The present invention consists of a launching method consisting of lowering a reel drive system, suitably marinized, to a fixed distance from the seabed, close to 50 m (enough to avoid colliding with obstacles and subsea systems), thus minimizing the catenary formed during the launch or recovery.The proposed equipment is capable of rotating standard reels containing flexible pipes and umbilicals, with rotation and torque control, as well as control of the flexible ends (through an auxiliary winch system), designed so that the entire system can be lifted by winches from a vessel and lowered to a working depth, close to the seabed.


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    Title :

    SUBMARINE REEL DRIVE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REELING IN AND LAUNCHING FLEXIBLE PIPES AND UMBILICALS


    Additional title:

    UNTERWASSER-ROLLENANTRIEBSSYSTEM UND VERFAHREN ZUM AUFWICKELN UND STARTEN VON FLEXIBLEN ROHREN UND VERSORGUNGSLEITUNGEN
    SYSTÈME ET PROCÉDÉ DE 'REEL DRIVE' SOUS-MARIN POUR LA COLLECTE ET LE LANCEMENT DE CONDUITS SOUPLES ET D'OMBILICAUX



    Publication date :

    2024-06-19


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    F16L PIPES , Rohre / B63B Schiffe oder sonstige Wasserfahrzeuge , SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS / B63G OFFENSIVE OR DEFENSIVE ARRANGEMENTS ON VESSELS , Angriffs- oder Verteidigungsanordnungen auf Schiffen / E21B EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING , Erd- oder Gesteinsbohren





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