Metal grating is an indispensable tool in a variety of industrial and commercial settings. It is an assembled grid with crossbars or crimp bars used to space and holds the bearing bars erect. Grating provides a surface but allows air, light, heat, sound, and water to pass through. It is strong, durable, and virtually maintenance-free.…

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Metal grating is an indispensable tool in a variety of industrial and commercial settings. It is an assembled grid with crossbars or crimp bars used to space and holds the bearing bars erect. Grating provides a surface but allows air, light, heat, sound, and water to pass through. It is strong, durable, and virtually maintenance-free.

In its most common applications, it helps keep workers and visitors in a facility safe, providing a stable flooring base and traction when walking at ground level and, especially, at heights. It can also serve as an effective safety barrier, helping to deter accidents that could harm staff, equipment, and the facility itself.

What Are the Benefits of stainless-steel grating support for Offshore Industry?

Metal grating can be deployed as everything from standard floor to walkway coverings. Besides safety and durability, it creates a unified aesthetic for the facility.  Overall, it can make a facility appear more cohesive. In this way, it provides a sense of continuity across all surfaces where the material is used. Prefabricated panels can be used in many circumstances where this type of grating meets the needs of the facility.

Stainless steel is broadly customizable, both in terms of the specific content of the alloy and the ways in which it can be manufactured. While there are recommendations and rules set by the International Organisation for Standardisation, many other elements of steel grating are easily changeable to align with specific design requirements and the layout of a facility. In factories, it provides workers with a safe, skid-proof surface on which to walk and operate machinery.

Last week, we assisted our client to install grating and grating support for the gap between the landing platforms. As the landing platforms are subjected to various loadings, helicopters landing on a floating vessel with changing vessel motion need complete safety measurements. Our team has ensured that we provide safe and quality services to our clients.

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What were the bolts originally used for? The history of bolts can be broken down into two parts. First, the threads date back to around 400 BC. They were made from wood. Most of the bolts are used on items such as a spiral for lifting water and pressing grapes to make wine. In the…

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What were the bolts originally used for?

The history of bolts can be broken down into two parts. First, the threads date back to around 400 BC. They were made from wood. Most of the bolts are used on items such as a spiral for lifting water and pressing grapes to make wine.

In the 15th century, Johann Gutenberg used screws in the fastenings on his printing presses. The tendency to use screws gained momentum with their use being extended to items such as clocks and armor. According to Graves, Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks from the late 15th and early 16th centuries include several designs for screw-cutting machines.

In 1841, Joseph Whitworth suggested standardizing the size of the screw threads in Britain so that all the nuts and bolts can fit globally. His proposal was that the angle of the thread flanks to be standardized at 55 degrees. At the same time, the number of threads per inch should be defined for various diameters.

Why is Bolt Tension Important to Offshore Industry?

Using a bolt tightening sequence is to reduce the loss of pre-load in the bolt. If the pre-load is lost, the bolt will relax. This could potentially lead to detrimental failure. The loss of preload can result from differences in thermal expansions between the bolt and the joint, along with other mechanisms.

Tension is a controlled way of tightening the bolt on applications within critical industries such as oil and gas, wind energy, construction and nuclear, etc. During bolt tensioning, the bolt is preloaded and stretched during the process. Once this has been completed correctly, with the nut tightened and the tensioner load removed, the bolt will automatically want to return to its original length. It is this spring-like action that creates tension and results in a clamping force across the bolted application.

Our team offered our bolt tightening services to our offshore client last week. By tensioning the bolts, we ensure that they enhance safety and ensure leak-free joints. Controlled bolting with tensioners reduces shutdown intervals. In this way, it improves the efficiency and productivity of the offshore asset.

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What Are Marine Bumpers? Marine bumpers are used to prevent ships and other vessels from colliding against each other or against docks, wharves, and piers. They are made of materials such as foam, rubber, or air-filled within special elastomeric substances. They act like spring storing and releasing energy and are able to cope with the…

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What Are Marine Bumpers?

Marine bumpers are used to prevent ships and other vessels from colliding against each other or against docks, wharves, and piers.

They are made of materials such as foam, rubber, or air-filled within special elastomeric substances. They act like spring storing and releasing energy and are able to cope with the extreme forces under variable conditions. Whether it’s naval vessels, small boats, large docks, or piers; marine bumpers form one of the key marine equipment for safe marine operations.

The port facilities have changed drastically in the past so does the ship with an increase in maritime traffic. Modern ships use fixed marine fenders installed on their hulls. It helps to protect them from hull damage in the event of contact with another ship or berth. Sea piers and docks also utilize dedicated fenders of their own to reduce impact forces at the time of docking.

How Marine Bumpers Are Used for Ship Berthing?

When a ship is to be brought at a negligible speed to the berth, a small increase in speed will give rise to an exponential jump in the momentum. It is the product of mass and velocity.

However, the speed always cannot be reduced to the bare minimum. Due to tides, wind effects, tugs, erratic pulls, engine failures, a good marine bumper can save the day in such exigencies. Ideally, a marine bumper should be cost-effective, with low maintenance cost and high durability.

How Marine Bumpers Are Used for Ship Berthing?

When a ship is to be brought at a negligible speed to the berth, a small increase in speed will give rise to an exponential jump in the momentum. It is the product of mass and velocity. For example, the displacement tonnage of 10,000 when multiplied by a speed of one knot has half the momentum when multiplied by a speed of two knots. The energy of the impact is twice, thrice, four times, and so on with every knot of increase of speed.
However, the speed always cannot be restricted to the bare minimum, owing to certain conditions such as the tides, wind effects, tugs erratic pull, engine failures, etc. A good marine bumper can save the day in such exigencies. Ideally, a marine bumper should be cost-effective, with low maintenance cost and high durability. The material should be locally available should a case of replacement arise.

How do Marine Bumpers assist in our Marine Operations?

Most industries are now required to treat their wastewater on-site before it is discharged to a river or sewer (to meet a discharge consent limit). However, this treatment will vary depending on the contaminants present.

Wastewater treatment is the process of converting wastewater into water that can be discharged back into the environment. During our wastewater treatment for an offshore vessel last week in Guyana, our staff assist to install bumpers during the operation, which help to reduce the impact of contact with the vessel during our project.

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How do hooks ensure safety for organizations? Adopting the hooks enables organizations to put corporate safety policies into practice. It achieves the common goal of reducing risk and improving workplace safety. Hooks, slings, and other lifting gear should not be loaded beyond their safe working loads. Strops and slings should be of sufficient size and…

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How do hooks ensure safety for organizations?

Adopting the hooks enables organizations to put corporate safety policies into practice. It achieves the common goal of reducing risk and improving workplace safety.

Hooks, slings, and other lifting gear should not be loaded beyond their safe working loads. Strops and slings should be of sufficient size and length to enable them to be used safely and be so applied and pulled sufficiently tight to prevent the load or any part of the load from slipping and falling

What type of hooks are available?

How clevis hook improves our rigging activity for our recent offshore project?

A clevis hook refers to a hook with a U-shaped attachment point or coupling with holes to thread a pin through and assemble during rigging activity.

Our team of 10 people utilized clevis hook last month to lift a crane radiator for an offshore project in Guyana.  Crane Radiator assists in increasing the capacity of the radiator and dissipating the heat from the engine.

After installing the crane radiator, we released the clevis hook with our certified rope access team.

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