82 with a support plate 80 the pipe stand is lifted onto the support plate 80 by the racker arms and then subsequently engaged by the upper gripper 72 and lower gripper 82 so as to control the rotation of the pipe stand by the guide assembly slot 81 is further provided in this embodiment to assist with the eventual placement of the pipe stand into the setback assembly and corresponds to slot 215 in the base as shown in fig5 b the lower guide assembly 32 includes a further bearing 105 which assists with rotation under controlled conditions and corresponds to the rotation of the upper guide assembly 30 as the pipe stand is rotated the lower of the pipe stand is placed upon in this embodiment a delivery system not shown which will be described in further detail later the guide assembly according to the present invention does not require a delivery system such as that shown in fig3 b however in combination with the delivery system according to a further aspect of the present invention provides further advantage rather than using other processes according to the prior art thus on rotation of the pipe stand the pipe stand may enter through gap 90 so as to be placed on the base 20 a.