Case study: New Builds

Semi-automatic intelligent lay-arm systems for cable carousels & turntables

Description

Uddcomb have designed numerous customized layarmsystems for turntables, cable carousels, cable laying vessels, baskets and cable storages. During the latest years several research, innovation and development projects have  been completed with makes is possible to offer a semiautomatic remote controlled cable laying system. A system that makes it possible to remotly handle the cable-laying process in a safe, efficient and reliable way.

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Problem

Damages on a subsea cable during storage, production and laying is not uncommon and very costly to repair. In order to avoid damages of the cables manual labour on top of the cable stack is often used.

Solution

With Uddcombs latest innovation - related to layarmsystems, the UDDCOMB OPTIEYE and UDDCOMB OPTISENSE cable laying can be made efficiently remotely with no or limited manual labour on the cable stack in the same time as full visibility is provided to the operator via cameras and with a laying arm equipped with mulitple sensor to support the operator and the laying process to avoid damages on the cable.

Outcome

More efficient, faster and safer cable laying with no or limited manual labour on top of the cable stack. The UDDCOMB OPTISENSE system with multiple sensor inside the laying arm in combination with the UDDCOMB OPTIEYE camera system supports the operator with the remote controlled semiautomatic cable laying reducing the risk for damages on the cable in combination with no or limited need to manual labour on the cable stack