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Cable
Handling Equipment
ETA
design and build complete systems to control and monitor the load
and lay of submarine cables.
The
cable engine control systems can be readily interfaced with other
vessel systems as required.
Both
hydraulic and electrical engines can be supplied.
ETA
equipment supplied to date includes:
| 4
pair LCE |
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4 wheel pair linear cable engine (LCE) suitable for laying
and maintenance operations. Hydraulically powered with an
integral power pack.
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| Power
Cable Quadrant |
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A
electrically powered quadrant with one wheel pair and 4 other
driven lower wheels for the transportation of power cable.
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| Telecom
Cable Quadrant |
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A
electrically powered quadrant with one wheel pair for the transportation
of telecoms cable. |
| Saddleback |
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A
saddleback dynamometer for measuring outboard cable tension,
can be supplied with a cable counter for cable distance and
speed measurement. |
| Running
Line Monitor |
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A
three-wheeled device of steel construction with EN24T wheels
to monitor tow wire tension.
The
top wheel is fitted with a loadcell giving a 4-20mA output.
Speed and distance measurement is via a rotary encoder (push-pull
quadrature output).
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