Global Patent Index - EP 4313483 A1

EP 4313483 A1 20240207 - APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SEGMENTATION OF LARGE WORKPIECES

Title (en)

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SEGMENTATION OF LARGE WORKPIECES

Title (de)

VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR SEGMENTIERUNG GROSSER WERKSTÜCKE

Title (fr)

APPAREIL ET PROCÉDÉ DE SEGMENTATION DE PIÈCES DE GRANDES DIMENSIONS

Publication

EP 4313483 A1 20240207 (EN)

Application

EP 22773841 A 20220323

Priority

  • US 202163166853 P 20210326
  • CA 2022050433 W 20220323

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2022198320A1] A segmentation assembly, including a support framework; a cutting apparatus mounted to the support framework and operable to cut a large workpiece into a plurality of axial segments; and a welding apparatus mounted to the support framework and operable to weld a first plate to a first segment of the plurality of axial segments and a second plate to a second segment of the plurality of axial segments. A method of segmenting a large workpiece, including positioning the large workpiece adjacent a segmentation assembly, the large workpiece including an outer shell elongated along a longitudinal axis of the large workpiece; cutting the large workpiece into a plurality of axial segments along the longitudinal axis; and welding a first plate to a first segment of the plurality of axial segments; and welding a second plate to a second segment of the plurality of axial segments.

IPC 8 full level

B23Q 39/00 (2006.01); B09B 3/35 (2022.01); B23D 57/00 (2006.01); B23Q 11/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP KR)

B09B 3/35 (2022.01 - EP KR); B23D 53/04 (2013.01 - EP); B23D 53/08 (2013.01 - EP KR); B23D 55/04 (2013.01 - KR); B23D 57/0007 (2013.01 - EP KR); B23K 31/02 (2013.01 - EP KR); B23D 57/003 (2013.01 - EP); B23D 57/0038 (2013.01 - EP); B23D 59/006 (2013.01 - EP)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

Designated validation state (EPC)

KH MA MD TN

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2022198320 A1 20220929; CA 3213584 A1 20220929; EP 4313483 A1 20240207; KR 20240007746 A 20240116

DOCDB simple family (application)

CA 2022050433 W 20220323; CA 3213584 A 20220323; EP 22773841 A 20220323; KR 20237036181 A 20220323