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Q1000 Jet Trencher

SMD · Model Q1000 TROV

SMD-built 1000hp jet-trenching ROV for burying power and telecom cables, pipelines and umbilicals up to 3 m deep in water depths to 1,000 m.

Description

Q1000 is an SMD-built jet trenching ROV in the Pharos Offshore Group fleet, offered for hire with Pharos' full-time crew. With 1,000 hp (750 kW) of power it trenches up to 3 m deep using interchangeable jetting swords and handles soils from clays to sands with variable jetting flow of up to 1,250 m³/hr.

Key features

  • Operational depth up to 1,000 m
  • Max jetting pressure 15 bar
  • 24 t in air with tracks, 22 t with skids
  • Dedicated A-frame, launch up to sea state 6

Applications

Burial of power and telecom cables, pipelines, flowlines and umbilicals for offshore wind, telecoms and oil and gas. Projects include array cable trenching at an 80-turbine offshore wind farm in Taiwan (over 8,500 operational hours) and post-trenching off Sicily in 8-685 m water depth, burying 115 km of product.

Specifications

Vehicle power1,000hp (750kW)
Operational depthUp to 1,000m
Trench depthUp to 3m (interchangeable jetting swords)
Jetting flowup to 1,250m³/hr
Max pressure15 bar
Weight in air24t (tracks fitted), 22t (skids fitted)
Weight in water1.5t (tracks fitted), Neutral (skids fitted)
LaunchDedicated A-Frame (launch up to sea state 6)

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