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The OASYS cable monitoring system detects the cable in the water during installation and provides feedback, such as a full 3D

conditions, the USB peripherals and cables are often not sufficiently robust.

The same environments are often subject to electromagnetic interference (EMI) from large electric motors, lighting, or a range of radio electronics. Sensitive USB peripherals often require additional shielding and protection from conducted EMI from USB cabling. L-com’s LSZH USB 2.0 cables with ferrites have been engineered for reliable EMI protection during normal operation, as well as reducing toxic and corrosive gas emissions in fire situations. Monitoring milestone ECE Offshore’s OASYS cable monitoring system has monitored its 100 th cable during the installation of the Hornsea One export cable by the cable-laying vessel, Lewek Connector. The company milestone was achieved together with DEME’s subsidiary, Tideway Offshore Solutions. Reinier Nagtegaal, CEO at ECE Offshore, said: “We are very pleased and proud to have reached this milestone during the Hornsea One cable installation campaign with Tideway. …The system was first used at Gemini OWF in 2015. It is amazing that we reached the 100 th cable milestone within a period of three years, a fantastic achievement for everybody that was involved.”

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view of the cable lay vessel, cable and seabed bathymetry, combined with relevant cable parameters. Wouter de Zeeuw, equipment director at ECE Offshore, said: “During the past years of development OASYS had been deployed on multiple cable installation vessels. This year we are very proud to have worked with Tideway during the Hornsea One cable installation campaign, and are glad that we can celebrate this milestone with them.” Keeping damage at bay PolyOne has announced that its OnCap™ Aversive masterbatch additives are

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