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Wednesday, June 11, 2008 11:40:10 AM
Horizontal Drive Units (HDU)
First introduced in 1998, the HDU was developed by Deep Down
as an alternative to industry-accepted vertical drive units to specifically
enable substantially quicker, safer and more cost-effective installations of
steel flying leads and specialty cables.
The HDU eliminates the undesirable, and potentially hazardous, uneven
tension experienced by steel flying leads and specialty cables during
deployment and retrieval operations, as well as spooling, with vertical drive
units.
HDU and power unit being loaded for shipment ^
Ron Smith, Deep Down CEO, said, "Our Horizontal Drive Units have made a
significant contribution on subsea projects throughout the Gulf of Mexico.
Installation contractors expend large amounts of capital to outfit their
vessels with dedicated, high-tension deployment and recovery equipment
required to put major systems in deep water. Ease of deployment, floor-space
and safety are key considerations for these contactors. Our proprietary RDCs,
SDBs and carousels can each be independently attached to the HDU. These
additional components, including the HDU, can be stacked, thereby, saving
valuable deck space on installation vessels.
"All these benefits combine to make our HDU, and its complementary,
detachable RDCs, SDBs and carousels very attractive to our customers."
HDU w/flying lead onboard a ship ^
#msg-22893836 Video of a HDU in action
#msg-25814840 "Deep Down Highlights Major Role of Horizontal Drive Units"
#msg-26446849
#msg-29935127
#msg-28974845
#msg-28612442
First introduced in 1998, the HDU was developed by Deep Down
as an alternative to industry-accepted vertical drive units to specifically
enable substantially quicker, safer and more cost-effective installations of
steel flying leads and specialty cables.
The HDU eliminates the undesirable, and potentially hazardous, uneven
tension experienced by steel flying leads and specialty cables during
deployment and retrieval operations, as well as spooling, with vertical drive
units.
HDU and power unit being loaded for shipment ^
Ron Smith, Deep Down CEO, said, "Our Horizontal Drive Units have made a
significant contribution on subsea projects throughout the Gulf of Mexico.
Installation contractors expend large amounts of capital to outfit their
vessels with dedicated, high-tension deployment and recovery equipment
required to put major systems in deep water. Ease of deployment, floor-space
and safety are key considerations for these contactors. Our proprietary RDCs,
SDBs and carousels can each be independently attached to the HDU. These
additional components, including the HDU, can be stacked, thereby, saving
valuable deck space on installation vessels.
"All these benefits combine to make our HDU, and its complementary,
detachable RDCs, SDBs and carousels very attractive to our customers."
HDU w/flying lead onboard a ship ^
#msg-22893836 Video of a HDU in action
#msg-25814840 "Deep Down Highlights Major Role of Horizontal Drive Units"
#msg-26446849
#msg-29935127
#msg-28974845
#msg-28612442
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