SPLIT SEGMENTED BEND RESTRICTOR

• Main Author: ZAHURANEC Terry
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: 26.01.2022
• Subjects: BLASTING; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER; EARTH DRILLING; EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; ELECTRICITY; ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; GENERATION; HAND TOOLS; HEATING; INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINEDOPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; LIGHTING; MANIPULATORS; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MINING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR ASLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PIPES; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL; TRANSPORTING; WEAPONS

An improved method and apparatus for providing bend limits and cable protection on medium to large diameter (approx. 30 mm -300 mm) seismic towed arrays, umbilicals as well as medium and high voltage power and/or communications subsea cables. These medium to high voltage cables are typically used on stationary and floating wind turbines and other offshore platforms such as used by the oil and gas industries. This system is an improvement over existing designs and techniques commonly used for this bend limiting purpose. Un método y aparato mejorados para proporcionar límites de curvatura y protección de cables en matrices sísmicas remolcadas de diámetro medio a grande (aprox. 30 mm-300 mm), umbilicales, así como cables submarinos de comunicaciones y/o de potencia de media y alta tensión. Estos cables de voltaje medio a alto se utilizan normalmente en turbinas eólicas estacionarias y flotantes y otras plataformas marinas, como las que utilizan las industrias del petróleo y gas. Este sistema es una mejora con respecto a los diseños y técnicas existentes que se utilizan comúnmente para este propósito de limitación de curvatura.