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DeepWater Buoyancy Component

Floating Offshore Wind Cable Buoyancy

Custom distributed buoyancy modules for floating offshore wind cables, reducing top tension and supporting cable compliance.

Description

Distributed buoyancy modules for cables in floating offshore wind applications, reducing top tension loads and supporting cable compliance as the floating platform moves. Each design is custom to uplift, cable specification and deployment strategy, verified by finite element analysis and validated by in-house testing.

Key features

  • DeepTec® syntactic foam core in a rotationally molded polyethylene, polyurethane or fiberglass shell
  • Integral elastomeric clamp resisting axial and torsional loads
  • Clamp compressed by hardware or strapping
  • Cable ballast modules and mooring line buoyancy also supplied

Applications

Dynamic export and array cables for floating offshore wind.

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