- •Introduction to the Anchor Handling Course
- •Technical Specifications:
- •Winch Layout:
- •Power Settings / Bollard Pull
- •All operations on board must be performed in accordance with Company Procedures.
- •Risk Assessment
- •Planning
- •Planning:
- •Goal, example:
- •What to do:
- •Electrical winches
- •Winch operation
- •General Arrangement
- •A/H-Drum at full Capacity
- •Over speed
- •Water brake
- •Band brake
- •QUICK & Full Release
- •Hydraulic Winches
- •Lay out (B-type)
- •Hydraulic winch, “B-type”
- •TOWCON
- •Instruction for use of Wire Drums
- •Changing of Chain Wheels (Wildcats / Chain Lifter)
- •TRIPLEX - SHARK JAW SYSTEM.
- •Operation
- •Maintenance and inspections
- •Safety
- •2. OPERATION:
- •QUICK RELEASE:
- •EMERGENCY RELEASE:
- •CONTROL PANEL
- •Marks for Locked on Hinge Link
- •2.2- OPERATION OF THE "JAW IN POSITION ACCEPT" LEVER:
- •2.3 OPERATION OF THE CONTROL PANEL AT EMERGENCY POWER.
- •3. ELECTRIC AND HYDRAULIC POWER SYSTEM.
- •3. 1. ARRANGEMENT OF SYSTEM.
- •3.2. FUNCTIONING OF QUICK RELEASE - JAWS ONLY.
- •3.3. FUNCTIONING OF EMERGENCY RELEASE
- •4.2 Test without Load.
- •4.3 Test with Load.
- •5. General Maintenance
- •5.1 Accumulators Depressurising
- •5.2 Shark Jaw Unit
- •5.3 Guide Pins Units
- •5.4 Hydraulic System
- •5.5 Electric System
- •6. Control Measurements / Adjustments.
- •6.2 Adjustment of inductive proximity switches on lock cylinders.
- •6.3 Adjustment of Pressure Switches for Lock Pressure.
- •7. Test Program – Periodical Control
- •7.2 Checking List – Periodic Control Mechanical / Hydraulic.
- •7.3 Checking List – Periodic Control Electrical
- •7.4 Testing without Load – Yearly Testing.
- •7.5 Load Test – Emergency Release – 5 Year Control.
- •“Mark on line !”
- •“Double set of Jaws, Pins and Wire lifter”
- •View from the bridge.
- •“JAW READY FOR OPERATION”
- •“JAW LOCK POSITION ACCEPTED”
- •KARM FORK – SHARK JAW SYSTEM.
- •Wire and chain Stopper
- •Inserts for KARM FORK
- •Martensite:
- •Recommendations:
- •1. THE BASIC ELEMENTS OF STEEL WIRE ROPE
- •2. STEEL WIRE ROPE CONSTRUCTIONS
- •3. SPECIAL STEEL WIRE ROPES
- •4. USE OF STEEL WIRE ROPE
- •5. SELECTING THE RIGHT STEEL WIRE ROPE
- •6. ORDERING STEEL WIRE ROPE
- •7. STEEL WIRE ROPE TOLERANCES
- •8. HANDLING, INSPECTION AND INSTALLATION
- •9. INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE
- •10. ELONGATION AND PRE-STRETCHING
- •11. OPERATING TEMPERATURES
- •12. MARTENSITE FORMATION
- •13. END TERMINATIONS
- •14. SOCKETING (WIRELOCK)
- •15. DRUM CAPACITY
- •16. CLASSIFICATION AND USE OF STEEL WIRE ROPE
- •17. ROPES
- •18. CHAINS AND LIFTING COMPONENTS
- •19. TECHNICAL CONVERSION TABLES
- •SWIVEL
- •MoorLink Swivel
- •Pin Extractor
- •Socket Bench
- •Chains and Fittings
- •STUD LINK MOORING CHAIN
- •OPEN LINK MOORING CHAIN
- •KENTER JOINING LINKS
- •PEAR SHAPE ANCHOR CONNECTING LINK
- •DETACHABLE CONNECTING LINK
- •D’ TYPE JOINING SHACKLES
- •‘D’ TYPE ANCHOR SHACKLES
- •SHACKLES
- •JAW & JAW SWIVELS
- •BOW & EYE SWIVELS
- •MOORING RINGS
- •FISH PLATES
- •PELICAN HOOKS
- •SLIP HOOKS
- •‘J’ CHASERS
- •PERMANENT CHASERS
- •DETACHABLE PERMANENT CHAIN CHASERS
- •PERMANENT WIRE CHASERS
- •‘J’ LOCK CHAIN CHASERS
- •The way to break the anchor loose of the bottom is therefore:
- •Table of contents
- •Introduction
- •General
- •Mooring systems
- •Mooring components
- •History of drag embedment anchors
- •Characteristics of anchor types
- •History of vryhof anchor designs
- •Criteria for anchor holding capacity
- •Theory
- •Criteria for good anchor design
- •Aspects of soil mechanics in anchor design
- •Soil classification
- •Fluke/shank angle
- •Fluke area
- •Strength of an anchor design
- •Anchor loads and safety factors
- •Anchor behaviour in the soil
- •Proof loads for high holding power anchors
- •Anchor tests
- •Soil table
- •Practice
- •Introduction
- •Soil survey
- •Pile or anchor
- •Setting the fluke/shank angle
- •Connecting a swivel to the Stevpris anchor
- •Chasers
- •Chaser types
- •Stevpris installation
- •Laying anchors
- •Retrieving anchors
- •Anchor orientation
- •Decking the Stevpris anchor
- •What not to do!
