Pipe Layer

Pipe Layer

 

a machine designed to hold a pipe section in a suspended position for scrubbing and insulation, to lower pipe into a trench, to hold the end of a pipe during field welding, and to perform various handling jobs within the lane of a pipeline under construction; a pipe layer is also used as a tractor. It is built on the frame of a crawler tractor with a side jib, a counterweight to balance the pipe layer, a drive, and a hoist, which is mounted on a special frame. Pipe layers with a lifting capacity of 35 tons have been developed in the USSR.