CFI- WesTech offers a specialized version of our “E” Series Pipe Tensioner, has the capability to pull or push pipe with equal force. The “Linear Pipe Pusher” (LPP) is used in land based pipe spooling yards for pipeline applications, where the pipe joints are pre-fabricated on shore, then transferred onto holding racks, and then spooled onto pipe-lay vessels utilizing the “reeled pipe” method of pipe-lay.
The LPP can also be easily adapted to provide hold-back tension during spooling operations as well.