Offshore application examples with energy chains and cables

Durable, modular, resistant to corrosion and easy to install: igus® e-chain systems® for difficult fillings in rough environments.
Here you will find application examples from various fields of the offshore industry.

Rig Skidding

Jack up rig, China

Transverse travel Travel: 6,4 m
Additional load: 37,7 kg/m
Speed max.: 0,3 m/s
e-chain®: 800.40.600.0
Longitudinal travel Travel: 19,2 m
Additional load: 74,5 kg/m
Speed max.: 0,3 m/s
e-chain®: 600.25/178/178/25.600.0

Reference from 1993

e-chain®: 50.20/20/20.400.0
Additional load: 39 kg/m
Travel stoke: 42 m

Claymore drill rig, North Sea

e-chain®: 5050.18/18/18/18.450.0
Additional load: 36.5 kg/m
Travel stroke: 29.7 m

Rig Skidding and long travel application

Rig skidding concept E4.350 for huge hoses and cables. Smaller cables guided with E4.168 and E4.112. Cable and hose guidance is improved and the access is much better.

AMORAS - long travel reference in the Port of Antwerp

Travel: 137 m
Speed max.: 1,5 m/s
Acceleration: 1 m/s²
e-chain®: E4.350R.500.1000.0
chainflex®: CF300
Total fill weight: 100 kg/m

More information

Jack-up rig, Caspian Sea

Year Built: 2000
Nested e-chains®: 600.45/45.350.0, 600.45/45.500.0
Additional load: 267 kg/m
Travel stroke: 21,5 m

Pipe Handling

Gantry Crane with e-chain® 5050C.26.250.0

Long travel with e-chain® 5050C.55.400.0

Vertical pipe handling systems with opposing e-chains® E4.80.23.300.0

NOV Starracker with Series 600

Starracker with e-chain® 60020/25/25.500.0

Catwalk machine with e-chain® 5050C.25.200.0

Heavy Lifting with heavy duty rol e-chains®

Sheerleg Crane 1, Singapore

e-chain®: 5050.15/17/15.300.0
Additional load: 34,6 kg/m
Travel: 54 m
Speed: 1,0 m/s
Acceleration max.: 1,0 m/s²
Installation/commissioning: 2001

Sheerleg Crane 2, Singapore

e-chain®: 5050RHD.18/18/18/18.300.S10.0.E
Additional load: 45 kg/m
Travel: 74,4 m
Speed: 1,2 m/s
Acceleration max: 1,0 m/s²
Installation/commissioning: 2014

Heavy Lifting, Jack-up vessel, 900° Multi Rotation Module

INNOVATION: Windmill installation vessel

Operation area: North Sea
Rotation angle: 900°
e-chains®: E4.56.60.200/6000.0, E4.56.60.300.6000.0
chainflex® cables: CF300, CF34, CF10 CFPE, CFLG, CFBUS
igus® has desigened customized rotary trough system for the Innovation and Vidar. Assembly and commissioning of both systems done at Crist Shipyard in Gdynia, Poland

The Innovation is a havy lift jack-up vessel and is built to install and maintain offshore wind farms. The igus® Multi Rotation Module is the main power supply for the “crane around the leg” and the 2 layer design allows a rotation angle of 900°.

Heavy Lifting with standardised Rotary Systems

Power Supply for rotary crane

Rotation angle: 470°
Speed: 1,82°/s
e-chain®: 4040C.40/40.300/3792.0
chainflex: CF27, CF11, CF14, CF Koax, CFLG
Split guide trough system
Total weight of e-chain® and cables: 3,5 t

Opposing e-chains® series 5050 with igus® guide trough system and support structure – outer diameter: 12 m, rotation angle 340°

Rotary system with “floating islands” for safe operation on rough Sea – rotation angle 540°

e-chain® 4040C

Pipe Lay Vessel

Flexlay vessel: Seven Waves

The vertical tiltable lay tower works with the biggest polymer chain in the world.

e-chain®: E4.350.800.1000.0
Additional load: 120 kg/m

Long travel with E4.56

ROV A-Frame with E4.42

Series 4040 on vertical tensioner

E4.350 at the hinge Point of the lay tower

ATEX/ESD solutions for FPSOs

igus® rol e-chain® on a maintenance

e-chain®: E4.350.450.1100.0.ESD. E44
Additional load: 108 kg/m
Travel stroke: 14,7 m
Stainless steel guide trough with hook solution

ESD-Material

The conductive material igumid ESD has offered explosion protection and protection against electrostatic buildup since 2002. This material is based on a material which was developed as early as 1992, modified in 2002 and certified by the PTB as early as eleven years ago.

igumid ESD with PTB certificate

All standard e.chains® available in igumid ESD

Tested and successfully proven in explosionprotection areas for many years

Marking: II 2 GD – Special color of the ESD e.chain® color: gray (similar to RAL 7015)

ATEX version igus® e-chain system®, series E4, harnessed with hydraulic hoses and igus® chainflex® cables. Here shown on a test stand, now in Operation on Dalia FPSO (linear motion of mooring)

E4.350 to be installed on a skidding application on a FPSO. Stainless steel guide trough with hook solution.

Anchor Handling Tug Supply deepwater construction vessels

Anchor- and System-handling vessels with igus® e-chains®

The A-Frame structure of this vessel works with e-chain® 5050C.47.400/400.0. The special design with a “reversed bending radius“ allows safe operation to any position on the vessel. The system was installed and commissioned in year 2008.

Vessel: Aegir

The heavy lift crane has a max. rotation angle of 560° and igus® e-chains® guide the cable package for the main hoist- and the slewing-system.
The lay-tower is equipped with two paralell E4.350 e-chains®.

Access Platforms and other references

Self-stabilizing platform “Ampelmann”

This platform, which has been given the Name “Ampelmann”, is used on the open sea. It automatically compensates all wave movements, so that safe work can be done on oil platforms from a ship base. For this purpose, the platform is supported by several hydraulic cylinders. The energy supply to the platform is guaranteed by igus® triflex® R energy chains.

e-chain®: E4.56.17.200.0
chainflex® cables: CF78.UL.15.25, CF78.UL.15.25, CFBUS.045, CFPE.100.01

e-chains® Series 600 and drylin® linear slides on automated “multi roughneck”.

OpenHydro tidal turbine, UK
e-chain® 4040 and chainflex® cables follow the turbine into the sea water.

Vertical boom riser crane with Series 5050C.

Unsupported cross travel with e-chain® 4040C and stainless steel guide trough.

Corrosion free, UV- and sea water resistant:
Fully harnessed e.chain® series 600 in a hanging application with high fill weights and sea water resistant. (North Sea)

Ampelmann Access Platform in action

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