Objective Floating platforms for plant, machinery and accommodation are being used increasingly in offshore oil and gas production. These permanent floating production platforms must be moored to the sea bed. The integrity of the mooring system consisting of chains is critical, because the consequences of failure could be oil pollution on a catastrophic scale. There is therefore an urgent need to improve the integrity management of mooring systems. One issue is the inspection of chain links. Regulatory visual inspection is currently done with the cable chain brought up on deck, or, for greater sensitivity to defects using non-destructive tests (NDT), with the cable chain taken on-shore.Increasingly, interim swim-by inspections of the chain in-situ are being conducted from Remote Operated Vehicles. The inspection however is unreliable, susceptible to human error, because of the hundreds of metres of chain involved and the short times allowed for inspection. Industry recognises the need for more effective inspection. The inspection system proposed here will test the chains in situ, above and below water, will be automated and will be sensitive to fatigue cracks, corrosion, bent chains and where present, loose studs. Fields of science engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringautomotive engineeringautonomous vehiclesengineering and technologycivil engineeringwater engineeringocean engineeringengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsfossil energynatural gasengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringroboticsautonomous robotsengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensors Programme(s) FP6-SME - Horizontal research activities involving SMEs: Specific activities covering wider field of research under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) SME-1 - Co-operative Research (all areas of science and technology) Call for proposal FP6-2003-SME-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme COOPERATIVE - Coordinator TWI LIMITED EU contribution No data Address See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (10) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all MILTECH HELLAS S.A Greece EU contribution No data Address I. Metaxa Street, Nisiza Karellas, 190 02 Industrial Zone 101 KOROPI See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data TECHNICAL SOFTWARE CONSULTANTS LTD United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address 7 Torriano Mews, Torriano Avenue LONDON See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data BYTEST S.R.L Italy EU contribution No data Address Via Pisa, 12/16 VOLPIANO - TO See on map Total cost No data INTERLAB INGENIERIA ELECTRONICA Y DE CONTROL S.A Spain EU contribution No data Address C/ Maria Tubau 4-2 MADRID See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data OXFORD SENSOR TECHNOLOGY LTD United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Blacklands Way 25, Abingdon Business Park, ABINGDON OXFORDSHIRE See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data NUCLEAR ENGINEERING SERVICES LIMITED United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Nesl House, Ettingshall 2944 WOLVERHAMPTON See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data VICINAY CADENAS SA Spain EU contribution No data Address 89 Gran Via, Vizcaya BILBAO See on map Total cost No data ZENON S.A. ROBOTICS AND INFORMATICS Greece EU contribution No data Address 5 Kanari Street, Glyka Nera ATHENS See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data NDT CONSULTANTS LIMITED United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Middlemarch House, Siskin Drive COVENTRY, WEST MIDLANDS See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data PETROLEO BRASILEIRO S.A Brazil EU contribution No data Address Republica do Chile, 65 15515 RIO DE JANEIRO See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data
