An automated system for coiling a large (e.g., >1000 km) length of cable (402) in a cable tank (100). In an example embodiment, the system comprises a gantry (430) positioned above the cable tank and a swarm of robots (350n) deployed on the floor of the tank (100). The gantry (430) operates to controllably move a touchdown point of the cable (402), which is being fed into the tank (100) by a cable engine (330). Each of the robots (350n) is equipped with a rake (630) that can be used to push or pull downed sections of the cable (402) on the floor of the tank (100). An electronic controller (310) operates to control the speed of the cable engine (330) and movements of the gantry (430) and individual robots (350n) to coil the cable (402) in the tank (100) in spirally wound, vertically stacked layers. Different embodiments of the system may be used for cable coiling at the cable factory and on the deck of a cable-laying ship.
CABLE-COILING SYSTEM
KABELAUFWICKELSYSTEM
SYSTÈME D'ENROULEMENT DE CÂBLE
2023-06-07
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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