Bekaert Joins Tailwind Floating Wind Moorings Innovation Project
farms through innovative mooring lines and anchoring systems.The development of these technologies is critical to open new paths towards the global effectiveness and sustainability of floating offshore wind farms, driving tangible cost savings while reducing dependency on primary raw materials.As a steel wire transformation and coating technology company, Bekaert also develops beyond-steel solutions with its Scottish-based synthetic rope manufacturing facilities, and due to its experience in offshore mooring systems, it was invited to join the Tailwind consortium.“I am very pleased that Bekaert
Webtool Cutter Used in Downhole Decommissioning Tool
Allspeeds, manufacturer of Webtool hydraulic cutters, has supplied a downhole cutter for James Fisher Decommissioning’s SEABASS subsea well abandonment tool. The smallest Webtool steel wire cutter so far at just 172mm, it is tightly integrated within the downhole tool to cut mixed material steel wire and hydraulic lines.The SEABASS well abandonment tool is a single trip, mechanically locking system for category 2 wells. Once lowered downhole, the SEABASS perforates single or multiple casing strings. Upper and lower perforation devices create a flow path through the casing to remove contaminants
Reader Feedback: Lander Lab #4 - Underwater Releases
200-lbs to 1,000,000-lbs are available.Pyrotechnic cutters, courtesy PacSci EMC.A Pyrotechnic Cutter uses a gas generating charge and a cutting blade to sever objects. When initiated, the cutter will sever a multitude of materials and cross-sectional shapes including electrical or fiber optic cables, steel wire rope, bolts, tubes and woven or braided fiber cords, lines and straps.A Pyrotechnic Pin Puller is used to toggle latch releases, pull locking pins or move mechanisms to perform work.For more information, go to the PacSci EMC.Click here to read the most recent insertion in the Lander Lab series:
Lander Lab #4: Underwater Releases
, that burnwire started. The scheme worked.Burnwires can be expensive, but lack of practice or training can be more so. Experience provides confidence and competence. A simple solution is to make “training burnwires”. These are a 12” length of jacketed stainless steel wire rope (JWR), one end stripped about 3/8” for electrical connection, the other end sealed with a layer of marine grade heat shrink, overhanging and pinched flat on the end to seal it. The center of a heavy steel hex nut, like a ¾-16 thread, is filled with 5-minute epoxy. After
MDL and Jumbo Conclude GoM Mooring Installation
;In the meantime, an installation of a sheathed Spiral Strand Wire Rope (SSWR) in the APAC region is using an MDL mooring spread with a 4-track tensioner as the master system to moor in an FPSO.To date, MDL equipment has installed over 145km of polyester rope, as well as torpedo anchor pennants SSWR and steel wire rope, across three continents
ROVs: Superyacht Security Success for Falcon
equipped with advanced video and sensor systems that can integrate into MarineGuard’s security network.As an underwater workhorse the Falcon is fitted with a gripper for recovering items from the seabed, with other tools added as needed. Tools such as rope cutters for severing 15mm rope and 12mm steel wire rope, powerful manipulators and cleaning systems for keeping critical fittings clear.As the ‘eyes underwater’ for superyacht owners, the Falcon is fitted with high definition cameras and can roam deep underwater transmitting live images direct to stateroom screens on board. In
Norway: USV LARS System Passes Test
, taking very little time at all.”The vessel’s Fast Rescue Craft stood in for the USV for the purposes of the test and was equipped with a lightweight winch drum set up with dyneema rope and a Telescopic Pole. "The dyneema rope is eight times lighter than an equivalent steel wire, keeping the total system weight to an absolute minimum. The vessel’s davit system was also modified to take the dyneema rope," Vestdavit said.Following the launch of the USV – accomplished by the usual method involving a boat-mounted safety offload hook – recovery is controlled
MacArtney LARS for Fifth Asia Pacific Research Vessel
aboard ORV 1 comprises:One MERMAC stern A-frame (15 metres)Two MERMAC side A-framesWireless remote control foldable boom crane with 10-tonne capacity and active heave compensationHydraulic power units for A-frame and craneMERMAC storage and traction winch with 6,000 metres of ready spooled stainless steel wire, wireless remote control and constant tension technologyMERMAC CTD (Conductivity, Temperature, Depth) winch, including 6,000 metres of armoured coaxial cable and slip ringsPortable MERMAC winch with 4,500 metres of hybrid instrumentation cabling, slip ring and spare cableThe new research vessel
Saab Seaeye Cracks into the Superyacht Security Market
view the underwater world live on stateroom large screens, from images transmitted by a roaming Falcon. As an underwater workhorse the Falcon is fitted with a gripper for recovering items from the seabed, with other tools added as needed. Tools such as rope cutters for severing 15mm rope and 12mm steel wire rope, powerful manipulators and cleaning systems for keeping critical fittings clear.Diver safety is a key benefit. As a dive buddy, a Falcon can survey a dive site and then watch over the diver when below. It can also transport items back and forth during a dive.A Falcon can watch over a diver
February 2024
