{"id":428,"date":"2020-06-24T23:01:59","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T21:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/halvorsen.no\/?post_type=prosjekt&p=428"},"modified":"2026-04-21T14:29:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T12:29:26","slug":"with-90-kilos-in-each-weld","status":"publish","type":"prosjekt","link":"https:\/\/halvorsen.no\/en\/prosjekt\/med-90-kilo-i-hver-sveis\/","title":{"rendered":"With 90 kilos in each swing"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"This is tricky stuff,\" says Head of Fabrication, John Vester Nielsen, enthusiastically.<\/p>\n

Bak ham sveiser Rafal Michalek a steel pipe with a diameter of 800 millimetres and a thickness of up to 120 millimetres.<\/p>\n

WHEN IT IS<\/strong>\u00a0Once fully welded, the \u00abPig Receiver\u00bb will weigh a full 12 tonnes.<\/p>\n

\u2013 Each joint has 90 kilos of welding added. From a purely welding-technical perspective, the job is demanding, says Nielsen.<\/p>\n

\u00abThe \u00bbPig Receiver\" will be installed on the Norwegian continental shelf.<\/p>\n

\u2013 WHAT IS<\/strong>\u00a0What's special about this \u00abPig Receiver\u00bb is that it can withstand very high pressure. When we are finished with the annealing and painting job, it is transported west by car, says Kjell Vidar Netland, who is the head of pressure equipment.<\/p>\n

In the oil industry, \u00abpigging\u00bb is a term for a pipe-cleaning process. Brushes are inserted into the pipe and pushed along the pipeline to clean out rust, wax, and debris. The scraping sound that occurs during the process can resemble a squealing pig \u2013 hence the name \u00abpigging\u00bb.<\/p>\n

The brush is placed in a \u00abpig launcher,\u00bb which is a type of launch station, and is then pushed down the pipe until it reaches the receiving station \u2013 the so-called \u00abpig receiver.\u00bb.<\/p>\n

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