IHC Handling Systems

16th October 2009Remco Lwenthal

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Contents

Focus in offshore wind Market overview Product overview

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Focus in offshore wind

Supply handling equipment for the installation of foundations

Engineering Fabrication Operation / service / maintenance Rental / purchase

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Market overview

Summary foundations

Mono piles 69 % GBFs 22 % Jackets 8 % Floating 1 %

IHC Handling Systems involvement

: upending tools, plugs: hydraulic release mechanisms: ILTs, leveling tools, pile grippers: no special equipment yet

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Market overview

Developments in mono pile weights

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Market overview

What is the next step?

Mono piles diameter 6500 mm ??? Mono piles weight 1000 t ???

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Mono pile upending tool

Lifting of monopiles from horizontal to vertical Hydraulic clamp Minor preparations on pile Fail safe Several tools in fleet

Max. capacity at present = 700 t Max. diameter = unlimited In combination with plugs

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Sealing plugs 2nd generation

Seal off a mono pile to make it floating

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Sealing plugs proven technology

seal

Pipeline Recovery Tools

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Mono pile sealing plugs

Towing directly on plug Minor preparations on pile Lifting directly out of water with upending tool Maximum diameters 10 m Suitable for steel and concrete piles Onshore installation

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Mono pile sealing plugs

Installation toolUpper plug

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Mono pile sealing plugs

Upper plugs installedin mono pile

Diameter 4 m

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Mono pile sealing plugs

Installation tool

Lower plug installed

Diameter 5 m

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Mono pile upending tool and plugs

Floating mono pile

Upending tool

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Mono pile upending tool and plugs

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Product overview jackets

Internal Lifting Tools (ILT)

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Product overview jackets

Internal Lifting Tools (ILT) Leveling tools

jacket

foundationpile

levelingcylinder

base part

grippinghead

catcherplate

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Product overview jackets

Internal Lifting Tools (ILT) Leveling tools Temporary pile grippers

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Product overview Gravity Based

Hydraulic release mechanisms

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Concept: combination saddle / guide frame

Saddle to support lower end of the mono pile To guide and position a mono pile during upending

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Concept: combination saddle / guide frame

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