e-Poster: Industrial Jackets Fabrication by Means of Prefabricated Components and Standardized Tubes
(Room Station 1)
17 Oct 18
12:50 PM
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1:00 PM
Tracks:
Manufacturing and Supply Chain, Posters
Salzgitter Mannesmann Renewables has created a strategy to address a step change in foundation cost reduction through the use standards, mass-produced tubes and the implementation of an automatic welding approach for prefabricated components, i.e. nodes and components out of nodes. Standardized tubes made in a serial production line offers cost benefits or around 10-20% compared to current tailor-made pipes made by three roll bending procedure. In addition, higher dimensional accuracy leads to reductions in fitting and welding costs as well as reduced failure rates during production. Additional benefits by using pre-fabricated of components, in particular X- and K-nodes, produced by robotized welding technology and serial assembly utilizing automatic welding procedures for circumferential joints lead to significantly reduction in overall Jacket production time and cost.