Webtool, a hydraulic cutting tools provider, will highlight its latest cable gripper and retrieval tools, and electrically operated subsea cutters at Subsea Expo 2017.
The stand will feature the Webtool cable gripper, which allows the safe and controlled recovery of damaged power and telecoms cable up to 8in diameter. The hydraulically operated cable lifting tool is designed for cable retrieval and decommissioning projects. Fabricated from corrosion resistant steel and stainless steel, the mechanically locked gripping action ensures the cable cannot escape during retrieval.
“With the growth in offshore wind further offshore, recovering damaged power cable can be time consuming and expensive. The cable gripper offers offshore wind operators a quicker and more cost-effective means of lifting and lowering previously damaged cables,” said Keith Elliot, engineering director at Allspeeds, the exclusive designer and manufacturer of the Webtool range of cutting tools.
The stand will also feature the company’s latest developments in electric cutters, which gives all electric remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) a Webtool cutting capability for softline ropes and guidewires, as well as their ROV resettable Emergency Disconnect Cutter for well intervention systems. The Webtool emergency cutter is designed to be a simpler and quicker emergency disconnection than more complex multi-line stab-plate systems for mixed material bundles. By making the cutter ROV resettable it avoids the need to return the cutter to the surface vessel for resetting.
Webtool will be at stand 52 at Subsea Expo 2017 in Aberdeen, from 1-3 February.
Image: Cable gripper/Webtool
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