Safety seal manufacturer Roxtec said Monday it had supplied Scotland-based Orbital Marine Power with a range of cable sealing solutions to support the construction of Orbital Marine's tidal turbine, the Orbital O2 2MW.Orbital鈥檚 O2 turbine is nearing completion at TEXO Group鈥檚 manufacturing facility in Dundee and will enter operation this spring at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) off the coast of Orkney鈥
EagleBurgmann Germany GmbH has developed a mechanical seal for high pressure high temperature (HPHT) applications. The seal has been specifically optimized for subsea pumps designed for an absolute pressure of up to 1000 bar and ambient temperatures of up to 180 °C鈥
Trelleborg Sealing Solutions鈥 (Trelleborg) new website, the Knowledge Center, will showcase best practice in sealing technology and aim to bridge the gap between design engineers鈥 needs and standard technology documentation, bringing useful information together as part of one digital portal鈥
Sealing technologies are absolutely vital in our industry. The life and productivity of a well depends on the reliability of the seals found in a wide range of downhole equipment, from the tubing and liner hangers that support the flow to surface鈥
Trelleborg Sealing Solutions is unveiling its new 鈥渘ext generation鈥 seal 鈥 the Multi-Contact Turcon Variseal 鈥 at the ONS in Stavanger hits week. The Multi-Contact Turcon Variseal from Trelleborg Sealing Solutions has been developed to鈥
Figure 1: Inflatable seals. Images from Technectics Group. Inflatable sealing technology is used in a number of critical applications including offshore production, storage and offloading (FPSO)鈥
