EuroWire May 2015

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Customised solutions from Flymca and Flyro

Flymca is offering its customers all types of customised solutions to their stranding and cabling requirements, since the standard machinery for special equipment is adapted to the customer’s requirements. The company has many years’ experience and the necessary facilities to study such projects with 3D designs and finite element analysis of parts and frames, as well as modern machinery for parts fabrication and testing equipment. Each year investment is growing in order to deliver higher quality at competitive prices. Many things have happened in the last three years since the inauguration of its new manufacturing facilities, including growth in the production capacity and turnover, which have both reached an additional 30 per cent each year. The company has been able to manage 90 per cent of its own production by itself, investing in new machinery, designing through new procedures as well as educating its own specialists in new and modern techniques. This means that the company controls every step of the production process with minimum sub-contracting. There has been a growth of 15 per cent in the traditional cabling and stranding machines while special machines suppose a growth over 55 per cent. During the last year, the power field has been the most important area where Flymca machines are delivered, and this

▲ ▲ Investment at Flymca and Flyro is growing each year

possible solutions to their requirements or projects. Machines can be sold ‘as is’, checked or reconditioned. Combinations of used and new machines can be arranged when required by customers.

has accounted for up to 70 per cent of the company’s production. This year has seen a strong increase in the manufacturing of machinery for steel ropes. Flyro also deals with all types of used machinery for the production of electric wires and cables, as well as steel wires and ropes, thus also giving its customers

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Marine centre and Crown Estate performance report on subsea cabling

The European marine energy centre (EMEC) and the Crown Estate have published a report on the performance of subsea cabling in high energy environments to support the development of commercial wave and tidal energy sites. The key aim of the subsea cable lifecycle study is to improve the industry’s understanding of how best to specify and manage subsea cables for wave and tidal energy projects, by investigating how the cables installed at the EMEC test sites in Orkney have performed since installation. With its first cables installed over ten years ago, EMEC has collected considerable data from numerous routine ROV and inshore dive surveys undertaken to examine structural integrity, as well as electrical cable testing.

Matthew Finn, senior business development manager, explains: “EMEC has built up a colossal amount of data since we set up the test centre 12 years ago. “We’re delighted to see our data put to use across other projects that will support the development of the nascent marine renewables industry.” The report concludes that in sites with high tidal flow the greatest risk to subsea cables is the effect of cable strumming (vibration) caused by the flow of water past the cable. Key recommendations include calculations to assess the risk of strumming at an early stage; detailed site surveys and optimising the cable route to avoid key risks; and protecting the cables with armouring in high energy environments. European Marine Energy Centre – UK Website : www.emec.org.uk

During the study, this data was reviewed in relation to installation methods, faults and operational life of the cables.

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