systems and methods for positioning oilfield threaded pipes in a drilling floor environment and for making tubular threaded connections.

摘要

a system and method for positioning oilfield pipelines on a drilling floor (2) having an automated tubular manipulation system to allow automatic alignment and machining and exit of thread operations between a stationary tubular (8) and a mobile tube (34), using image information from radially displaced cameras (54, 56), processing the image information to recognize the tubes within the image and developing position information for said tubes, combining the position information of the two tubes. camera systems to develop three-dimensional information for each of the tubulars, developing instructions for the automated tubular manipulation system to place the fixed and movable tubes in vertical alignment and lower the movable tubular tube into threaded contact and engage an automated hydraulic torque wrench to make the threaded connection.