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ROV &
Underwater Vehicle Applications
ROV’s or Remotely Operated Vehicles come in a staggering range of
sizes and complexities. From miniature inspection vehicles to huge
work class vehicles, Scorpion Oceanics has supplied cables,
connectors and terminations. Electro/opto/mechanical cables as
small as 3.0mm in diameter up to large diameter contra-helical
steel wire armoured cables can be provided, fully terminated if
required.
ROV cables can be supplied with integral strength members
manufactured from Aramid (e.g. Kevlar or Twaron etc.) or Vectran.
These materials are used in applications requiring light weight
and high flexibility, in tethers for instance. Steel wire armoured
cables tend to be used in areas where high loads must be supported
as in the case of TMS’s or Tether Management Systems, known by
some as ‘Garages’.
A variety of connectors are used on ROV’s. Perhaps the most common
are rubber moulded which are very good in most applications but
are not as robust as metal shelled connectors. Penetrators are
also used extensively and offer high integrity connections without
the convenience of being easily disconnected. Scorpion Oceanics
has developed a range of bespoke ROV connectors which continues to
be used on market leading vehicles. Special connectors and
harnesses including pressure balanced oil filled assemblies for
deep water applications are also available.
This company has also developed a range of mechanical terminations
and specialised mouldings for use on ROV systems. Main lift cable
terminations can be designed and manufactured to suit the most
basic ‘spike and cone’ method of attachment where ease of
retermination in the field is essential. Scorpion Oceanics has
also provided terminations incorporating universal joints, ‘weak
links’ with shear pins and quick connect mechanisms. Polyurethane
moulded ‘breakouts’ are often specified by customers where a
number of connectors on cable tails are required to provide
various services to different parts of the ROV.
Other services and products supplied to the ROV industry are
Polyurethane Twinpacks for those customers wishing to undertake
their own field repairs to damaged cables and connectors. Cable
grips and high modulus fibre ropes are frequently requested and so
too are mould tools and strength member capping kits. Terminated
cable systems can be ‘proof loaded’ and tested prior to despatch.
See also Product pages on ‘Cables’, ‘Connectors’, ‘Cable Grips’,
‘Accessories’, ‘Ropes’, ‘Mouldings’ and ‘Terminations’. |
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