Offshore
We provide hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulators and training simulators for all types of equipment used in the offshore wind and oil industries.
Cranes
HIL and training simulators can be developed for all crane types. These can be mounted on fixed platforms, such as quays, or on moving platforms, such as barges and vessels.
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Types: ship-to-shore crane, pedestal crane, knuckle boom crane, A-frame and more.
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Control: manual, heave compensation, motion compensation.
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Loads: static loads, monopiles, pile grippers, pre-piling templates, boat landing tools and more.
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Forces: taglines, tagline damping, splash zone entry, collisions, wind, waves, current.
Motion Compensated Gangways
We have developed digital twins for major gangway suppliers such as SMST, MacGregor, Ampelmann, Eagle Access, L-Bow, Walk2Work, Flexbridge and Safeway. We provide:
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Accurate simulation models of hydraulic and electric driven gangways to:
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validate the gangway at the various stages of its design
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calculate capability plots
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Motion compensation controllers for with up to 7 degrees of freedom.
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Software to analyse gangway performance from measurement data.
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Training simulators.
Pipe & Cable Lay
We develop simulators for all the equipment that is used for pipe and cable lay. Equipment can be combined to provide simulators for a complete system: J-lay, S-lay and complete cable spreads.
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Tensioners and straighteners
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Cable reals
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Caroussels
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Quadrants
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Feeders
Vessel
For most of the equipment that we simulate, the vessel motion is important. Vessel models may be predefined using RAO’s or simulated using first order wave-induced motions. If the vessel model is simulated we can include the effects of:
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ballasting including tanks, piping and pumps
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propulsion (propellers, thrusters) and dynamic positioning
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winches (mooring, traction, storage, umbilical) for hoisting and multi-point mooring