Obiettivo 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. Campo scientifico 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 Programma(i) FP6-SME - Horizontal research activities involving SMEs: Specific activities covering wider field of research under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Argomento(i) SME-1 - Co-operative Research (all areas of science and technology) Invito a presentare proposte FP6-2003-SME-1 Vedi altri progetti per questo bando Meccanismo di finanziamento COOPERATIVE - Coordinatore TWI LIMITED Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo Mostra sulla mappa Collegamenti Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato Partecipanti (10) Classifica in ordine alfabetico Classifica per Contributo UE Espandi tutto Riduci tutto MILTECH HELLAS S.A Grecia Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo I. metaxa street, nisiza karellas, 190 02 industrial zone 101 Koropi Mostra sulla mappa Collegamenti Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato TECHNICAL SOFTWARE CONSULTANTS LTD Regno Unito Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo 7 torriano mews, torriano avenue London Mostra sulla mappa Collegamenti Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato BYTEST S.R.L Italia Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo Via pisa, 12/16 Volpiano - to Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato INTERLAB INGENIERIA ELECTRONICA Y DE CONTROL S.A Spagna Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo C/ maria tubau 4-2 Madrid Mostra sulla mappa Collegamenti Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato OXFORD SENSOR TECHNOLOGY LTD Regno Unito Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo Blacklands way 25, abingdon business park, abingdon Oxfordshire Mostra sulla mappa Collegamenti Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato NUCLEAR ENGINEERING SERVICES LIMITED Regno Unito Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo Nesl house, ettingshall 2944 Wolverhampton Mostra sulla mappa Collegamenti Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato VICINAY CADENAS SA Spagna Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo 89 gran via, vizcaya Bilbao Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato ZENON S.A. ROBOTICS AND INFORMATICS Grecia Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo 5 kanari street, glyka nera Athens Mostra sulla mappa Collegamenti Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato NDT CONSULTANTS LIMITED Regno Unito Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo Middlemarch house, siskin drive Coventry, west midlands Mostra sulla mappa Collegamenti Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato PETROLEO BRASILEIRO S.A Brasile Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo Republica do chile, 65 15515 Rio de janeiro Mostra sulla mappa Collegamenti Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato