separated section of tube can be lifted to the surface while the flattened portion remains clamped in the jaws.