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Handling IHCTRANSCRIPT
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IHC Handling Systems
16th October 2009Remco Lwenthal
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Contents
Focus in offshore wind Market overview Product overview
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Focus in offshore wind
Supply handling equipment for the installation of foundations
Engineering Fabrication Operation / service / maintenance Rental / purchase
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Market overview
Summary foundations
Mono piles 69 % GBFs 22 % Jackets 8 % Floating 1 %
IHC Handling Systems involvement
: upending tools, plugs: hydraulic release mechanisms: ILTs, leveling tools, pile grippers: no special equipment yet
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Market overview
Developments in mono pile weights
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Market overview
What is the next step?
Mono piles diameter 6500 mm ??? Mono piles weight 1000 t ???
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Mono pile upending tool
Lifting of monopiles from horizontal to vertical Hydraulic clamp Minor preparations on pile Fail safe Several tools in fleet
Max. capacity at present = 700 t Max. diameter = unlimited In combination with plugs
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Sealing plugs 2nd generation
Seal off a mono pile to make it floating
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Sealing plugs proven technology
seal
Pipeline Recovery Tools
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Mono pile sealing plugs
Towing directly on plug Minor preparations on pile Lifting directly out of water with upending tool Maximum diameters 10 m Suitable for steel and concrete piles Onshore installation
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Mono pile sealing plugs
Installation toolUpper plug
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Mono pile sealing plugs
Upper plugs installedin mono pile
Diameter 4 m
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Mono pile sealing plugs
Installation tool
Lower plug installed
Diameter 5 m
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Mono pile upending tool and plugs
Floating mono pile
Upending tool
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Mono pile upending tool and plugs
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Product overview jackets
Internal Lifting Tools (ILT)
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Product overview jackets
Internal Lifting Tools (ILT) Leveling tools
jacket
foundationpile
levelingcylinder
base part
grippinghead
catcherplate
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Product overview jackets
Internal Lifting Tools (ILT) Leveling tools Temporary pile grippers
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Product overview Gravity Based
Hydraulic release mechanisms
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Concept: combination saddle / guide frame
Saddle to support lower end of the mono pile To guide and position a mono pile during upending
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Concept: combination saddle / guide frame
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