- •Racking the Stevpris
- •Deploying Stevpris from the anchor rack
- •Boarding the anchor in deep water
- •Ballast In fluke
- •Chaser equilibrium
- •Deployment for permanent moorings
- •Piggy-backing
- •Piggy-back methods
- •Stevmanta VLA installation
- •Installation procedure
- •Stevmanta retrieval
- •Double line installation procedure
- •Stevmanta retrieval
- •Double line installation with Stevtensioner
- •The Stevtensioner
- •The working principle of the tensioner
- •Measurement of the tensions applied
- •Umbilical cable and measuring pin
- •Break - link
- •Duration of pretensioning anchors and piles
- •Handling the Stevtensioner
- •General tensioning procedures
- •Hook-up
- •Lowering
- •Tensioning mode
- •Retrieving
- •Supply vessels/anchor handling vessels
- •Product data
- •Introduction
- •Dimensions of vryhof anchor types
- •Proof load test for HHP anchors (US units)
- •Dimensions of vryhof tensioners
- •Proof load/break load of chains (in US units)
- •Chain components and forerunners
- •Connecting links
- •Conversion table
- •Mooring line catenary
- •Mooring line holding capacity
- •Shackles
- •Wire Rope
- •Wire rope sockets
- •Thimbles
- •Synthetic ropes
- •Mooring hawsers
- •Main dimensions chasers
- •Stevin Mk3 UHC chart
- •Stevin Mk3 drag and penetration chart
- •Stevpris Mk5 UHC chart
- •Stevpris Mk5 drag and penetration chart
- •Stevmanta VLA UPC chart
- •Introduction
- •Propulsion system
- •Propellers
- •Thrusters
- •Rudders
- •Manoeuvring
- •Current
- •Wind
- •Other forces
- •Turning point (Pivot point)
- •Ship handling
- •General layout Jack-Up drilling unit:
- •General information about a Semi Submersible drilling unit:
Table of contents
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Introduction |
6 |
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1. General |
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Mooring systems |
9 |
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Mooring components |
11 |
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Mooring line |
11 |
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Chain |
11 |
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Wire rope |
11 |
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Synthetic fibre rope |
11 |
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Connectors |
12 |
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Shackles |
12 |
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Connecting link kenter type |
12 |
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Connecting link pear shaped |
12 |
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Connecting link c type |
12 |
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Swivels |
13 |
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Anchoring point |
13 |
2 |
Dead weight |
13 |
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Drag embedment anchor |
13 |
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Pile |
14 |
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Suction anchor |
14 |
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Vertical load anchor |
14 |
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History of drag embedment anchors |
15 |
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Characteristics of anchor types |
16 |
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History of vryhof anchor designs |
18 |
2. Theory |
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Introduction |
23 |
Criteria for anchor holding capacity |
24 |
Streamlining of the anchor |
24 |
Shank shape |
24 |
Mooring line |
25 |
Criteria for good anchor design |
26 |
Aspects of soil mechanics in anchor design |
27 |
Soil classification |
28 |
Fluke/shank angle |
30 |
Fluke area |
31 |
Strength of an anchor design |
32 |
During proof loading |
32 |
While embedded in the seabed |
32 |
During anchor handling |
32 |
Strength of the shank |
33 |
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Table of contents
Strength of the fluke |
33 |
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Strength in extremely hard soils |
34 |
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Anchor loads and safety factors |
35 |
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Anchor behaviour in the soil |
37 |
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Drag embedment anchors |
37 |
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The set-up and consolidation effect |
37 |
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The rate effect |
38 |
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Vertical load anchors |
38 |
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Proof loads for high holding power anchors |
39 |
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Quality control |
41 |
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Anchor tests |
42 |
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Introduction |
42 |
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Reading test curves |
43 |
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Test results |
44 |
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Norwegian Contractors (1984) |
44 |
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Large scale anchor tests in the Gulf of Mexico |
45 |
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Uplift |
45 |
3 |
Cyclic effect factor |
46 |
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Tests with Stevmanta anchors |
46 |
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Soil table |
48 |
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3. Practice |
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Introduction |
51 |
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Soil survey |
52 |
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Pile or anchor |
53 |
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Setting the fluke/shank angle |
54 |
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Introduction |
54 |
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Changing the fluke/shank angle on the |
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Stevpris Mk3 |
54 |
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Changing the fluke/shank angle on the |
