Energy Chains and Cables for Offshore Construction

Industry: Oil & Gas

e-loop energy supply for top drive defies snow and storms

What was needed?
Modular energy chain system e-loop®

Requirements:
Safe cable routing, modularity of the system, simple integration into the plant, robust and durable product.

Success for the customer:
The modularity of the e-loop® made it easy to integrate into the existing system. The cable routing is particularly resilient and has already withstood a snowstorm without any problems.

Industry: Offshore, oil & gas

Vibration-resistant cable routing for power, signalling and hydraulic cables under harsh conditions.

What was needed?
E4.80 series energy chain

Requirements:
A robust cable routing in accordance with explosion protection regulations was required for a large number of heavy hydraulic, energy and signalling cables.

Success for the customer:
Type E4.80 energy chains are installed in the three axes of the handling system. Thanks to the extremely robust design, a long service life is guaranteed even when filling with stiff and heavy hydraulic hoses.

Industry: Oil & gas

Energy chains prove to be a reliable alternative to service loops on drilling rigs

What was needed?
Energy chain systems for use on drilling rigs, e.g. the E4.1 series or the e-loop®

Requirements:
High cable weight; susceptible to wind and weather due to exposed location and area of use.

Success for the customer:
The robust chain systems offer the greatest possible protection with high reliability. They offer compact guidance for all cables.

Industry: Offshore

Energy chain for safe cable guidance on multi-purpose towers

What was needed?
E4.1 series plastic-energy chain

Requirements:
Robust cable routing on the high seas with high wind loads and 40 metre vertical travel.

Success for the customer:
The comparative lightness of the plastic chain contributes to the low overall weight of the system. At the same time, the energy chain, which is safely guided in a trough system, reliably guides all cables and hoses of the multi-purpose tower even under high wind loads.

Industry: Oil & gas

The plastic energy chain guides 200kg/m cables on an offshore drilling vessel

What was needed?
E4.1 series energy chain

Requirements:
With 17.5 m and 8 m travel of cantilever and drilling floor skid, a safe cable routing with an additional load of 200 kg/m was to be found.

Success for the customer:
The plastic energy chains are designed to be stable and lightweight at the same time. This reduced the overall weight of the system. It is also particularly suitable for the environmental conditions on the high seas (corrosion, wind, etc.)

Industry: Oil & gas

Robust energy chains for moving the drill floor skid on drilling vessels

What was needed?
E4.1 series energy chain

Requirements:
High cable weight and corrosive sea air required a stable and reliable cable routing.

Success for the customer:
The E4.1 chains are suitable for heavy-duty applications and additional loads of 250 kg/m and more. The low dead weight of the energy supply reduces the overall weight of the solution. In addition, the cable drag chains are space-optimised and space-saving.

Industry: Oil & Gas

Plastic energy chain for safe cable guidance on a 2000HP jack-up rig

What was needed?
E4.1 series energy chain

Requirements:
A stable and failure-free solution was required for the cable routing of cantilevers and drill floor skids on a jack-up rig. With little installation space, it also needed to be as space-saving as possible.

Success for the customer:
With E4.1 energy chain, a fail-safe and maintenance-free cable routing system was created. Designed as a reinforced centre belt chain, the e-chain® enables the safe guidance of heavy cable packages. And the small support distance ensures safe guidance of cables of all diameters.

Industry: Offshore

Pipe handling on a drilling vessel: safe cable guidance with E4.1 energy chains

What was needed?
E4.1 series energy chain

Requirements:
A large number of heavy cables must be moved horizontally and vertically. The dead weight of the cable routing should be low.

Success for the customer:
The E4.1 e-chain® is used for horizontal and vertical travel. As a plastic-energy chain, it has a comparatively low dead weight. Nevertheless, it is robust and can also guide heavy hydraulic lines without any problems.

Industry: Offshore

Robust cable routing in the catwalk for safe pipe handling

What was needed?
E4/4 series energy chain with guide trough

Requirements:
Robust cable process in salty sea air.

Success for the customer:
The sliding energy chain E4/4 ensures that the cable weights are moved safely. As a polymer energy chain, it is also corrosion-free and lightweight.

Industry: Offshore

Offshore energy chain for strong cable guidance on a wind farm drilling rig

What was needed?
Offshore energy chain OSC

Requirements:
Safe cable routing from the ship to the drill was to be ensured in the event of high tensile forces, corrosive environments and long travel distances.

Success for the customer:
Thanks to the integrated tension cable in the two chain links, the energy chain ensures safe cable routing even when high forces are applied. The corrosive environment is no problem for the plastic chain, nor are the high levels of dirt, strong vibrations and impacts.

