At the Stord, Norway Manufacturing, Testing and R&D facility UNITECH offers:
- Control umbilical, Power umbilical, and advanced design umbilical.
- Flying leads tested according to ISO 13628-5 with terminations delivered on installation reels with client specific interfaces.
- We strive to provide the best design house in the world when it comes to umbilical with the primary goal of quantifiable cost savings during the pre-FEED and FEED phases of subsea development.
- Termination of UNITECH or third-party connectors, couplers, or assemblies.
- Fully tested systems.
- Short turnaround times.
Our facility comprises of:
- Vertical Bundling facility and extrusion line built in 2012.
- Flexible manufacturing configurations up to 18 tubes with second pass possibility.
- Siemens fully automated Control System for accurate control and logging – speed, back twist and lay length.
- Direct deepwater shipping access.
- Subsea production, gas lift, service and control lines.
- Complete production facility with own extrusion line for the outer sheet.
- Electrical and Fiber optic lines can be incorporated.
Power Cables Capabilities:
For more than 35 years UNITECH has developed state of the art and cost-efficient hang offs, Quick ALR connectors and customized termination solutions based on the major success of our subsea connectors.
UNITECH can also offer a unique test location and infrastructure due to the ownership of the former Hywind Demo – now UNITECH Zephyros – at the MetCentre of Norway. Zephyros serves as a most effective HUB for new floating wind turbines, subsea charging stations and other future energy platforms.
UNITECH is in the process of building a new combined technical school, technology center and a state-of-the-art complete test center for new dynamic cable systems including both mechanical and electrical testing and qualification.
- The UNITECH Power Cables Portfolio is based on years of studying the known failure mechanisms in the industry.
- UNITECH Submarine Power Cables includes the world strongest and most fatigue resistant power cables in the world.
- The product range cover 1-132 kV and up to 30 MW.
Umbilical / Flying Lead Engineering
The UNITECH team includes experienced cable makers and design experts. All design work for HFLs and umbilical is available in-house using Umbilicad software. We work closely with Ultra Deep™ Engineering on VIV analysis, Crushing analysis (FEM) and Installation analysis.
The UNITECH Stord facility includes comprehensive configuration and test facilities:
- Materials Test Centre
- Test pit for ROV simulation and submerged testing
- Direct deep-water shipping access
- Heavy duty lifting equipment
- Installation equipment.
Single Source Solutions
UNITECH offers Single Source Solutions including configuration of flying leads with UNITECH MQC stab plates and connectors, and third-party connectors. This has significant cost and project deployment advantages. For more information visit ‘Single Source Solutions’.