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Stevpris Mk5 |
55 |
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Connecting a swivel to the Stevpris anchor |
56 |
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Chasers |
58 |
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Chasers and their application |
58 |
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Chaser types |
60 |
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The J-chaser |
60 |
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The permanent chain chaser |
60 |
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The detachable chain chaser |
61 |
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The permanent wire chaser |
61 |
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The J-lock chaser |
62 |
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Stevpris installation |
63 |
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Table of contents
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Stevpris deployment for modus |
63 |
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Introduction |
63 |
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Laying anchors |
63 |
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Retrieving anchors |
65 |
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Anchor orientation |
66 |
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Decking the Stevpris anchor |
66 |
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What not to do! |
68 |
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Racking the Stevpris |
69 |
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Deploying the Stevpris from the anchor rack |
69 |
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Boarding the anchor in deep water |
70 |
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Ballast in fluke |
71 |
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Chaser equilibrium |
72 |
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Deployment for permanent moorings |
73 |
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Piggy-backing |
74 |
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Introduction |
74 |
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Piggy-back methods |
75 |
4 |
Piggy-backing involving hinging anchors |
75 |
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Piggy-backing with two Stevpris anchors |
76 |
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Piggy-backing by using a chaser |
77 |
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Stevmanta VLA installation |
78 |
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Introduction |
78 |
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Single line installation procedure |
78 |
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Installation procedure |
79 |
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Stevmanta retrieval |
80 |
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Double line installation procedure |
82 |
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Stevmanta retrieval |
83 |
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Double line installation procedure with |
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Stevtensioner |
84 |
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The Stevtensioner |
88 |
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Introduction |
88 |
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The working principle of the tensioner |
88 |
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Measurement of the tensions applied |
90 |
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Duration of pretensioning anchors and piles |
91 |
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Handling the Stevtensioner |
92 |
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Stevtensioner product range |
93 |
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Supply vessels/anchor handling vessels |
94 |
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Table of contents
4. Product data |
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Introduction |
97 |
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Dimensions of vryhof anchor types |
98 |
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Stevin Mk3 |
98 |
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Stevpris Mk5 |
99 |
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Stevshark Mk5 |
100 |
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Stevmanta VLA |
101 |
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Dimensions of other anchor types |
102 |
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Proof load test for HHP anchors |
104 |
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Dimensions of vryhof tensioner |
106 |
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Proof load/break load of chains |
108 |
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Chain components and forerunners |
110 |
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Connecting links |
112 |
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Conversion table |
113 |
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Mooring line catenary |
114 |
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Mooring line holding capacity |
115 |
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Shackles |
116 |
5 |
Wire rope |
118 |
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Wire rope sockets |
120 |
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Thimbles |
123 |
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Synthetic ropes |
124 |
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Mooring hawsers |
126 |
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Main dimensions chasers |
128 |
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Stevin Mk3 UHC chart |
130 |
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Stevin Mk3 drag and penetration chart |
131 |
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Stevpris Mk5 UHC chart |
132 |
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Stevpris Mk5 drag and penetration chart |
133 |
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Stevmanta VLA UPC chart |
134 |
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