Abstract: A method for laying a plurality of cable sections to be successively positioned in series in a buried duct, according to a flowing-pushing method using a pressurized fluid. The different cable sections are successively introduced into the duct in a single entry point comprising a laying device notably comprising an orifice for introducing a pressurized fluid, a cable section entirely introduced into the duct is pushed towards the position which it should occupy in the duct, only by the pressure of the fluid introduced by said laying device and when a cable section has reached his final position in the duct, an opening is made in the duct near to the rear of the cable section.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 19, 2011
Date of Patent:
March 15, 2016
Assignees:
PLUMETTAZ HOLDING SA, EHTP ENTERPRISE HYDRAULIQUE ET TRAVAUX PUBLICS
Inventors:
Gérard Plumettaz, Michel Dunand, Joël Perelle, Olivier Perignon, Michel Cherix
Abstract: A method for laying an elongated element in a duct using a fluid injected under pressure through a fluid inlet in a pressure housing disposed at the elongated element inlet extremity of the duct. A mechanical drive placed before the pressure housing and the duct pushes the elongated element into the pressure housing and the duct. The method includes installing a first front end pulling pig at the front end of the elongated element and installing at least one subsequent pulling pig around the elongated element. The distance between each pulling pig is mainly constant. The method also includes applying the same maximum pressure drop to each pulling pig. The total pressure of the fluid injected being mainly equally shared by all the pulling pigs.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 16, 2010
Date of Patent:
July 8, 2014
Assignees:
Plumettaz Holding S.A., EHTP, Enterprise Hydraulique et Travaux Publics