Patent ID: 6685423
Filing Date: 2004-02-03
Classification: B23P,B66F

Abstract:
A method for supporting and moving a heat exchanger bundle, the method comprising the steps of:providing a mobile extractor apparatus having a carriage frame and a main frame, said carriage frame having a plurality of portions; moving the mobile extractor apparatus along a transport surface; independently raising each of said plurality of portions of the carriage frame relative to the main frame, wherein the carriage frame is elevated to the height of the heat exchanger bundle while the main frame remains adjacent the transport surface; pulling the heat exchanger bundle onto the carriage frame; lowering the carriage frame and the heat exchanger bundle toward the transport surface; connecting a lifting device to the carriage frame; disconnecting the carriage frame from the main frame; and lifting the carriage frame and the heat exchanger bundle supported by the carriage frame from the main frame.