Industry: Offshore

Swarf-resistant energy chains for welding equipment on a pipe-laying vessel

What was needed?
E4.1 series energy chain, designed as a chip-tight e-tube

Requirements:
Safe guidance of the cable for the welding equipment and protection against hot flying chips.

Success for the customer:
The energy chains are absolutely swarf-resistant and enable a smooth sliding movement during welding work.

Industry: Offshore

Reliable cable guidance for pipe-laying towers and tensioners

What was needed?
E4.1 series energy chain as a pre-assembled readychain® system

Requirements:
We were looking for a robust energy supply with a low dead weight that can be used on the high seas.

Success for the customer:
An E4.1 energy chain made of plastic keeps the overall weight comparatively low and carries the high loads on and around the tower. Designed as a prefabricated readychain®, the installation of the chain was significantly accelerated.

Industry: Crane construction

Heavy-duty ship crane: rotating energy supply for 900° rotation

What was needed?
"Multi-Rotation-Module", also called "Reverse Bend Radius", consisting of two energy chains of type E4.1, Chainflex-cable, steel construction.

Requirements:
Energy supply to the boom of the system, sensitive environmental conditions due to use on the high seas.

Success for the customer:
Completely new energy supply system specially designed for this application, pre-testing of the application in the laboratory, complete delivery including pre-assembly, harnessing and delivery.

Industry: Offshore

Compact rotating energy supply system for a heavy duty crane on a pipe-laying vessel

What was needed?
Rotating energy supply

Requirements:
Flawless guidance of the cable at a large rotation angle and under ambient conditions at sea

Success for the customer:
A rotating energy supply customised to the crane platform ensures the flexible movement of the crane. All components were customised and delivered ready for connection.

Industry: Offshore

Complete system for cable guidance on a riser handling crane aboard a drilling vessel

What was needed?
E4.1 series energy chain

Requirements:
Safe movement of a large number of hoses and cables over long travel distances and on the high seas.

Success for the customer:
The use of the E4.1 plastic energy chain ensures the safe guidance of all media in the long term. The material allows a low dead weight and corrosion resistance. The e-chain® is very robust and designed for heavy-duty applications.

Industry: Offshore

Maintenance-free plain bearings for A-frame with 180° movement radius

What was needed?
Plain bearing for the swivelling kinematics of an A-frame.

Requirements:
Self-lubricating and maintenance-free plain bearings that are weather-resistant and suitable for high loads.

Success for the customer:
Maintenance-free and corrosion-free bearing points, cost-effective, customised plain bearings.

Industry: Cranes, offshore

Safe cable guidance for sheerleg cranes with cable weights of up to 45kg/m

What was needed?
E4/4 series energy chain, designed as a sliding variant and as a roller energy chain.

Requirements:
Long travel distances, high cable weights, high travel speed and acceleration, highly corrosive environment on the high seas.

Success for the customer:
The heavy-duty energy chains are designed as multi-belt chains and carry the high additional loads without any problems. In one case designed as a roller energy chain, the drive energy required is significantly reduced and wear is minimised.

Industry: Offshore

igus® solutions for Cantilever and Drill Floor Skids

Here igus® offers turnkey solutions for the offshore market, including engineering, project management as well as assembly and approval on site, which are characterised by high quality and on-time delivery.

Industry: Offshore, cranes

igus® solutions for offshore cranes

igus® offers the right solutions in the field of energy supply and energy guidance systems for both rotary cranes and port cranes on ships and offshore systems.

Industry: Oil & gas

igus® solutions for top drive systems

Pre-assembled energy chain systems (readychain® systems) with igus® chainflex® cables offer ready-to-connect solutions and save time in installation and commissioning of drilling rigs and top drive systems on site.

Industry: Oil & gas

igus® solutions in pipe handling equipment for drilling vessels

Common applications for energy chain in offshore pipe handling systems are long horizontal and vertical travels for guiding the drill rod, for example from the fingerboard to the top drive.

Industry: Marine

igus® solutions for retractable thrusters

igus® offers a large number of energy chain types that can be perfectly adapted to the cables involved and make it possible to keep the installation space small.

Industry: Offshore, oil & gas

igus® solutions in pipe laying equipment for pipelay vessel

igus® also offers completely enclosed energy chains for welding systems, in order to protect cables and hoses from external influences.

Industry: Oil & gas

igus® solutions in in FPSO (floating production, storage and offloading)

igus® also offers turnkey complete systems, including guide troughs or dynamic chainflex® cables, which are characterised by their maintenance-free and long service life.