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City Technology gas detectors

Established by a team of scientists in 1977, City Technology has grown into a global business, with 50 million people worldwide using its gas detection sen- sors. With a range of more than 300 products detecting 28 different gases,

City Technology, a Honeywell company,

TDW’s Clamp Installation Tool showed extensive growth in the indus-

T.D. Williamson Ofshore Services (TDW) introduced the Clamp Installation Tool (CIT), trial gas detection sector, a market reach- a lightweight, remote-controlled system that installs any proprietary clamps or fttings on ing $2.2 billion in annual worldwide subsea pipelines in need of repair or to prepare for tie-ins to new pipelines. The CIT can sales. With more companies focusing on be controlled onboard a platform or a diving support vessel (DSV), enhancing operational safety regulations in harsh environments, safety is enhanced, and improving control over clamp installation. It provides direct con- the demand for City’s hydrogen sulfde trol of clamp installation operations during deepwater pipeline repair and tie-ins.

(H2S) sensor has risen sharply. The H2S www.tdwilliamson.com sensor can withstand temperatures of -40°C, where methanol is commonly used

Tritech Gemini as a solvent in de-icing agents.

Narrow Beam Imager www.citytech.com

Tritech’s Gemini Narrow Beam Imager (NBI) has been feld-proven by Reef

Subsea. The NBI successfully monitored the trenched installation of 6-inch and 2-inch cable, while using controlled fow excavation techniques. The sea- bed conditions around the site varied considerably; however even with high turbidity Reef was able to clearly monitor

Compact tensioners the cables. The Gemini (NBI) provides operators with real-time high-speed Bolt-tensioning, equipment frm Tentec is acoustic images from a narrow vertical showcasing its new V-Series of compact beam covering a 130° swath. Operating fange bolt tensioners. The V-Series is a at 620kHz the NBI provides imagery at a range of tools designed for use on SPO

Subsea inspection camera 10mm range resolution and with a 0.5° compact fanges and the Norsok L-005

Norway-based Imenco AS brought its new horizontal angular resolution delivers compact fanges. The range consists of 11 products including its Lizard Shark pan sharp sonar imagery. bolt tensioning tools covering bolt sizes and tilt camera at the Norway pavilion at www.tritech.co.uk from ¾-4in. Tentec says the preferred

Offshore Europe 2013. The Lizard Shark, way to tighten SPO compact fange bolts designed for use in subsea inspection is by using bolt-tensioning tools, but, and tooling technology, combines a 10x due to the small size and relatively high optical zoom color video camera with bolt-load requirements of the fanges, four dimmable LED lights in a revolving many conventional bolt tensioners either head providing 340° pan and 270° tilt with do not ft or do not have a high enough bolt-load capacity.

either RS232 or RS485 control.

www.imenco.no www.tentec.net

Photo: Reef Subsea Dredging & Excavation

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