RalphManchester,
IHCMerwede, UK,
reviews a variety of
carousels and lay
equipment for the
offshore pipeline
industry.
IHCMerwedehasdevelopedaportfolioof carouselssupplied
to theoffshore industry including; a7000 t carousel installedon
the
NorthOcean102
. Thisequipmentnowprovidesstorage for
flexiblepipeaspartof theupgrade toavertical laysystem (VLS)
forMcDermott International. Themost recent carousel
wasdeliveredearlier thisyear; a5000 tbasket carousel to
RoyalBoskalisWestminsterN.V.,whichat the timeofwriting, is
operational inSingapore.
An importantpartof a flex laysystem (FLS) is themethodof
product storage, forwhichcarouselsare themost common.Unlike
reels that rotatearoundahorizontal axis, carousels rotatearounda
vertical axis. Theweightof theproductandcarousel is transmitted to
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