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Hydrex NV

Antwerp, Belgium www.hydrex.be

President & CEO: Boud Van Rompay

Hydrex is an innovative solution provider for problems en- countered with vessels below the water line. It can immedi- ately mobilize our diver/technicians to any location around the globe to carry out necessary repair work without the need to drydock. Hydrex has a long track record of performing com- plex permanent underwater repairs to thrusters, propellers, rudders, stern tube seals and damaged or corroded hulls, and in fact the company helped to pioneer many of these more com- plex operations which used to require drydocking but can now be carried out with the vessel a? oat. By creating drydock-like conditions around the affected area, Hydrex diver/technicians can carry out these operations on vessels in port or at anchor.

Hydrex has an in-house R&D department that can take care of the engineering aspects of an operation. In this way turnkey solutions can be offered for both simple everyday operations and complex repairs that require the construction of speci? c equipment. Hydrex continues to invest in the research neces- sary to continue evolving repair techniques and procedures.

For example, new versions of the Hydrex propeller blade cold straightening machine are regularly put into use to allow repair teams to straighten bent blades that could previously only be cropped. The Hydrex R&D department also keeps im- proving its ? exible mobdock technique to make it possible to perform permanent repairs on seals, thrusters and almost any other part of the underwater vessel without drydocking.

Hydrex has developed a repair system that allows Hydrex to perform permanent underwater repairs to every type of pro- peller in dry conditions. Hydrex can now perform permanent repairs to all parts of the underwater ship propulsion system in drydock-like conditions. www.marinetechnologynews.com

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