Subsea Energy Solutions were informed by EON Climate & Renewables & MCWare Mechanical that the Kårehamn offshore wind farm had an urgent requirement for a bespoke gasket to be installed upon fabricated stillages onboard the vessel MPI Discovery.
The 5 mm thick gaskets were to be designed for a static nacelle weight of 157 Te and dynamic contact pressure to due to vessel motion and a bolt torque of upto 35 Mpa (max).
Subsea Energy Solutions were informed the nacelle gaskets must be delivered to the vessel for installation within 3 weeks from first project communication.
Subsea Energy Solutions project challenge was to select best suitable polyurethane material for the extreme operating conditions despite the fact that all existing industry data only justified 1/3rd of the loadings required.