An apparatus for driving a flexible lance hose into and out of tubes in a heat exchanger tube sheet includes a housing and an upper endless belt drive assembly and a lower endless belt drive assembly spaced apart by a gap for receiving a flexible lance hose therein. One of the drive assemblies is fixed to the housing. The other drive assembly is movable within the housing toward and away from the one endless belt drive assembly. The apparatus further includes a drive motor fastened to the housing configured to engage at least one of the upper and lower endless belts and drive a flexible lance hose disposed in the gap.

An apparatus for driving a flexible lance hose into and out of tubes in a heat exchanger tube sheet includes a housing and an upper endless belt drive assembly and a lower endless belt drive assembly spaced apart by a gap for receiving a flexible lance hose therein. One of the drive assemblies is fixed to the housing. The other drive assembly is movable within the housing toward and away from the one endless belt drive assembly. The apparatus further includes a drive motor fastened to the housing configured to engage at least one of the upper and lower endless belts and drive a flexible lance hose disposed in the gap.

A pipe tensioner for laying or recovering a subsea pipeline comprising at least two opposing continuous tracks able to hold the subsea pipeline, each track having a plurality of pads mounted on the continuous track for contacting the subsea pipeline, characterised in that at least one pad is a load pad comprising one or more load sensors for measuring loading on the load pad during handling of the subsea pipeline.

The invention relates to a wire feeding apparatus (3) for feeding a wire (1, 2) to a wire processing station (9), comprising, along a wire transport path (7): —a first wire pre-treatment device (10), which preferably has at least one straightening unit for straightening a wire (1), —a wire conveyor (4) for conveying the wire (1, 2) along the wire transport path (7) in a working transport direction (8), comprising a wire input (5), and—a first wire transfer device (11), which is associated with the first wire pre-treatment device (10), for transferring the wire (1) to the wire conveyor (4) in the region of the wire input (5), characterised in that the first wire transfer device (11) is positioned, in its working position, in the region of the wire input (5) of the wire conveyor (4) and can be moved out of its working position, preferably by means of at least one drive (12, 31).

The invention relates to a wire feeding apparatus (3) for feeding a wire (1, 2) to a wire processing station (9), comprising, along a wire transport path (7): —a first wire pre-treatment device (10), which preferably has at least one straightening unit for straightening a wire (1), —a wire conveyor (4) for conveying the wire (1, 2) along the wire transport path (7) in a working transport direction (8), comprising a wire input (5), and—a first wire transfer device (11), which is associated with the first wire pre-treatment device (10), for transferring the wire (1) to the wire conveyor (4) in the region of the wire input (5), characterised in that the first wire transfer device (11) is positioned, in its working position, in the region of the wire input (5) of the wire conveyor (4) and can be moved out of its working position, preferably by means of at least one drive (12, 31).

Disclosed is a drive wheel set, comprising a common shaft and at least two external rotor motors installed on the common shaft. External rotors of the external rotor motors form drive wheels of the drive wheel set. Also disclosed are a vertical-type wire storage frame, a swing-type wire storage frame, a guide wheel frame, a traction mechanism and a multi-path conveying mechanism using the drive wheel set. The drive wheel set is small in size, occupies less space, and is suitable for a situation where a plurality of motors need to be driven but sufficient space is lacking.

Disclosed is a drive wheel set, comprising a common shaft and at least two external rotor motors installed on the common shaft. External rotors of the external rotor motors form drive wheels of the drive wheel set. Also disclosed are a vertical-type wire storage frame, a swing-type wire storage frame, a guide wheel frame, a traction mechanism and a multi-path conveying mechanism using the drive wheel set. The drive wheel set is small in size, occupies less space, and is suitable for a situation where a plurality of motors need to be driven but sufficient space is lacking.

Devices for guiding and conveying wire- or strand-shaped products, for example a cable (K) in a cable processing system, such as a cable stripping system. Provided here is at least one pair of transport devices (1a, 1b, 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b). At least one of the small secondary rollers (4a, 4b, 36) may be adjusted between at least one position in the conveying direction before the point of contact of the respective accompanying primary roller (1a, 1b, 30) with the product (K) and at least one second position in the conveying direction behind the point of contact of the primary roller (1a, 1b, 30) with the product (K).

Devices for guiding and conveying wire- or strand-shaped products, for example a cable (K) in a cable processing system, such as a cable stripping system. Provided here is at least one pair of transport devices (1a, 1b, 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b). At least one of the small secondary rollers (4a, 4b, 36) may be adjusted between at least one position in the conveying direction before the point of contact of the respective accompanying primary roller (1a, 1b, 30) with the product (K) and at least one second position in the conveying direction behind the point of contact of the primary roller (1a, 1b, 30) with the product (K).

An automated wire feeder assembly to first repetitively receive a wire from a gripper of an automated processing tool and then load the wire into a hollow conduit coupled to the gripper of the automated tool. The wire feeder assembly includes belts that pivot between open and closed positions and each belt rotate to advance a wire into the conduit attached to the gripper of the automated tool. When the belts are in the open position the gripper of the automated tool places a free end of the wire into a wire guide. Pivoting the belts to the closed position engages the belts with the free end of the wire. Once the belt is engaged with the free end of the wire, rotating the belts advances the wire out of the wire feeder and into the gripper conduit.