Trelleborg launches innovative DBM clamp
Trelleborg has developed an innovative new distributed buoyancy module (DBM) clamp that offers technical, commercial and schedule advantages over existing product ranges to provide offshore operators with a more cost-effective and compliant solution.
Austin Harbison, product development manager with Trelleborg Offshore & Construction, commented: "As a key element of subsea operations, DBMs play a vital role when it comes to maintaining the configuration of flexible risers and umbilicals, ensuring fatigue damage and stresses are minimized. However, an increase in operating temperatures, combined with the use of ever more complex riser systems, has resulted in offshore operators requiring increased compliance and higher capacity from their buoyancy solutions."
Providing an increase in clamp capacity, Trelleborg's new DBM clamp offers improved compliance to better accommodate riser creep. Furthermore, the new clamp, which offers a universal interface for use on all riser types, now features aramid fibres in place of a fabricated titanium strap.