Patent ID: 8689866

Claim:
An automated tubular handling system adapted to make-up or break-out tubulars to or from a tubular string which comprises: a rotary drive adapted to operatively grip and rotate a tubular; a controller adapted to receive and process data indicative of a rotation, torque, and a minimum time value associated with a make-up or a break-out of the tubular and the tubular string, wherein the controller compares the rotation, torque, and minimum time values to acceptable predetermined values to determine when the make-up or the break-out is complete; a user interface adapted to convey the received data, the predetermined values, or both, of the tubular make-up or break-out to an operator; and a server that includes comparative handling information for a plurality of tubulars and that is adapted to exchange information between each of the controller and the user interface, wherein the handling information comprises at least one of thread count and sizing, or rotation information required to make-up or break-out a pair of tubulars.